Research on the demographic impacts of mining in sparsely populated areas has focused primarily on relatively large towns. Less attention has been paid to smaller villages, which may experience different impacts because of their highly concentrated economies and their small populations, making them more vulnerable to demographic “boom and bust” effects. This paper examines demographic change in four small villages in northern Sweden, which are located close to several mining projects but have evolved through different degrees of integration with or separation from mining. Using a longitudinal “resource cycle” perspective, the demographic trajectories of the villages are compared to understand how different types of settlement and engagement with mining have led to different demographic outcomes in the long term. While the four villages experienced similar trajectories in terms of overall population growth and decline, their experiences in relation to more nuanced indicators, including age and gender distributions and population mobilities, were different, and potential reasons for this are discussed. Due to data limitations, however, the long-term demographic consequences of mining for local Sami people remain unclear. The paper problematises this research gap in light of general concerns about mining impacts on traditional Sami livelihoods.

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瑞典北部马洛的采矿资源循环和定居人口统计

关于人口稀少地区采矿对人口影响的研究主要集中在相对较大的城镇。较小的村庄受到的关注较少，由于经济高度集中和人口稀少，这些村庄可能会受到不同的影响，使它们更容易受到人口“繁荣与萧条”的影响。本文研究了瑞典北部四个小村庄的人口变化，这些村庄靠近几个采矿项目，但通过与采矿业的不同程度的整合或分离而演变。使用纵向“资源周期”视角，比较村庄的人口轨迹，以了解不同类型的定居点和采矿活动如何导致长期不同的人口统计结果。虽然这四个村庄在总体人口增长和下降方面经历了相似的轨迹，但它们在年龄和性别分布以及人口流动等更细微的指标方面的经历不同，并讨论了造成这种情况的潜在原因。然而，由于数据限制，采矿对当地萨米人的长期人口影响仍不清楚。鉴于对采矿对传统萨米人生计的影响的普遍担忧，该论文对这一研究空白进行了质疑。采矿对当地萨米人的长期人口影响仍不清楚。鉴于对采矿对传统萨米人生计的影响的普遍担忧，该论文对这一研究空白进行了质疑。采矿对当地萨米人的长期人口影响仍不清楚。鉴于对采矿对传统萨米人生计的影响的普遍担忧，该论文对这一研究空白进行了质疑。