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I thought it was interesting to learn more about the move flow in the north of the Netherlands and the reasons why, because I grew up in this area myself and
noticed a lot of youth moving to the bigger cities.

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More than population decline per se, I found interesting the policies that some countries take to fight this changing pattern. The lecture showed us that population decline is not an easy topic, and implies quality of life and the feelings of those who move and stay; in this scenario; do population re-location policies work?

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The objective and subjective decline is an interesting insight for policies in rural areas. When people don't perceive an area as declining, it is not an issue. So a focus on changing the perception on the ´problem´ could be better than emphasising on the objective decline.

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I think the lesson was interesting in general, but sometimes I would have like to know some more in-depth knowledge about specific topics and questions. What I liked in the end, was the conceptual model, in what he tried to grasp all relevant factors.

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I found very interesting the diverse causes of decrease population in Netherlands and the particular perspective from Hans about the effects. I think that it is interesting to learn differents social phenomenon  (like population decline in Netherland) and compare it with the rural reality of my country

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The lecturer showed his research about why the rural population decline in Netherlans and the impact of population decline. I think it will become a common problem around the world in the future.When we focus on developing the cities, we should consider the development of rural area.

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Fun presentation. Gave a new insight on the demographics of the Netherlands.

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It was really interesting to see how service decline in villages played a vital role in people moving out to urban areas and this was a factor which influenced  other people in moving out as a result. But I somehow find the major causes for population decline are rather inter-connected than being totally different issues. But I was rather surprised to see that "more number of  older people in Netherlands" was not a major cause in population decline.

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From the lecture that Hans presented, I found an interesting issue regarding how population decline in European country which effect the increasing of older people.

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Even if the world’s population grows, the population in North Netherlands declines. It seems very interesting and paradox at the same time that the rural areas lose the amount of inhabitants based on various reasons. Those reasons might be due to fertility decline, moving behavior, no perspectives in the rural areas for young people, no caring facilities and services for old people. Additionally, it was striking to understand the consequences of people moving away from the rural areas which imply the livability and quality of life, the housing vacancy, a declining economy and services. “Movers” have been classified into categories based on family size or age, and the inflow and outflow has been visualized which was interesting to see as the entire Netherlands seems to be in a continuous flow. Finally, human behavior appears to tend to co-evolution and self-organization, especially in smaller communities.

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It's a new insight for me to know how the population decline in the perspective of rural area of the european country.

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What I found interesting in the lecture of Hans Elshof was that population decline is not only about facts but also about a feeling that arrises. People in declining areas don't always feel or realize that they live in a decline area because it can be a very slow process.

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What I found interesting was that population decline is not only about the facts but is also a feeling that can occur.

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I found it interesting that Hans mentioned that facility decline can both occur in villages where population is declining or is increasing.

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I found it interesting that Hans mentioned the heterogeneity of population decline. It was also interesting to learn more about particular village characteristics that have an influence on the pattern of migration between villages.

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What i found very interesting in the lecture of Hans Elshof was that he mentioned that service decline can also be a consequence of population growth and not only of population decline. I never thought if it in that way. also that he mentioned that start-ups are often found in smaller (declining) places was a new insight to me.

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I found it interesting that Hans mentioned that service decline and declining economy is not only due to a declining population. I am wondering what other factors/reasons there are for this decline. Another interesting thing that Hans found in his research was that closing a service increases social cohesion in a village.

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It was interesting when he mentioned that declining also concerns feelings, how people feel towards losing specific activities because there are just not enough people to keep it going.

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What I found really interesting about Hans Elshof's lecture is that he tried to show the spatial heterogeneity of population decline. Not all areas are declining and even within declining areas, some areas are still growing. It depends on the scale looked at. Lastly, I liked the qualitative components in his research to get insight in the perceived effects of population decline.

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I liked how he explained the topic. it was good and easy to follow. I found quite some similarities with the region where I come from. which made the presentation even more interesting.
I would have liked to hear more about the practical solutions that the regional/local/national government is using in order to deal/reduce the population decline in rural areas in the North of the Netherlands because this (important) aspect has only been briefly mentioned during the presentation.

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It was interesting to see the differences in mobility according to people's age and life circumstances that made it more likely that certain villages experienced population growth rather than decline. Although the presentation only vaguely touched upon the issue of urbanization, I wonder if there are also countries that experience substantial population growth in the rural areas due to mobility

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During today's lecture, Hans mentioned that there is a distinction between the 'perceived population decline' by individuals and the 'observed population decline' for a certain region. I think this was an interesting observation, even though Hans did not go into this in his research, I would be interested in the further implications of such perceived/subjective and observed/objective phenomena in relation to migratory patterns.