Island populations
Time for a Scottish islands typology?
Author / Creator: Kirsten Gow
Media type: Article
Date published:
From the outside, life in a Scottish island might seem like a common experience. How different could living in Burray be to living in Barra, you might wonder? How much difference is there really between neighbouring islands like Coll and Tiree?
Scottish island regions 2023: overview
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Report describes a new geography which could be used as a basis to reframe existing data or collect new data.
Japan island depopulation: lessons for Scotland
Author / Creator: Jane Atterton
Media type: Research Report
Date published: 2022
Explores policy approaches to depopulation on Japan's islands, and proposes a series of recommendations which may help inform the development of future island depopulation.
A Scotland for the future: opportunities and challenges of Scotland's changing population
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2021
Scotland’s first national population strategy, framing the diverse and cross-cutting demographic challenges that Scotland faces at national and local level, and setting out a programme of work to address these challenges and harness new opportunities.