After decades of depopulation, our cities are undergoing a second renaissance.
The depopulation of Ireland continued for more than a century.
This massive depopulation, usually ascribed to the great plague epidemics, had enormous demographic, economic, and social repercussions.
Otherwise, the principal governing factor of the depopulation process would be the expansion of other locations, particularly the urban centres where economic growth was concentrated.
What such depopulation meant in terms of human misery can scarce be estimated.
The resultant disruptions in trade and agriculture, and the depopulation of the countryside, left long-term scars.
Collisional depopulation can occur via de-excitation to lower energy levels and due to further excitation or ionization into continuum.
