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Shrinking is a series of causes that have different effects on the rural areas. These effects are often direct and indirect, immediate or may express in a long-term dimension. The causes of shrinking are diverse: e.g. economic recession, increasing urbanization, changes in environmental conditions, etc. The most commonly shrinkage characteristic is a permanent decline in population. Latvia like several other European countries is losing population. As a monocentric country Latvia has some additional challenge - de...