title: Accessibility and language characteristics in Catalonia.
abstract: The relationship between isolation and language spoken is explored using the example of the spread of Castilian Spanish in the Catalonia region of Spain.  "With the help of Geographical Information Systems and characteristics of the road and railway networks, centrality scores for urban municipalities and municipalities near the city of Barcelona have been calculated.  The analysis of language characteristics does not show any significant relationship of accessibility on the one hand and the distribution of language characteristics on the other.  Instead, Catalonia's linguistic geography is strongly linked with massive in-migration of Castilian-speaking minorities."
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wessels
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D007802:Language; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013030:Spain; D014186:Transportation
keywords: Communication; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Language--changes; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Southern Europe; Spain; Transportation