Population Growth in the Border Villages of Srem, Serbia

Abstract

Population growth in the border villages of Srem (Vojvodina, Serbia) has been analysed in this paper, with the goal of explaining how and why it differed from other areas in the region. Special attention has been paid to the 1990s, because these villages became part of a border region and a high level of migration on the territory of the former Yugoslavia occurred, much of it through this territory. The results of the research are derived from literary resources and applying mathematical and statistical procedures in the processing of data received from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. They were checked on the field via a questionnaire. This paper is significant because it enriches knowledge about villages of Srem, the municipality of [id and population trends at the end of the 20 th century.

Brücke und/oder Sprungbrett: Sopron/Ödenburg, die Rolle der ungarischen Grenzstadt im Rahmen der Binnenmigration nach 1989

“…Also today, migration is a space-shaping force, but also a society-shaping one, because it contributes not only to the spatial restructuring of population, but also to the development of favourable or unfavourable societal structures of source and receiving areas. Measurement of the impact of migration needs to be related to time and space, and this was confirmed by the experiences of other countries (mikačić 2000; Lukić et al 2014). The most spectacular impacts of migration can be observed on local level as examples from Cologne [Köln], Joensuu, Srem, Leipzig, Mannheim, and Münster show (DittriCH-WesBuer et al 2008;West et al 2008;KuMPulainen 1994;Lukić et al 2014).…”

“…In some parts of the transformation sphere new borders were established after 1989, and this contributed to a new role of border settlements in migration. In Serbia, e.g., the population of ten border villages has considerably increased (Lukić et al 2014).…”

Population Aging in Serbia

“…21 Intense aging in the villages was caused by a low population growth rate, as well as by the migrations from rural to the urban areas. During this period, Bela Palanka and the nearby cities (mainly Niš and Pirot) underwent a powerful industrialization process, which caused a great number of inhabitants to move from villages to the municipal center or the nearby cities.…”

Nyugat és Kelet határán: Sopron a belföldi migrációban

“…Következésképp jó néhány olyan (pl. nyugati határ menti) település vált vonzó célponttá, amely korábban nem volt az (Lukić et al 2014). Ez lényegében annak az eredője, hogy a határ két oldalán tetemes különbségek vannak pl.…”

“…a bérekben, a munkakörülményekben, a gazdasági fejlettségben, az életszínvonalban. A bevándorlás következtében ezekben a településekben igen látványosak a migráció hatásai (Dittrich-Wesbuer, Föbker, Osterhage 2008;Kumpulainen 1994;Lukić et al 2014;West, Gans, Schmitz-Veltin 2008).…”