Ethnically Homogeneous Settlements in Ethnically Heterogeneous Environment Cover Image

Етнички хомогена насеља у етнички хетерогеном окружењу
Ethnically Homogeneous Settlements in Ethnically Heterogeneous Environment

Author(s): Ivan Ž. Marinković
Subject(s): Human Geography, Demography and human biology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: ethnic structure; Serbia; the 2011 Census; ethnic homogeneity; settlements; nationally undeclared

Summary/Abstract: Ethnic homogeneity of settlements, or in other words, formation of ethnically homogeneous settlements in ethnically heterogeneous environment, such as Vojvodina, as well as the regions of Raška and Pčinja, is the issue which will be discussed in this paper. The analysis involves total population according to their ethnic affiliation (the 2011 Census), at the level of settlements. The estimates on the number of Albanian population at the level of settlements were made for the needs of this paper considering the fact that the census was not successful on the entire territory of the Republic because the ethnic Albanian boycotted it. Spatial distribution analysis and the determination of majority of population at the level of settlements represent the research focus of the paper. Furthermore, the aim of this paper was to point out certain ethnic characteristics of Serbian population (excluding Kosovo and Metohija), with the emphasis on the continuous trend of increasing number of people who do not want to declare their ethnic affiliation.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 148
  • Page Range: 411-419
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English