Convergent and Divergent Diurnal Migrations of the Population of Belgrade and its Surrounding – Spatial Distribution in Settlements Within the Boundaries of the City of Belgrade Cover Image

Конвергентне и дивергентне дневне миграције становништва Београда и околине – просторна дистрибуција по насељима у границама Града Београда
Convergent and Divergent Diurnal Migrations of the Population of Belgrade and its Surrounding – Spatial Distribution in Settlements Within the Boundaries of the City of Belgrade

Author(s): Srboljub, Đ. Stamenković, Dragica R. Gatarić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Sociology, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Demography and human biology, Migration Studies
Published by: Географски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: Belgrade;settlement;daily migrants (workers, pupils and students);convergent and divergent daily migrations;

Summary/Abstract: Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and its leading centre of function, with 14.9% of the entire population of Serbia (without Kosovo and Metohija) , also represents the main absorption and dispersion centre of diurnal migration of working people, pupils and students. According to the results of special statistical analysis of the population census in 2002, the total of 134,415 worker, pupil and student migrants every day commute from close or more distant settlements to or from Belgrade, or in other words 1.8% of the total population of Serbia participate in these migrations (disregarding Kosovo and Metohija). In these movements of the population of Belgrade and its surroundings the dominant migration activities occur in the settlements located in the territory of the City of Belgrade which makes 67.9% of the total migration. They participate in the total converging and diverging diurnal migration with 91,333 inhabitants, of which 69,676 are workers (76.3%), while 21,657 are pupils and students (23.7%) which makes 1.2% of the total population of Serbia (without Kosovo and Metohija) participate in these migrations.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 43-52
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian