Sociology and Space, No. 82, 1983.
Preliminary communication
The Relationship Between Population Distribution, Relief and Level of Socio-Economic Development in the S.A.P. Kosovo
Asllan Pushka
Abstract
Using sign coefficients (a type of
coefficient correlation) the author
proves a high coincidence (0.571)
in the distribution of area and
population between oontour-lines.
In less developed communes, with
smaller commune centres and a
simple hypsometrical structure
(relief structure), there is a high
coincidence between the distribution
of area and population. The
higher the level of development in
a commune, the more concentrated
its population (a greater participation
of the urban population)
and the more complex its relief,
the smaller the value of the coefficient,
i.e. the lower the coincidence.
The author also proves
that the index of papulation concentration
grows with the level
of development (Gini’s index and
the index of concentration). To
prove that the population is descending,
the author uses the height
of the vertical distribution,
which was 613 m. in the S.A.P.
Kosovo in 1948, and 574 m. in
1981.
Keywords
Hrčak ID:
119684
URI
Publication date:
12.12.1983.
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