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Some Indicators and Consequences of De-agrarization and De-ruralization in East Slavonia
Dražen Živić
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In this article the author has examined fluctuation of agrarian and rural population in East
Slavonia in the period between 1971 and 1991, having the official data from the census
rolls as a basis for his work. In this analysis he found that due to the specific social-economic
development, i.e. because of the fastened industrialization and urbanization, in the
observed period the total number of agrarian population in East Slavonia decreased by half,
i.e. it was reduced by 58,6%. At the same time, the portion of agrarian population in total
population of the region was reduced by 60,1% (from 33,1% fo 13,2%). Among other consequences,
intensive de-agrarization resulted in intensified outflow of rural population, i.e.
in de-ruralization. In the period 1961 - 1991 total rural population in East Slavonia
decreased by more than one tenth (from 549.980 to 488.369, i.e. by 11,2%) meanwhile the
urban population increased by 58%. In the period between the last two censuses depopulation
was noted in two thirds of East Slavonian settlements. Such demographic development
has many consequences, mostly negative ones. De-agrarization and de-ruralization of
East Slavonia provoked a rural exodus, an excessive concentration of population in towns
and disturbances in natural population dynamics. They have also caused disturbances in
vital demographic and economic population structures having as well the deep and negative
consequences for a stable and natural demographic development of the region that are
difficult to repair.
Ključne riječi
de-agrarization; de-ruralization; rural exodus; population dynamics; demographic development of the region; East Slavonia (the Republic of Croatia)
Hrčak ID:
119957
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Datum izdavanja:
11.12.1998.
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