Demographic War Losses as a Determinant of the Population Development of Eastern Croatia in the Period 1991–2001

The subject of study in this paper are demographic losses in Eastern Croatia during Croatia’s Homeland war. The goal of the research was to determine or assess the direct migration losses of this area in the period 1991–2002, and evaluate their effect on changes in the number of inhabitants, on the...

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Main Author: Dražen Živić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies 2005-06-01
Series:Migracijske i etničke teme
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Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/8806
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description The subject of study in this paper are demographic losses in Eastern Croatia during Croatia’s Homeland war. The goal of the research was to determine or assess the direct migration losses of this area in the period 1991–2002, and evaluate their effect on changes in the number of inhabitants, on the age-gender structure and on the ethnic structure of the population of Eastern Croatia in the most recent inter-census period (1991–2001). The effect of inherited destabilising factors on the development of East Croatia’s population (two world wars, emigration, the “white plague”, a dropping birth rate, the rural exodus, demographic ageing…) has been notably increased through demographic losses and the effects of Serbian military aggression, especially in the migrational aspect (domain) of war effects. In line with a series of indicators, it is more than apparent that demographic war losses can be highlighted as the most important determinant of modern population development in the East Croatian region. Over ten thousand losses of life, and expellees, refugees and emigrants numbering in the tens of thousands, substantially deranged basic dynamic structural processes in the population development of this area of Croatia.
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spelling doaj.art-131032c092614ce2af48b0107c0d81592024-03-02T11:34:28ZengInstitute for Migration and Ethnic StudiesMigracijske i etničke teme1333-25461848-91842005-06-01211-2123141Demographic War Losses as a Determinant of the Population Development of Eastern Croatia in the Period 1991–2001Dražen ŽivićThe subject of study in this paper are demographic losses in Eastern Croatia during Croatia’s Homeland war. The goal of the research was to determine or assess the direct migration losses of this area in the period 1991–2002, and evaluate their effect on changes in the number of inhabitants, on the age-gender structure and on the ethnic structure of the population of Eastern Croatia in the most recent inter-census period (1991–2001). The effect of inherited destabilising factors on the development of East Croatia’s population (two world wars, emigration, the “white plague”, a dropping birth rate, the rural exodus, demographic ageing…) has been notably increased through demographic losses and the effects of Serbian military aggression, especially in the migrational aspect (domain) of war effects. In line with a series of indicators, it is more than apparent that demographic war losses can be highlighted as the most important determinant of modern population development in the East Croatian region. Over ten thousand losses of life, and expellees, refugees and emigrants numbering in the tens of thousands, substantially deranged basic dynamic structural processes in the population development of this area of Croatia.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/8806Eastern Croatiapopulationwardemographic losses
spellingShingle Dražen Živić
Demographic War Losses as a Determinant of the Population Development of Eastern Croatia in the Period 1991–2001
Migracijske i etničke teme
Eastern Croatia
population
war
demographic losses
title Demographic War Losses as a Determinant of the Population Development of Eastern Croatia in the Period 1991–2001
title_full Demographic War Losses as a Determinant of the Population Development of Eastern Croatia in the Period 1991–2001
title_fullStr Demographic War Losses as a Determinant of the Population Development of Eastern Croatia in the Period 1991–2001
title_full_unstemmed Demographic War Losses as a Determinant of the Population Development of Eastern Croatia in the Period 1991–2001
title_short Demographic War Losses as a Determinant of the Population Development of Eastern Croatia in the Period 1991–2001
title_sort demographic war losses as a determinant of the population development of eastern croatia in the period 1991 2001
topic Eastern Croatia
population
war
demographic losses
url http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/8806
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