Papers by Gordana Vojković
The paper explores the demographic transformations of the settlement system of South-eastern Serb... more The paper explores the demographic transformations of the settlement system of South-eastern Serbia during the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, with the aim of establishing the main reasons and the long-term effects of the dramatic and fast demographic changes. The authors present a detailed demographic analysis and mapping of the data at the settlement level so as to define relations in the network of settlements, analyse the impact of the settlement location, the natural, geographical, developmental and infrastructural factors, as well as the changes that have occurred in the last 60 years. Taking into consideration that all the settlements are not bound to survive because of the speed of long-trem negative demographic trends, and that it is impossible to act in all the parts of Serbia because of the current social and economic situation, it is justifiable and desirable to ascertain which settlements (apart from the municipal and demographic centres),...
Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft
GliGorijević, vojković, Mirić, and vasić nach Geschlecht, Lage (städtisch/ländlich) und Art des W... more GliGorijević, vojković, Mirić, and vasić nach Geschlecht, Lage (städtisch/ländlich) und Art des Wohnorts (Stadt/Dorf) ausgewertet wurden. Auf die Frage nach ihrem vorrangigen Motiv nannten 43,3% der Befragten "Notwendigkeit" und bemerkten dazu, dass es "ihre einzige Möglichkeit Beschäftigung zu finden" sei. Dieses Motiv fand sich häufiger im städtischen als im ländlichen Raum und bei Frauen (48,9%) als bei Männern (35,8%). Das weist darauf hin, dass es bis zum Ausgleich des Genderunterschieds noch weit ist und dass darauf am Arbeitsmarkt wie auch in anderen Politikfeldern (z.B. lokale wirtschaftliche Entwicklung) zu achten wäre. Die Ergebnisse könnten dazu beitragen, dass selbstständige Erwerbstätigkeit im eigenen Heim als wichtiger Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit ländlicher Gemeinschaften angesehen, bewusst gemacht und auch entsprechend gefördert wird.
Bulletin of the Serbian Geographical Society, 2015
One of the starting methodological problems in demographic research is the definition of spatial ... more One of the starting methodological problems in demographic research is the definition of spatial extent, already defined by different levels of administrative-territorial unitsthat are used for distribution of usable statistical data. demographic research is closely tied with administrative-territorial division of the territory that is being researched, wherein the fact that differentiation of demographic phenomena and processes cannot be the only basis of setting the principles of regionalization must be strictly acknowledged. This problem is particularly common in historical demographic analyses of geographically determined wholes, which are in administratively-territorial sense represented by one or more smaller territorial units, with their borders changing through the history, which directly affects comparability of the statistical data, and makes it considerably more difficult to track demographic change through longer time intervals. The result of these efforts is usually a solution based on a compromise which enables us to examine the dynamics of population change with little deviation from already defined borders of regional-geographic wholes. For that reason in this paper the problem of defining spatial extent in demographic research is examined trough several different approaches in case of Eastern Serbia, as a geographically determined region, a historic area, a spatially functioning whole and as a statistical unit for demographic research, with no judgment calls in regard to any of the regionalization principles.
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Papers by Gordana Vojković