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Tab. 1 Types of general population mobility of the immediate and wider area of Plitvice
Lakes National Park by intercensal period (1971–2011)
Period Area Emigration6 Immigration7
E1 E2 E3 E4 I1 I2 I3 I4
Immediate area
1971–1981 Wider area
Total area
Immediate area
1981–1991 Wider area
Total area
Immediate area
1991–2001 Wider area
Total area
Immediate area
2001–20118 Wider area
Total area
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 1994; 2003; 2013
The analysis of general population mobility shows a clear difference
in the intensity of emigration between the immediate and wider areas of
the Park over the last few decades. This is a result of the War and con-
sequent developmental difficulties, stemming from the beginning of the
1990s, causing depopulation to spread to the settlements in its immediate
area. This is a fundamental feature of recent demographic development.
Thus, thanks to more developed work functions, the immediate area of the
Park has experienced a lower intensity of emigration than the wider area.
The problem of “demographic extinction” is not a new occurrence in the
6 E1) emigration, E2) depopulation, E3) expressed depopulation, E4) extinction.
7 I1) expansion via immigration, I2) regeneration via immigration, I3) weak regenera-
tion via immigration, I4) very weak regeneration via immigration.
8 In contrast to the previous 40-year period, the available statistical data for the last in-
tercensal period (2001–2011) were not dependable indicators of general population
mobility. Namely, the 2011 Census registered returnees (war refugees) as permanent
residents, of whom a smaller proportion (mostly the elderly) actually returned, while
the vast majority were not permanent residents.
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Tab. 1 Types of general population mobility of the immediate and wider area of Plitvice
Lakes National Park by intercensal period (1971–2011)
Period Area Emigration6 Immigration7
E1 E2 E3 E4 I1 I2 I3 I4
Immediate area
1971–1981 Wider area
Total area
Immediate area
1981–1991 Wider area
Total area
Immediate area
1991–2001 Wider area
Total area
Immediate area
2001–20118 Wider area
Total area
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 1994; 2003; 2013
The analysis of general population mobility shows a clear difference
in the intensity of emigration between the immediate and wider areas of
the Park over the last few decades. This is a result of the War and con-
sequent developmental difficulties, stemming from the beginning of the
1990s, causing depopulation to spread to the settlements in its immediate
area. This is a fundamental feature of recent demographic development.
Thus, thanks to more developed work functions, the immediate area of the
Park has experienced a lower intensity of emigration than the wider area.
The problem of “demographic extinction” is not a new occurrence in the
6 E1) emigration, E2) depopulation, E3) expressed depopulation, E4) extinction.
7 I1) expansion via immigration, I2) regeneration via immigration, I3) weak regenera-
tion via immigration, I4) very weak regeneration via immigration.
8 In contrast to the previous 40-year period, the available statistical data for the last in-
tercensal period (2001–2011) were not dependable indicators of general population
mobility. Namely, the 2011 Census registered returnees (war refugees) as permanent
residents, of whom a smaller proportion (mostly the elderly) actually returned, while
the vast majority were not permanent residents.
228
