Abstract
ABSTRACTMajority of research on urban development perceive migration as internally homogeneous phenomenon that influences growth and spatial redistribution of population. This enables to identify certain general migration patterns, but understanding regularities and consequences requires looking at internal structure of migration. This paper aims to visualise the impact of selective migration to the population structures across multiple spatial scales and in a complex way taking Slovakia as the case study. By this means spatial patterns of migration are demonstrated in a more efficient way. The resulting maps show the impact of migration is selective at various spatial levels regarding age and educational attainment. In comparison with general migration, selective migration shows stronger spatial polarisation in Slovakia.
Highlights
Many countries across the world experienced a decrease in the intensity of natural reproduction over the last decades what strengthened the role of migration in urban development considerably
This paper aims to visualise the impact of selective migration to the population structures across multiple spatial scales and in a complex way taking Slovakia as the case study
Migration patterns in Slovakia are more polarised in terms of selective migration
Summary
Many countries across the world experienced a decrease in the intensity of natural reproduction over the last decades what strengthened the role of migration in urban development considerably (cf. Drewett & Rossi, 1981; Mykhnenko & Turok, 2008). This fact stimulated research on intranational migration of population as a phenomenon playing decisive role in new patterns of spatial redistribution of population. Social status, educational attainment and in specific cases ethnicity were identified as main factors determining individuals’ migration preferences (García Coll & Stilwell, 1999; Kok & Kovács, 1999; Kontuly & Tammaru, 2006; Bailey & Livingston, 2007; Molloy, Smith, & Wozniak, 2011; Rérat, 2014; Kashnitsky & Gunko, 2016; Novotný & Pregi, 2017) This naturally causes diversity in spatial patterns of migration within individual population subgroups. Disparate preferences for migration of various population subgroups are generally accepted across geographic community as a feature of urban development, only limited empirical research on this issue was conducted, mainly for the lack of reliable data
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