Population change due to geographic mobility in Albania, 1989-2001, and the repercussions of internal migration for the enlargement of Tirana

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 471-481

  Agorastakis, Michalis ^a   Sidiropoulos, Giorgos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albania; Internal and international migration; Mobility; Origin destination matrix; Population changes; Tirana

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOCRATIZATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIRANA;

EID: 36749024486     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.463     Document Type: Article

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