Συγγραφείς
Έτος2025 | Τόμος31 | Τεύχος1 | Σελίδες120 |
Σύνοψη
This paper aspires to outline a novel approach to the study of Albanian migrations that would move beyond the usual correlation to poverty; that is the connection of poverty differentials in the places of out-migration in Albania to the directionality of internal and international migrations. Rather, we focus on the differentials of urbanity, inherited from the peculiarities of the pre-1990 regime and its central socio-spatial planning. Our hypothesis asserts that the post-1990 territorial organization of the country, which concerns the diffusion of the ‘urban’ across an important part of the national territory through a dense network of ‘urban’ settlements (and/or of settlements with several ‘urban’ functions) has had an undoubtable impact on the urbanization of life in Albania, and, overall, the lifestyles of the population. In this assertion may lay one of the main drivers of the unprecedented contemporary migrations towards urban and peri-urban destinations within Albania or abroad. Considering that all the above deserve further attention when studying the more recent developments in migration and urbanization in Albania, the objective of the paper is to shape the novel approach, drafting a concise research agenda for this endeavour.
Βιβλιογραφική αναφορά
Kokkali I. (2025) Urbanization and Territorial Organization in pre-1990 Albania. The Connection with Contemporary Migration: A Novel Approach and a Research Agenda. Discussion Paper Series DPRD-U.Th., 31(1) 1-20