Immigration as a Factor of Demographic Changes in Zagreb from 1961 to 1981

Rad analizira imigracije što su se slijevale u Zagreb od 1961. do 1981. Težište mu je na razradi definitivne migracije, njezinog utjecaja na ukupan porast stanovništva i njegove osnovne strukture. Materijalističko poimanje demografskoga i društveno-ekonomskog razvoja osnovna je nit vodilja i okvir istraživanja. Autorica dokazuje da je demografska ekspanzija Zagreba u promatranom (ali i dužem) razdoblju uglavnom posljedica doseljavanja. Doseljavanje je zapravo dominantna komponenta kako u ukupnom kretanju stanovništva, tako i u svim njegovim strukturnim promjenama. U razmatranju povezanosti migracija i društveno-ekonomskog razvitka težište je na onim faktorima koji su vezani za takav razvitak Zagreba i koji su djelovali i djeluju kao tzv. »privlačni (pull) faktori«. S tim u vezi razrađuju se uzroci i motivi doseljavanja u Zagreb, zatim društveno-ekonomske implikacije (učinci) doseljavanja, kao i međuzavisnost migracija i razine ekonomske razvijenosti. Autorica se osvrće i na populacijsku politiku, točnije njezinu migracijsku varijantu, posebnoThe paper analyses immigration to the city of Zagreb in the period from 1961 to 1981. Special attention is paid to definite (permanent) migration and its effect on the overall growth and basic structures of the population. The materialist concept of demographic and socio-economic development is taken as the basic nexus and framework of the author’s research. The author attempts to prove that the demographic expansion of Zagreb in the observed (as well as in the longer) time period was mainly the result of immigration. Immigration was in fact the dominant component of both overall population growth and of all structural population changes. In examining the connection between migration and socio-economic development, accent is placed on factors linked to such a development of Zagreb that have functioned and continue to function as so-called “pull factors”. In this regard the author examines the causes and motives for immigration to Zagreb, the socio-economic implications (effects) of immigration, and the interdependence between migration and various levels of economic development. The author treats population policy, more precisely its migration variant, especially in relation to internal migration and intensified flows to large urban centers