Settlements and mobility: mapping settlements with seasonal migrations in the West Macedonia area of Greece, early twent
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Settlements and mobility: mapping settlements with seasonal migrations in the West Macedonia area of Greece, early twentieth century Konstantina Ntassiou
Springer Nature B.V. 2019
Abstract The paper examines settlements and mobility of their population; it examines the seasonal relocations of population of a specific area of Greece in the past when this type of relocations were systematic. It identifies settlements with seasonal migrations and outlines all interrelations between migration and settlement. A particular typology of the settlements is developed based on the character of the seasonal abandonment of the area source data originate from the census taken during the time studied. The percentage of population changes for each settlement reveals its character as regards the seasonal abandonment of the village; the results are mapped with the assistance of an appropriate geo-information system. The results of the mapping determine the area where historical transport routes are expected to be found. Additionally, they identify an area of further research into the socio-economic structure of the settlements and the cultural landscapes. The results complement the available literature and the research in subjects relating to the transportation of populations in the framework of human geography and dynamics in the framework of settlement geography. The typology of the settlements can contribute to the investigation of modern or historical phenomena of mobility and their depiction in the geographical space. K. Ntassiou (&) Department of Civil Engineering, A.U.Th., 54124 Thessalonı´ki, Greece e-mail: [email protected]
Keywords Cartographic depiction Mobility Seasonally relocating populations Settlements Southwest Macedonia of Greece
Introduction A geographical location is a fixed reference system that provides the ground for cultures to be created and for people to evolve. Such location is of course static as it is described by fixed coordinates but at the same time, dynamic due to the activities developing therein. The present study looks into the static characteristics of space—i.e. the settlements—in relation to the types of human activity such as the professions that provide the dynamic character to a particular geographical location. It is well known that the movement of ideas, goods and people advance culture and progression of an area and its people, as seen even in the first civilizations. Movements in the geographical space could be characterized as different types of mobility which, under the concept of ‘‘territorial mobility’’, combines residential migration with ‘‘circulation’’ (Zelinsky 1971). Since migration is a form of human movement through space, its initial definition is within the context of all human movements (Roseman 1971) and the literature dealing with mobility examines multiple forms of migration simultaneously. The role
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