Network analysis of internal migration in Croatia

Abstract Migration, and urbanization as its consequence, is among the most intricate political scientific topics, predicted to have huge effects on human lives in near future. Thus being said, previous works mainly focused international migration, research internal migration outside of US scarce, case Europe—the ubiquitous center affairs—only infancy. Observing between settlements, especially using network analysis indicators models, can help explain predict well originating from migration. We therefore conducted a Croatia, providing insights into size population, relative sizes intra-settlement inter-settlement population. Through centrality analysis, we provide hierarchy importance, especially, terms overall flow attractiveness particular settlements network. The structure reveals high presence reciprocity thus importance urbanization, systematic abandonment large cities east country. application three different community detection algorithms provides for policy domain compatibility current country administrative subdivision schemes implied by patterns. For scholars, at hand status quo applied published, measures used, potential metrics those which may be used better phenomenon