Revealing urban–rural migration corridors through edge-path bundling of historical census data in Bulgaria

Petrus J. Gerrits, Guy Solomon, Ana Basiri and M. Erdem Kabadayı

Environment and Planning B, 2026, vol. 53, issue 1, 247-251

Abstract: This featured graphic visualises internal migration flows in Bulgaria using settlement-level census data from 1934 to 1946, highlighting how topography and local factors shaped migration and urbanisation. By combining spatial interaction models (SIMs) and edge-path bundling techniques, we reveal fine-scale migration corridors and the role of mountainous terrain in influencing mobility. The SIM approach goes beyond aggregate district analysis to provide new insights into rural depopulation and urban growth.

Keywords: internal migration; spatial interaction model; settlement-level analysis; topography; urbanisation; Bulgaria; geospatial visualisation; census; rural depopulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23998083251384332 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:envirb:v:53:y:2026:i:1:p:247-251

DOI: 10.1177/23998083251384332

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Environment and Planning B
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().