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Weiss, Srdjan Jovanović. "National, un-national." Nationalities Papers 41, no. 1 (January 2013): 90–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00905992.2012.748735.
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This chapter discusses urban developments in two major cities in Serbia, Belgrade and Novi Sad, influenced by the Balkan political crisis of the 1990s. Belgrade is the national capital of Serbia, with a dominantly Serbian population. Novi Sad is the capital of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, and home to a population of more than 20 different ethnicities. The seemingly bipolar relationship between these two cities started to emerge during the fall of Yugoslavia and has intensified during the subsequent shrinkage of the country into the current state of Serbia. The effects of war as well as migration have left their mark on the urban situation of both cities. Both cities are not old by European standards, Belgrade emerging before the rise of the Ottoman Empire and Novi Sad being a product of the eighteenth century and the rise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These two cities traditionally vary in size and ethnic make up from almost mono-ethnic Belgrade to multi-ethnic Novi Sad. This paper will explore the idea that national capitals such as Belgrade can give rise to “un-national capitals” such as Novi Sad. This will be viewed through a lens of the role of architecture and design in affecting the realities of both cities.
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Vujovic, Sreten. "Sociospacial identity of Belgrade in the context of urban and regional development of Serbia." Sociologija 56, no. 2 (2014): 145–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc1402145v.
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Based on the analyses of sociologists, historians, economists, demographers, anthropologists, and based on author?s own research, the aim of the paper is to point to the complex and dynamic sociospatial identity of contemporary Belgrade in the context of urban and regional development of post-socialist Serbia. The analytical framework includes, first of all, the definition of the city?s identity in terms of self-awareness of a city as sociospatial collectivity, which historically originates and develops in dependency which the city and the individuals in it establish in relationships with other cities. It then cites the various concepts by means of which identity of the modern city is constructed: the entrepreneurial city (Harvey), the creative city (Florida and Landry), the exciting city (Richards and Palmer), the city as a text (Radovic), a competitive identity of the city (Anholt) and so on. In particular, Belgradization as a process of concentration of money and power in the capital is analyzed and it is concluded that the network of Serbian cities is pyramidal, that the regionalization of Serbia is asymmetric, and that Belgrade is a primate city, too big and too powerful for Serbia i.e. that Belgradization increases regional imbalance in Serbia. The paper concludes with an optimistic assessment that Belgrade, despite numerous problems in its development, has the potential to become the ?European Capital of Culture? in 2020.
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Klamár, Radoslav, Ján Kozoň, and Monika Ivanová. "Regional inequalities in the Visegrad Group countries, Serbia and Croatia." Geographica Pannonica 24, no. 3 (2020): 187–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/gp24-26038.
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The paper discusses the evaluation of regional inequalities in the V4 countries, Serbia and Croatia. The gross birth rate, the unemployment rate, the average monthly gross earnings, the gross domestic product per capita in purchasing power parity and dwellings completed per 1000 inhabitants were selected as a set of evaluation indicators and, to determine the level of regional inequalities the Gini Coefficient and the Coefficient of Variation in two variants were used - in all the counties as well as after excluding the capital cities. The integrated indicator of socio-economic status based on the above-specified indicators revealed the prevailing dichotomy of the prosperous West vs. the problematic East in the majority of the countries, the most significantly in Slovakia. This country together with Hungary recorded (mainly thanks to the significant effect of the capital city) the most significant inequalities while the less significant ones were in the Czech Republic, Serbia and Croatia. The strong effect caused by the capital city was confirmed almost in all the countries except for Poland. The level of the dependence between the socio-economic status of the countries and the level of their inequalities was confirmed only partially.
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Spasic, Nenad, and Jasna Petric. "The role and development perspectives of small towns in central Serbia." Spatium, no. 13-14 (2006): 8–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat0614008s.
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The link between urban centers and the countryside, including movement of people, goods, capital and other social exchanges, play an important role in processes of rural and urban change of a country. Major demographic and spatial changes have been typical for Serbia in the second half of the 20th century, caused by a dynamic primary urbanization process, i.e. by intense migration trends between rural areas and towns (cities). A special attention in this paper is given to the small urban centers in Serbia (small towns with population of less than 20,000) as the first magnet in proximate contact with the rural surroundings, and the one that therefore could have the greatest influence on organization structure and development prospects of the rural areas. In addition to being difficult to substantiate criteria for urban classification, small towns themselves do not represent a homogeneous group of settlements, and this makes it even harder to put up generalizations that would fit to all the settlements of this kind either within our country or cross-borders. However, here are identified certain common features for the small towns in Central Serbia and their development perspective is analyzed in relation to medium towns and cities of the same territory in consideration. Finally, this paper discusses the importance of policies for small town development in light of a real risk that the process of globalisation may lead to the justification of a new concentration of activities in the large cities, increasing the already significant regional differences in living conditions and economic development.
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Petrovic, Mina, and Milena Tokovic. "Neo-endogenous development and ecological paradox: Case study of six cities in Serbia." Sociologija 58, suppl. 1 (2016): 181–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc16s1181p.
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Postindustrial develoment and postfordist model of capitalism led to the shift in city development model, from programs that were strategically developed on a national level (top-down perspective) to a new concept that insists on locally based or neo - endogenous city development. The main aim of this paper is to shed light on a different conceptual and contextual approaches to the notion of the neo - endogenous development in European context, and to give an answer to the question whether and how Serbian cities (Kragujevac, Zrenjanin, Uzice, Sabac, Sombor and Novi Pazar) are moving towards this new development model. Attitudes of local experts and city evelopment strategies are in the main anaytical focus. In the first part, concepts of localised and localy based or neoendogenous development are discussed and related to the concepts of territorial capital, teritorialization, ecological paradox. In the second part, these concepts are contextualised through discusson based on strategic commitments of the EU, and relevant characteristics of post-socialist transformation of European countries, including Serbian society. In the third part, the goals and method of conducted empirical research are stated, and the results presented. The final part briefly synthesises the similarities and differences in manifesting ecological paradox among the researched cities, which are related to the perceived development potentials and obstacles in acordance to neo - endogenous development model. The paper is informed by qualitative based on the survey research conducted by Institute for Sociological Research of University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy in 2013/14.
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Petric, Jasna, Tamara Maricic, and Jelena Basaric. "The population conundrums and some implications for urban development in Serbia." Spatium, no. 28 (2012): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat1228007p.
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Population development may reveal either a potential or constraint on functional labour markets and spatial development of the territory in concern. The first results of the 2011 Census in Serbia depict a rather bleak demographic situation, which is only the continuation of population trends from the late 20th and beginning of the 21st century, substantially fuelled by dynamic political and socioeconomic processes featuring Serbia in the past few decades. The focus is on demographic changes in relation to three correlated aspects: 1) intensive ageing process; 2) depopulation and negative natural growth; and 3) migratory movements - population exodus. This paper addresses in particular the spatial consequences and institutional aspects of recent demographic changes and their reflection on urban areas in Serbia. In the past, population movements from rural to urban areas used to colour much of the migratory balance map of the country, however this situation changed due to exhaustion of the ?traditional? demographic reservoirs. Still, urban primacy of the capital city Belgrade has been even intensified with the recent demographic movements, or more precisely, a tissue of the two largest cities in relative proximity - Belgrade and Novi Sad is hypertrophied in a demographic sense. Other urban settlements in Serbia, especially the smaller towns, which are numerous but demographically shrinking, have not been empowered enough to substantiate better links with smaller and larger settlements within urban-rural interface, and their role has been challenged in that respect. Demographic changes, which affect urban growth or decline, are largely to do with border effects, economic and social gaps, educational opportunities, and search of certain ?urban lifestyles?. The latter is particularly stressed regarding the process of ?second demographic transition? which encompassed Serbia and is manifested by changes in the family domain, viz. partnership and parenthood, as well as by plurality of lifestyles, namely for the younger and middle-age generations (20-34 years - dominantly the people in reproductive age) who are able to exercise their residential choices towards bigger urban centres. Finally, this paper addresses the demographic determinants of languishing population growth in Serbia coupled with highly uneven territorial distributions of population and level of development, which in the last decade marks the ratio of 10:1 (measured by GDP/inh.) between the most developed and the least developed regions in Serbia.
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Backovic, Vera, and Ivana Spasic. "Identity of the city: Views of local actors in four urban centers." Sociologija 56, no. 2 (2014): 101–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc1402101b.
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The paper analyzes the identities of four cities/towns in Serbia: Kragujevac, Novi Pazar, Sabac and Uzice, as seen by their inhabitants and other local actors. The identity of a city is defined as a set of unique features ensuring its continuous recognizability and distinguishing it from any other city. The analysis is based on quantitative and qualitative data collected in 2013 within the project ?Characteristics of Territorial Capital in Serbia? of the Institute for Sociological Research, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade. The views of citizens are documented by representative survey data (Kragujevac N=379, Novi Pazar N=299, Sabac N=346 and Uzice N=322), and those of other actors by semi-structured interviews (Kragujevac N=15, Novi Pazar N=14, Sabac N=12 and Uzice N=17).
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Mitić-Radulović, Ana, and Ksenija Lalović. "Multi-Level Perspective on Sustainability Transition towards Nature-Based Solutions and Co-Creation in Urban Planning of Belgrade, Serbia." Sustainability 13, no. 14 (July 7, 2021): 7576. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13147576.
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In recent years, nature-based solutions have been increasingly promoted as a climate change adaptation instrument, strongly advocated to be co-created. Achieving clear, coherent, and ambitious urban greening strategies, embedded in urban planning and developed in a co-creative, participatory and inclusive manner, is highly challenging within the EU enlargement context. In this article, such challenges are studied through two recent urban development initiatives in Belgrade, the Capital of Serbia: the first initiative focuses on planning the new Linear Park, within the framework of the CLEVER Cities Horizon 2020 project; the second initiative envisages the transformation of the privatised Avala Film Complex in the Košutnjak Urban Forest, primarily led by private interests but supported by the local authorities. The multiple-case study research method is applied, with an exploratory purpose and as a basis for potential future research on evaluation of co-creation processes for NBS implementation. The theoretical basis of this article is founded in the research on sustainability transitions, focusing on multi-level perspective (MLP) framework. The urban planning system in Belgrade and Serbia is observed as a socio-technical regime of the MLP. In such framework, we recognize co-creative planning of the Linear Park as a niche innovation. We interpret opposition towards planning of the Avala Film Complex as escalation, or an extreme element of the socio-technical landscape, comprised of civic unrests and political tensions on one side, combined with the climate crisis and excessive pollution on the other side. Moreover, the article examines informal urban planning instruments that can be implemented by the practitioners of niche innovations, that could support urban planners and NBS advocates in the Serbian and EU enlargement contexts to face the challenges of motivating all stakeholders to proactively, constructively and appropriately engage in co-creation.
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Biresev, Ana. "Protest against dictatorship and the construction of collective identity." Sociologija 59, no. 4 (2017): 389–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc1704389b.
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Protest against Dictatorship that started on April 3, 2017 in towns and cities across Serbia was too short-lived to establish organized production and instruments of distribution of meaning. This however doesn?t imply that certain processes were not set in motion and that collective identity wasn?t ?under construction?. The main aim of this paper is to reconstruct the identification patterns at work in Protest against Dictatorship. The study is based on data collected between 13th April and 4th May 2017 among participants of the protest in three cities in Serbia - Belgrade, Nis and Subotica (n=175). Two presuppositions - that collective identity is the field of struggle, and that identity building processes in contemporary social movements are influenced by a constitution and principles of the capitalist mode of production of social life - provided a basis for our analysis. We opt for an approach that conceives the collective identity as a product (?content?) and process (?contestation?). To conceptualize and operationalize collective identity we rely on the existing studies that outline four elements of collective identity that can be measured: worldviews, shared goals, relational aspects, and behaviors and norms. The contenstation is captured considering the extent of agreement and disagreement among protesters around each of these four elements.
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Pantić, Marijana, and Saša Milijić. "The European Green Capital Award—Is It a Dream or Reality for Belgrade (Serbia)?" Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 31, 2021): 6182. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116182.
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An agreement of cooperation and transmission of knowledge regarding the nomination for the European Green Capital Award (EGCA) was signed between the mayors of Belgrade and Ljubljana (EGCA 2016 winner) in September 2018. The candidacy of Belgrade was finally realized in October 2019. Great hope was placed in this endeavour because internationally recognized awards, such as the EGCA, represent enormous capital for both the city and the state. The EGCA requires serious preparation and significant fulfilment of preconditions. Many economically strong and environmentally responsible cities competed for the award, but did not win. On the other hand, the capital of Serbia does not appear to be an obvious winning candidate, especially as it is differentiated from the previous winners by being a non-EU city and by the fact that it is still undergoing an intense urban transformation, characteristic of transitional countries. Therefore, the main aim of this article is to present a review of the current state of Belgrade’s environmental qualities and its comparison with the EGCA criteria and with Grenoble as one of the winning competitors. The article gives a full overview of the EGCA requirements with certain details on required indicators, gives relevant insight into the procedure, which could be of use for any future candidacy, and discusses potential benefits for winners, losers and repeat candidacies.
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Dinic-Brankovic, Milena, Ivana Bogdanovic-Protic, Jelena Djekic, and Petar Mitkovic. "Post-socialist suburbanization and sprawl development patterns - Nis case study." Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering 14, no. 3 (2016): 355–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fuace1603355d.
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One of the characteristic forms of suburban development in the second half of the 20th century is urban sprawl. Various authors state that sprawl characterizes the urban development of both capitalist and former socialist cities. The cities of Central and Eastern Europe, however, remained compact during the entire period of socialism, and did not begin dispersed development until the 90?s. The goal of this paper is to examine the spatial-functional characteristics of the capitalist sprawl model and determine similarities and differences to the post-socialist suburban development patterns. A typical sprawling settlement of the capitalist city is presented in this paper: Platte Ridge neighborhood in the metropolitan area of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Then two suburban segments of the City of Nis, Serbia from the post-socialist period are analyzed, which represent typical cases of the residential and retail decentralization: Podvinik/Vinik residential zone beyond the urban boundary, and a retail center at the periphery of the city in Duvaniste neighborhood. The paper points out to problems that urban design of capitalist sprawl produces in the usage of space in the post-socialist city.
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Jovanović, Jelica. "New Belgrade: past-present-future, and the future that never came." An Eastern Europe Vision, no. 59 (2018): 68–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.52200/59.a.d8rtdtpt.
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It was an event that rarely happens in this part of the world: the construction of a brand-new capital city in a country which was not famous for its achievements in city building. Furthermore, it was in a country ravaged by WWII, rural and mostly agricultural, with modest industrial capacities. Today, 70 years after the beginning of its construction, New Belgrade is still one of the most contentious topics of architecture and urban planning in Serbia. It is the most beloved and the most hated, biggest success story and biggest failure, most beautiful and ugliest architecture of the city — all at the same time. It is not just a question of contested beauty: like many other post-war cities based on the Athens Charter, New Belgrade is a vast infrastructurally equipped urban territory, soaked in conflicted interests and interpretations of its past and its future. As we approach the saturation point of its available construction land — at least per original and many consecutive plans — the question of its future development, its reconstruction and/or restoration is looming out of every document and every conversation about New Belgrade.
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Gavrilovic, Ana. "The role of local self-management in the realization of the system of social care of children." Stanovnistvo 38, no. 1-4 (2000): 79–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/stnv0004079g.
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Local self-management, in its contemporary meaning, arose in the time modern state was created, at the transition from feudalism into capitalism. In the nineteenth and twentieth century, local self-management, in Europe above all, became a part of the uniform system of state government which had the following characteristics: the existence of proper territories, organizational independence of local institutions, the existence of certain financial and normative independence and the rights of citizens to freely choose in it a representative body or to directly decide on important matters of interest for the local community. The development of local self-management in our country has its roots as early as the Turkish rule, in the existence of principalities, at the end of the eighteenth century. In modern times, by the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia from 1990, a single-level local self-management was established and within it special decisions for cities. The district is the basic unit of local self-management in Serbia which has two kinds of jurisdiction: self-management or authentic and transferred or decentralized. The system of social care of children, by which certain goals of social and population policy of the state are achieved, recognizes two kinds of affairs which local self-management can carry out: authentic and entrusted. Authentic affairs refer to the institutions for children - preschool institutions and children?s recreation centers over which local self-management has all foundation rights. Entrusted affairs of local self-management are making decisions, in the first degree, on the rights of citizens which has the characteristic of rights of general interest. In the carrying out of its authentic and entrusted affairs and authorities, local self-management takes into consideration, through the Law on social care of children and sublaw acts, the regulated norms and standards for carrying out the activities of children?s institutions and realizing the rights of citizens. Apart from authentic and entrusted affairs, local self-management has the right, according to the Law on social care of children, to determine other rights as well in the system of social care of children, a greater scope of rights and more favorable terms for realization of rights, as well as other forms of social care of children, if it provides the funds. However, this supposition can hardly be realized, due to insufficiency of funds as well as adequate organization and competent expert work.
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Maver, Andreja, Harald Müller, and Igor Riznar. "Roman capitals from Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)." Starinar, no. 59 (2009): 119–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/sta0959119m.
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The article brings a detailed formal analysis of the Roman capitals from Sirmium, in the light of the stone analysis conducted on the material at the Museum of Srem and elsewhere in Sremska Mitrovica. The capitals dot the historical development of the town from the first half of the 2nd century until the 4th century. First made of regional limestone, they were later joined by those of limestone and marbles of distant source, whereby different stones in capitals coexisted almost throughout the town?s development. This was certainly the situation during the flourishing times of the late 3rd and the 4th century, when Sirmium, as one of the four capitals of the Roman Empire, stood within several formal circles of capitals. The plain-leaved capitals tie it to the rest of Pannonia, the Corinthianizing capitals to the provinces to the east and south, while part of the Asiatic capitals, the largest group, tie it to the wider area of the Mediterranean.
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Solak, Zdravko, and Nikola Dobric. "Zipf's law and cities in Serbia." Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, no. 131 (2010): 149–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmsdn1031149s.
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Formulated and mostly employed in linguistics, Zipf's law has been drawing attention of demographers and economists for a number of years relevant to their exploration of regional development or research within urban economy. Particularly intensive application of this law can be seen in analyzing the distribution of cities within a given country regarding the number of inhabitants living in them. The paper shows the application of Zipf's law in an analysis of the distribution of cities in Serbia according to the size of their population. Zipf's regressions have been determined based on the data provided by the 1998 and 2002 censuses, excluding the places populated by less than seven thousand inhabitants. The results arrived at are: for 1991: ln (rank) = 13,79-1,025 ln (number of inhabitants), R2 = 0,96; for 2002 ln (rank) = 13,88-1,032 ln (number of inhabitants), R2 = 0,96. The paper points out the applicability of Zipf's law on cities in Serbia having in mind the data collected the next census, as well as the factors which influence and modify the natural movements of the population and migrations spurred by economic changes. One of the most important ones is the fact that Serbia had become an independent country. Apart from that, the cities in Serbia took in the people coming from war torn and crisis enveloped neighboring regions. .
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Vasilic, Marija. "Operationalization of the „smart“ city concept on the example of Serbia." Sociologija 60, no. 2 (2018): 518–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc1802518v.
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The subject of this paper is the operationalization of the concept of ?smart? city in all dimensions - characteristics (smart people, smart economy, smart living, smart management, smart mobility and smart environment), on the example of cities in Serbia. The aim is to explain the use of the concept of ?smart? city for the purpose of ranking of middle-sized cities in Serbia, modeled by the use of this concept in the ranking of European middle-sized cities. This goal will be realized by a comparison of indicators used for ranking cities in Europe and Serbia, as well as a detailed overview of selected indicators and their use in the ranking of cities in Serbia. One should bear in mind that the concept of ?smart? city is treated as the ideal type, in relation to which it should be estimated how and in what way medium-sized cities in Serbia are far from this ideal type. The contribution of this paper is twofold - in theoretical terms, within the framework of sociology, for the first time a discussion on the concept of ?smart? city opens, and in practical terms, this concept is operationalized for the first time for the purpose of ranking mediumsized cities in Serbia. In this way the multidisciplinary concept is being introduced in the domestic sociology of space and sociology of public policy.
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Stojkov, Borislav. "Towards urban land recycling in Serbia." Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 87, no. 2 (2007): 175–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gsgd0702175s.
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Cities in Serbia are passing through the initial phase of economic, social and physical renewal. At the same time the cities are confronted with major wave of investing by foreign and domestic investors. The majority of he investments are being directed to greenfield locations resulting with rapid decrease of agricultural land. With land problems in perspective as well as with new economic, demographic and social situation in Serbia, combined with the enormous problem of regional disbalance, the EU and USA experiences point out the urgent need of recycling building land and activating neglected or depleted locations within urban area. The idea of mobilizing brownfields i.e. unused industrial, military or communal structures and locations, should help in solving many economic, social and environmental problems in Serbian cities and towns. The article cites European experiences with brownfields and offers some measures, instruments and recommendations relating to city land recycling and activating brownfields in Serbia.
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Zivanovic, Zora. "Macroregional centers in function of regional development of Serbia." Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 89, no. 3 (2009): 23–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gsgd0903023z.
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Beside the dominance of Belgrade in regional development of Serbia and marginal role of medium sized cities, macroregional centers were for a long time important carriers of economic development and a driving force of the overall prosperity. The objective of this work is to indicate the role of macroregional centers in the regional development of Serbia through their analysis and comparison of the results with the average values on the state level. Their existence represents a precondition for decentralization of Serbia. .
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Pavlovic, Tomislav, Ivana Radonjic, Dragana Milosavljevic, Lana Pantic, and Danica Pirsl. "Assessment and potential use of concentrating solar power plants in Serbia and Republic of Srpska." Thermal Science 16, no. 3 (2012): 931–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tsci111027100p.
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Data assessment and potential use of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska are given in the paper. Besides, CSP plants schematics and manner of their functioning are described. Then follows geographical position and the results of PVGIS calculation of the yearly average values of the solar irradiation on horizontal, vertical and optimally inclined plane, optimal inclination, linke turbidity, ratio of diffuse to global solar irradiation, average daytime temperature and 24 hours average of temperature for some locations in Europe where CSP plants are installed or are in construction, and in some cities in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. The paper also gives comparative surveys of the solar irradiation on horizontal plane and ratio of diffuse to global solar irradiation on some locations in Europe with installed and CSP plants in construction, and in some cities in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. Data for Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) for locations in Europe with installed or CSP plants under construction, and for some other cities in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska are also given. Data for DNI were obtained by means of SWERA. In the light of the obtained results it was concluded that Serbia and the Republic of Srpska have favorable climatic and geographical conditions for the installation of the experimental CSP plants, and the area of Trebinje in the Republic of Srpska has favorable conditions for commercial CSP plants installation.
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Todorovic, N., A. Milicevic Kalasic, and M. Vracevic. "Discrimination of older people in Serbia." European Psychiatry 26, S2 (March 2011): 861. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72566-4.
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Abuse of older people is a single or a repeated act or a failure to act happening in a relationship between two persons based on trust that causes pain or disturbance on the part of the older person. Red Cross of Serbia is the initiator and the founding member of Humanas (the network of 15 civil society organisations dealing with the issues of older people) and is spearheading a campaign of sensitisation of the public in relation to discrimination, neglect and abuse of older people.Humanas has educated volunteers in Elder Abuse and Discrimination prevention.A survey has been done in 8 cities in Serbia polling 250 older people of both sexes, age 65 or above. The survey results demonstrate that 44% of all the polled people are familiar with the existence of abuse. Alarmingly, as high as 32% of older people have been exposed to some form of abuse, with the most frequent form being verbal abuse (11.2%) The polled older people have stressed that they hate being called names, made fun of and called stupid or illiterate, within their families as well as in the general community. As for prevention, 52% of the polled older people think that ‘everybody’, meaning both public and civil sector should play a role in prevention.ConclusionThe problem of abuse of older people has to be approached from a multi-sector and multi-disciplinary perspective. The emphasis should be on new, deeper surveys, education of professionals, family members and other care takers.
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Grcic, Mirko, and Ljiljana Grcic. "The first populated cities of christened Serbia in X century by Constantine Porphyrogenitus, on the map of Guillaume Delisle." Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 92, no. 2 (2012): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gsgd1202001g.
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The aim of this paper is to contribute to the identification of the first inhabited cities in baptized Serbia at the beginning of the X century, mentioned by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Writings from that time are important documents which provide a picture of the reality, but it is also necessary to carefully study the old maps. Of particular note is the French geographer and cartographer, Guillaume Delisle (Guillaume de L?Isle), a member of the Royal Academy of Science, from the beginning of the XVIII century, whose map "Eastern Empire and neighboring regions of Constantine Porphyrogenitus" ("Imperio Orientalis et circumjacentium regionum sub Constantino Porphyrogenito et ejus praedecestoribus Descriptio") made on the data basis on Porphyrogenitus, so far not been used in the elucidation of uncertainty about the position of the first inhabited cities in christened Serbia. This map could be useful in researching of the networks of the cities, and territorial organization of Serbia and other Balkan countries.
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Božilović, Jelena, and Jelena Petković. "Socio-urban aspects of the pandemic crisis in Serbia." Socioloski pregled 54, no. 3 (2020): 837–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/socpreg54-27603.
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The paper deals with the discussion of cities from a socio-ecological perspective, from the standpoint of health and quality of life from the time of the first industrialisation to the current social crisis. Rethinking the connection between health and life in the city in modern social theory has resulted in new constructive concepts of the city, and some ideas of such concepts in the current situation may be guidelines for the development of cities of the future. The second segment of the paper is based on the analysis of selected results of the broader empirical research conducted in 2020 by anonymous online survey and applying comparative-analytical and statistical methods. The respondents' views on the quality of life in the city and countryside at the time of the pandemic generally show that, despite the fact that the respondents evaluate the countryside more positively than the city, their attitude is such that minority of them agree with the fact that the experience with the pandemic will direct people to life outside cities in the future.
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Nonic, Marina, Jelena Nedeljkovic, Dragan Nonic, and Mirjana Sijacic-Nikolic. "Attitudes of ornamental trees and shrubs producers towards nursery production of ornamental beech cultivars in Serbia." Bulletin of the Faculty of Forestry, no. 114 (2016): 137–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gsf1614137n.
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European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is, along with its significance as a forest species, renowned as an ornamental species, due to its numerous cultivars. Ornamental beech cultivars are planted in various green spaces, but a small number of such trees have ascertained in Serbia. For the time being, production of beech cultivars is represented in a very small number of nurseries, with a negligible share of those seedlings in their total assortment. The aim of this research is to study the attitudes of ornamental trees and shrubs producers towards the nursery production of ornamental beech cultivars, and possibilities of its improvements in Serbia. ?Door to door? survey and in-depth interviews were used as research techniques. Surveys with the representatives of 65 nurseries in Serbia (in the selected statistical region Sumadija and Western Serbia) were conducted in the first stage of data collection. In the second stage of data collection were interviewed the representatives of the 10 nurseries who, during the survey, pointed out that they produce ornamental beech cultivars. Nurserymen?s attitudes suggest that there is a possibility to improve the production of ornamental beech cultivars in Serbia, with the appropriate support measures and increased interest of customers on the market, i.e. with the provision of subsidies for the production of seedlings and greater use of cultivars by utility companies in the cities of Serbia.
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Dyrina, Anna. "ON THE POST-SOCIALIST PATH OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS AND THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA." Urgent Problems of Europe, no. 2 (2021): 269–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.31249/ape/2021.02.13.
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The article examines the current state of affairs in Belarus and Serbia - two countries that previously were parts of the socialist federal states, but currently belong to the regions of Eastern Europe and the Balkans/South-Eastern Europe, respectively. The first part of the article is devoted to Belarusian-Serbian relations. Political cooperation is developing at the presidential, governmental and parliamentary levels, and interaction is also carried out at the level of various departments, regions and cities. For Serbia, the support from Belarus on the international scene is important, in particular, in the issue of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia. The second part of the article is devoted to Serbia’s relations with the EU and the countries of the Adriatic Euroregion. On December 22, 2009 Serbia applied for EU membership. Despite the significant progress in the negotiations, Serbia has not yet become one of the EU member states. The third part of the article analyzes relations between Belarus and its neighbors, as well as cooperation with the EU. The European Union is the second most important market for Belarusian exports (after Russia). The main trading partners of Belarus among European countries, based on the indicators of bilateral trade in 2019, are Germany, Poland, Great Britain, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Latvia, France, Belgium, and the Czech Republic. The article concludes on the state and prospects of Belarusian-Serbian relations, cooperation of Belarus and Serbia with the EU and neighboring countries, and gives a description of the political systems and foreign policy of Belarus and Serbia.
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Vasilevska, Magdalena, Marija Randjelovic, and Ljiljana Vasilevska. "Influence of cultural models on the shaping of built environment forms: Some examples from Serbia’s past and present." Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering 14, no. 1 (2016): 75–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fuace1601075v.
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This paper considers the influence of different cultural models on the shaping of built environment forms in Serbian cities during certain periods in history which are characterized by specific political and social circumstances. In addition to the theoretical framing of current approaches to cultural models and multicultural reality in a broader sense, the research focuses on the: 1) review of historical, political and social background of the phenomenon of cultural models and multicultural realities in Serbia, 2) influence of different cultural models on the shaping of built environment forms in Serbia?s cities and settlements through chosen examples from the past and present.
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Jovanović Lješković, Nataša, Aleksandra Jovanović Galović, Svetlana Stojkov, Nikola Jojić, and Slobodan Gigov. "Medicine Shortages in Serbia: Pharmacists’ Standpoint and Potential Solutions for a Non-EU Country." Pharmaceutics 13, no. 4 (March 26, 2021): 448. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13040448.
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Medicine shortages in Serbia have evidently been present for several decades, but literature data are scarce. The aim of our study was to get an insight on the present situation in Serbia, review the EU actions when managing shortages, and discern a set of potential measures. A short survey was conducted among 500 pharmacists in public pharmacies, in 23 cities in Serbia. The survey questions addressed frequency of drug shortages, professional actions in the event of shortages, main consequences to patients and pharmacies, putative causes, and pivotal measures for the prevention/mitigation of drug shortages under current conditions. Moreover, a Panel of Experts was organized, whose suggestions and opinions were used to analyze the present situation and to form a set of potential solutions and effective measures to mitigate shortages of medicines. In-depth analysis of current Serbian legislation was conducted, with emphasis on specific steps to be made within the actual legal framework. Examples of good practice in the EU, applicable to a country such as Serbia, were examined. Our research showed that although Serbia is, in some aspects, behind EU countries regarding the approaches to overcome medicine shortages, progress can be made within short period of time, by specific well-targeted actions. Both patients and pharmacists would benefit from it.
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Stankovic, Jelena, Vesna Jankovic-Milic, and Marija Radosavljevic. "Improving the business environment in cities and municipalities in Serbia." Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, no. 146 (2014): 105–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmsdn1446105s.
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One of the ways to determine the benefits of a particular municipality and indicate its readiness to cooperate with potential investors is to promote standards of effective and transparent local administration. This task can be realized through the certification of cities and municipalities with a favorable business environment. Certification is a process that, among other things, allows the assessment of quality of services and information that municipalities provide for investors and businessmen. It is a process aiming at improvement of business environment in Serbia through institutional reforms with the active participation and cooperation of industry, municipalities and citizens. One of the key questions is to determine the importance of the criteria relevant for evaluating the attractiveness of municipality in terms of potential investors. Analysis of criteria importance for certification of cities and municipalities with a favorable business environment, shown in this paper, aims to identify those who have played a key role in the efficiency of municipalities and cities in attracting foreign direct investment. This paper presents three alternative ways of determining the importance of the criteria. The results of this analysis should indicate to the authorities of cities and municipalities possible ways of improving their position at the list of those with a favorable business environment.
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STANKOVIC, DANICA, MILAN TANIC, ALEKSANDRA KOSTIC, and VOJISLAV NIKOLIC. "Balcan cities, political influences and architecture: the case of Serbia." Architecture. Construction. Education, no. 2(10) (2017): 3–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.18503/2309-7434-2017-2(10)-3-11.
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Milenković, Slaviša. "The Beginning of Rugby Union in Serbia." Physical Education and Sport Through the Centuries 6, no. 2 (December 1, 2019): 75–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/spes-2019-0014.
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Summary The first direct contact with rugby was made by young men from Serbia during the First World War, after retreating through Albania, watching matches of French and English soldiers. During 1916, some 3,500 Serbian boys were sent to France and the United Kingdom to study. During their education at lyceums, colleges and universities, they were given the opportunity to play various sports, including rugby union. In keeping with their interest and quality, the Serbian boys quickly became involved in the school teams. Most Serbian boys actively participated in playing rugby in three Scottish cities - Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. Their interest in the sport was so much that in Edinburgh and Glasgow they formed special teams made up only of Serbs who played matches with other school teams. The highlight of dealing with Serb rugby in Scotland was the performance by the boys of the George Heriot School at the Rugby 7 tournament on March 9, 1918 in Edinburgh and a victory over the British Colonies selection. This performance can be considered the first appearance of a sports team under the name of Serbia on the international stage. After the end of World War I and the return to the homeland, some of the young men who became acquainted with rugby in France and the United Kingdom actively participated in academic and sports life in their homeland and the result was the establishment of two rugby clubs, in Sabac and Belgrade.
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Dimkić, Dejan, Miodrag Milovanović, Milan Dimkić, and Slađana Milojković. "Current and Economic Price of Water in Serbia." Environmental Sciences Proceedings 2, no. 1 (September 3, 2020): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2020002045.
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In the context of this paper, the term “price of water” refers to the charges for drinking water supply and sewage services. The current price of water in Serbia is generally set at an affordable level and does not reflect the real costs. It varies from approximately 0.4 €/m3 in smaller settlements of less developed regions of the country, to approximately 1.0 €/m3 in some cities of more developed regions. Lower prices in some cases are the result of fact that these settlements do not provide sewage services (SS). The average price of water in the country is currently about 0.7 €/m3. This paper presents the current and economic price of water in Serbia, and its structure, from a sample of 34 public utility companies (PUC), which perform water supply (WSS) and sewerage services (SS).
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Talijan, Radomir, and Goran Andjelkovic. "Current state of studying precipitation acidification in Serbia." Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 95, no. 4 (2015): 31–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gsgd1504031t.
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Basic relations between the state of air pollution and their effects on chemistry of precipitation were introduced in this paper. Changes in the composition of atmosphere were defined by numerous chemical elements and compounds different in character which also affect the phenomenon of acidification and alkaline processes. The interconnected sources of emission, relations between urban and rural, the regime of rainmeasuring system and climate elements combined as whole give us more complete image of the global phenomenon and its effects on cities as a contemporary social development first of all caused by industrialization, its dependance upon fosil sources of energy and demographic pressure. Characteristics of main pollutants were considered as well as their ability to modify atmospheric conditions, but also the influence of climate elements on those conditions, ph rainfall average value movement, seasonal and daily variations, the influence of industrial zones and agglomeration on the conditions in the area much wider than emitters.
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Pantic, Marijana. "A spatial perspective on demographic change in Serbian cities and towns." Spatium, no. 41 (2019): 23–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat1941023p.
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The majority of European countries share challenges related to demographic change. A decline in the total population size and population aging have already spread from rural to some urban areas. The case of Serbia is no exception. The focus of this article is the parameters of demographic change analysed particularly for larger (cities) and smaller (towns) urban settlements - population size, birth rate, rate of natural increase, average age of first-time mothers, total fertility rate, share of the young and elderly population, average population age, and developing demographic trends. The paper also stresses the necessity to use other definitions for a ?city? than the one used in legislation or statistical reports, by showing the extent to which results might differ depending on the chosen definition. One of the definitions used in this paper relies on a slightly adapted division of settlements used in statistical reporting, while the other is based on the Law on Local Self-Government (2007), the Law on the Territorial Organization of the Republic of Serbia (2007) and functional urban areas defined by the Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia. Cities and towns are observed from the perspective of their spatial distribution; therefore, each parameter is considered at the settlement, regional and district level.
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Pavlović, Aleksandra, Andrea Ivanišević, Ivana Katić, Alpar Lošonc, and Mladen Radišić. "The effect of solid waste management investments in the Republic of Serbia." Anali Ekonomskog fakulteta u Subotici 57, no. 45 (2021): 133–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/aneksub2145133p.
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The problem of establishing an effective solid waste management system is complex and still unresolved in Serbian municipalities, cities and settlements. Most landfills in Serbia do not meet basic sanitary standards and can often contain waste that is dangerous to human, plant and animal health, and waste that can be recycled is often dumped. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between waste generation and private investments in waste management. Statistical method of multiple linear regression was used to examine the impact of three predictors - economic development, investments in waste management, and urban population, on the dependent variable - municipal solid waste generation. The results of the research reveal that investments in waste management in Serbia do not have an effect on the waste reduction because the financial resources for such investments are not adequately managed. There is a large number of scientific researches that have dealt with the analysis of the mentioned relationship, however, their number on the example of Serbia is rather scarce. The results of the research could be useful to the state administrations of the Republic of Serbia.
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Banjanac, R., A. Dragic, B. Grabez, D. Jokovic, D. Markushev, B. Panic, V. Udovicic, and I. Anicin. "Indoor radon measurements by nuclear track detectors: Applications in secondary schools." Facta universitatis - series: Physics, Chemistry and Technology 4, no. 1 (2006): 93–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fupct0601093b.
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Indoor radon measurements by nuclear track detectors and application of the method in secondary schools in Serbia were performed in the spring 2004. Thirty detectors (type CR-39) were distributed to high school teachers in several cities in Serbia. After three months of the detectors exposure, they were sent back to the Low- Level Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Belgrade. After exposure, the CR-39 detectors were etched in a 6N NaOH at 700C for 3 hours. The tracks were counted by the semiautomatic track-counting system. The preliminary results are presented in this paper.
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Mirkov, Andjelka. "Ebenezer Howard’s garden cities." Sociologija 49, no. 4 (2007): 313–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc0704313m.
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The article is devoted to the analysis of the garden city concept and its practical contribution to urban planning in the twentieth century. First, Ebenezer Howard?s theoretical views on the city are analyzed, followed by examples illustrating the application of his ideas in England, USA, Russia and Serbia. The purpose is to show how garden cities varied depending on different social contexts.
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Nedeljković, Saša. "Individual Migrations of Montenegrins to Serbian Cities in the Post-Second World War Period." Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 3, no. 3 (December 1, 2008): 171–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.21301/eap.v3i3.9.
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The aim of this research is to investigate modes of migrations of Montenegrins into Serbia after the Second World War. Such an aim demands one to investigate how Montenegrins conceptualize living space, the reasons behind migration, their modes and consequences. The first section includes an analysis of modes of individual migrations – namely, the research of individual levels of identification through the analysis of narratives. This was conducted through interviewing a number of persons who were born in Montenegro, but who have during the course of their lives migrated to Serbia. In some cases a biographical method was used, whilst in others interviews were conducted with a set of narrowly formulated questions, supplemented by observation.
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Stevanovic, Jelena, Branislav Randjelovic, and Emilija Lazarevic. "Reading habits of secondary school students in Serbia." Zbornik Instituta za pedagoska istrazivanja 52, no. 1 (2020): 136–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zipi2001136s.
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Reading habits are an essential aspect for creating a functionally literate society and for its positioning at the global level. In this regard, the aim of this paper is to examine quantities and contents that high school students read, including compulsory reading and other books that do not belong to this corpus. We also tried to examine students? opinions about ways that could contribute to their motivation to read books, to consider their reading habits keeping in mind the family context and the use of library services, as well as to determine whether reading books is related to gender, academic achievement, the type of school that the students attend, the class and the education of their parents. Students (N=1378) from high schools and secondary vocational schools from several cities in Serbia participated in the research. A questionnaire was used, constructed for the purposes of this study. The results show that adolescents are reluctant to read reading materials contained in the curriculum. The majority of students read books outside of this corpus, and they most often read comics, science fiction, crime and romance novels. More than one fifth of students do not recognise any way that would motivate them to read books. Since there has been no visible improvement in this area in teaching practice over the last decade, it would be desirable to introduce and affirm optional subjects that would contribute to improving the reading habits of high school students (especially in secondary vocational schools).
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Zekovic, Slavka. "Possibilities for transformation of the urban land management in Serbia." Spatium, no. 19 (2009): 15–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat0919015z.
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The paper presents possibilities for establishment of a new market-based concept of the urban land management in Serbia in the period of transition. Urban land system and land policy are very important factors for competitiveness of cities in Serbia and initiating changes in this field is a necessity. The article discusses an option for privatization of urban public land and possible establishment and inclusion of leasehold land. Some open questions concerning the choice of the urban land system concept are considered, the possibility of urban land privatization and possibility for the establishment of leasehold of urban public land in Serbia. The paper concludes that there is a lack of political will to fairly solve problems of urban land reforms under the new market conditions. Some current research options suggested a reform based on privatization of public urban land, but there was no research on other options (leasehold for the majority of public land).
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Jovanović, Srđan Mladenov. "“One out of Five Million”: Serbia’s 2018-19 Protests against Dictatorship, the Media, and the Government’s Response." Open Political Science 2, no. 1 (May 16, 2019): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/openps-2019-0001.
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AbstractHaving fallen out of the scholarly and public spotlight after the cessation of the conflicts in the 1990s, Serbia nowadays seldom takes the central place in scholarly analysis. With the six-year rule of Aleksandar Vučić, nowadays the President of Serbia (in addition to being the former Prime Minister), however, we are of the opinion that his reign needs to be tackled from a scholarly perspective. With the diminishing of media freedoms, constant attacks on the free press, the suppression of almost all opposing political organizations, parties, and activists/politicians, Serbia is nowadays more and more often described as a “dictatorship” under the rule of one man, Aleksandar Vučić. In December 2018, a series of mass public protests started occurring regularly in several Serbian cities, all aimed against the rule of Aleksandar Vučić. Observing Serbia’s autocrat through the lens of elite theory, we tackle the protests against him, including the government’s official responses, as well as the smearing of the protests by the government-supporting media.
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Milošević, Mimica R., Dušan M. Milošević, Dragan M. Stević, and Ana D. Stanojević. "Smart City: Modeling Key Indicators in Serbia Using IT2FS." Sustainability 11, no. 13 (June 27, 2019): 3536. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11133536.
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Previous initiatives developed for the purpose of designing and the realization of a smart, sustainable city have shown that there is no single approach to make a city “smarter” and more sustainable. Each city represents a unique system where different stakeholders, local authorities, utility companies, and citizens undertake numerous activities, creating a matrix of interactions and interdependencies. In order to understand the ecological and social contexts of the city, as well as its priority activities, history, and specific features, the establishment of an appropriate methodology to support the establishment of a sustainable and smart city has become extremely important. Our research aims to explore key indicators in the development of the concept of the smart city in Serbia, and to assess the prioritization of activities. An integral approach based on a mathematical method a hybrid fuzzy Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) model based on Interval type-2 fuzzy sets classifies the whole system through different criteria and sub-criteria while respecting the experts’ opinions. The aim is to offer modelled solutions for our country integrated with the EU by smart cities.
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Stanković, Dr M. "Administrative districts in the Republic of Serbia – constitutional status and perspectives." Journal of Law and Administration, no. 2 (October 26, 2018): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.24833/2073-8420-2018-2-47-3-12.
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Introduction:Districts in Serbia have a long tradition, dating back to the early 19th century. In that period, they performed competences of state administration and local self-government at the same time. Serbia left the socialist model of constitutionality and returned to liberal-democratic constitutional institutions in 1990, and districts have their new position in constitutional system – districts are exclusively regional offices of ministries, a form of territorial deconcentration of power. Their main function is to accomplish orders issued by central administrative authorities (ministries). First part of this paper analyzes development of administrative districts and their current position in the constitutional system of Serbia (status, organs and competences). Second part of the paper discusses some options for improving of the position of administrative districts in the future, within the possible reform of the territorial organization of Serbia. Materials and methods:The methodological basis of the research consists of general scientific and special methods of cognition of legal phenomena and processes in the field of constitutional and administrative law: the method of systemic structural analysis, method of synthesis of socio-legal phenomena, the comparative legal method, formal logical method, historical method. Results:The analysis showed that the status of administrative districts should be changed. Administrative districts is the Republic of Serbia are offices (branches) of ministries that perform tasks of state administration They are therefore a kind of regional state administration bodies and organizational units of ministries. On the other hand, the existing districts, 29 of them, can represent a good basis for introduction of second level of local self-government in the Republic of Serbia. In this way, districts could obtain some competencies to conduct independently, by their own organs, elected directly by the citizens. In addition, districts would be able to keep their existing prerogatives and thus become a kind of “mixed” territorial units, which would unify functions of local government and local self-government. After all, municipalities in Serbia in many ways already have such a character. This solution would increase efficiency and democratic nature of the system in Serbia and strengthen the position of local self-government. However, in order to improve the position of districts in Serbia in this manner it is not enough to perform only revision of laws, but also the constitutional revision as well. Conclusions:The main conclusion is that districts should change their legal nature. They should become “mixed” territorial units (administrative and self-governing). In that way, they would be very similar to Serbian districts of the 19th century. Reform of the territorial organization of the Republic of Serbia, which seems inevitable, should seriously consider changing of the legal status and nature of districts. They could become respectable territorial units, which could have “mixed” character, so they could unite in themselves both functions of state administration and functions of local self-government. Such a character, which existed in the Serbian constitutional tradition for a long time, would allow districts, as both administrative and self-governing units, to establish more solid relationship between local communities (municipalities and cities) and institutions of central government. Their territorial, economic and demographic potential would be a solid basis for increasing of efficiency of local self-government and state administration in the Republic of Serbia. Besides, application of this model would completely overcome senseless regionalization project, which would surely bring more damage than good.
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Djurkin, Danica, and Milica Todorovic. "Regional differences in concentration of population in Serbia." Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, no. 167 (2018): 673–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmsdn1867673d.
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For understanding the demographic, economic and social development of the researched area, studying the distribution and concentration of population has a great importance. Spatial concentration of population of Serbia is a result of the rapid economic transformation after the Second World War. The intensive migration flows from villages to cities in the 1960s, on the first place, accompanied by a negative trend of natural population change, on the second, led to the redistribution and creation of regional and interregional differences in spatial distribution of population. By applying the chosen measure, concentration index, on the smallest level of the territorial structure of Serbia (settlements), the degree of population concentration is precisely determined and presented. Based on these results, the regional differences in concentration of population in Serbia are explained, which was the aim of this paper. Analyzing the results in the study area, four zones were distinguished: deconcentration i.e. the zone of dispersion, the zone of moderate, the zone of high and of extremely high concentration. A comparative study of a chosen indicator pointed to a certain territorial changes in the distribution of population for the observed period (from 1961 to 2011). At the interregional level, the most intensive spread of dispersion zone is noticed in the regions of South and East Serbia, Sumadija and Western Serbia and Vojvodina, while the highest average value of a given indicator, which records a constant increase as well, is established in the Belgrade region. Micro-level data showed concentration trend in 11.3% of settlements, but population dispersion in 88.7% of settlements. The dispersion zone covers the largest part of Serbia (84.2% of all rural settlements) and the directions of dispersion are clearly noticeable moving from the state border to the interior of the territory, and then from larger regional and municipal centres to the periphery. However, the zone of moderate concentration has decreased in spatial and demographic terms almost three times. Intensified processes of concentration led to the creation of the zone with extremely high concentration of population (41.4% of the total population of Serbia), but it includes only 1.7% of settlements. Areas with a high population concentration are limited to the industrialized and urbanized settlements with favourable traffic-geographical position on the axes of the state development (corridors). The application of concentration index to the settlement level of the Republic of Serbia outlined the differentiation of space, with a significant spatial-demographic imbalance, resulting in uneven distribution and territorial and demographic polarization.
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Djukicin-Vuckovic, Smiljana, Jelena Milankovic-Jovanov, Ljubica Ivanovic-Bibic, Jasmina Djordjevic, Tijana Djordjevic, and Igor Stamenkovic. "Changes in the hierarchy of settlements and attitude of the local population: Evidence from a developing region." Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic, SASA 70, no. 3 (2020): 227–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/ijgi2003227d.
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In post-socialist European countries, smaller cities were most vulnerable to economic restructuring during the transition years, as a result of which they suffered political and economic changes. These changes significantly influenced the hierarchy of these settlements in the settlement system. The phenomenon of urban hierarchy and changes in the hierarchy of settlements are rare research topics in Serbia. In this research, Kolubara District (in Western Serbia) is used as a case study because it has a good traffic position, as well as good potential for industrial development, but despite this, its inhabitants migrate to larger cities. This paper tests Schmook?s method for the centrality of settlements. A survey was used to examine the attitude of the local population in regard to the centrality and hierarchy of settlements. A closed type questionnaire was used. The results show that the local population has a positive attitude toward the functional development of the cities in the Kolubara District.
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Lakicevic, Milena, Sasa Orlovic, Ksenija Hiel, Srdjan Seremesic, Radenka Kolarov, and Milena Maksimovic. "Biodiversity indices for the Futog park (Novi Sad, Serbia)." Zbornik Matice srpske za prirodne nauke, no. 140 (2021): 127–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmspn2140127l.
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Biodiversity and biodiversity preservation are some of the most important topics in ecology. Protecting biodiversity in urban ecosystems is especially challenging. Urban parks are a valuable part of green infrastructure in cities, as they contribute to preserving natural habitats for many species. Biodiversity can be quantified by calculating different diversity indices, and in this paper, we have calculated alpha indices (Shannon, Simpson, Fisher, Berger-Parker and Margalef index) and beta indices (Sorensen index, Jaccard distance and Bray-Curtis index) for the Futog park in Novi Sad, Serbia, within two periods, 2005 and 2020. The goal of the paper is to analyze the current values of biodiversity indices in the park and compare them with the ones from 15 years ago. In addition to the analysis of biodiversity indices values, the paper provides the comparison of taxonomic structure of flora, and the abundance of native, endemic and invasive species in the park, in 2005 and 2020. The results show that the values of biodiversity indices have decreased in the indicated period of time, and one of the main causes can be related to the spread of invasive species within the park. For calculation purposes, we have used the R program and the R package ?vegan?.
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Manasijević, Aleksandar, Marko Milojković, and Dejan Mastilo. "Digital Village Transformation: A Model for Relativizing Regional Disparities in the Republic of Serbia." ECONOMICS 7, no. 2 (December 1, 2019): 125–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2019-0013.
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Abstract The regional reality of the Republic of Serbia is characterized by strong regional disparities and adverse demographic trends. This situation is the result not only of inadequate actions of makers of macroeconomic policy and implementation of inefficient models of regional development in modern conditions, but of a long-term process of inheritance and deepening of regional disparities. The consequences of uneven regional development are numerous, and despite the economic ones, it is very important to emphasize the importance of non-economic consequences of uneven regional development. This primarily refers to the unfavorable demographic flows caused by the bipolarization of the state to the developed north and undeveloped south. Migratory trends in the Republic of Serbia can be observed in three different, however, interrelated processes. The first relates to migration from villages to cities, the second to migration from south to north and the third to migration directed beyond the borders of our country. These processes led to the extinction of the Serbian village and to the demographic emptying of the periphery of the Republic of Serbia. This is best supported by the fact that every fourth village is in the process of demographic disappearance, while every fourth agricultural resident of the Republic of Serbia is at risk of poverty. However, in the Zajecar district, the municipality of Sokobanja, one can notice the digital transformation of Vrmdža village, similar to the digital transformation of villages in developed countries. This transformation has attracted a large number of young families from this village doing business activities through the internet and modern digital technologies. The aim of this paper is to investigate the digital transformation of the village of Vrmdža by presenting a specific model of village transformation that can significantly contribute to the relativization of regional disparities in the Republic of Serbia.
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Ilic, Jovan, and Sava Stankovic. "Geographical centers: Geographical centers of the Republic of Serbia, Central Serbia, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohia." Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, no. 123 (2007): 109–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmsdn0723109i.
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The geographical center of one territorial unit is the location point which in theoretical sense is nearest to other points of that territorial unit. There are several methods for determining the geographical center. Those are 1) method of geographical coordinates of extreme border pont, 2) the method of brunt determinate 3) the method of isofrontiers, 4) the isofrontier-translations method (composite), 5) the method of grid, 6) the integral method of brunt determinate. The integral method of brunt determinate by computer program ArcView a method which provides very precise results was applied. The geographical center is an interesting and important place, which should be marked in an adequate manner. It would be, for example, useful to put the basic geographic orientation sign at a location. It is an object where the name of destination, its latitude (numerical value in degrees, minutes and seconds), longitude and altitude (in meters) and the data about straight liner distance to the destination in the Republic of Serbia (cities, mountains, monasteries, etc) and the other parts of the world (cities, mountains, and points of the main elements of the Earth - the Equator, the North Pole, the zero meridian and data zone border line) (in kilometers/miles) would be indicated. Geographical centers in Serbia are as follows: The geographical center of the Republic of Serbia is situated in Draca settlement, Kragujevac municipality. The center is located to the west of Kragujevac, about 8 km from the center of the city (rectilinear). The geographical center of Central Serbia is situated in Kaludra settlement Rekovac municipality. The center is located about 10 km to the south of Rekovac. The geographical center of the Autonomus Province of Voivodina is situated in Zabalj settlement, Zabalj municipality. The center is located about 12 km to the northeast of Novi Sad. The geographical center of the Autonomus Province of Kosovo and Metohia is situated in Komorane settlement Glogovac municipality. The center is located about 24 km to the southwest of Pristina.
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Mašić, Saša I. "The Performance of the Serbian Hotel Industry / Performanse Hotelskog Poslovanja U Srbiji." Singidunum Journal of Applied Sciences 10, no. 2 (October 1, 2013): 24–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sjas10-4481.
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AbstractThe aim of this paper is to determine operating performance of hotel companies in Serbia. The analysis was conducted on a sample that included approximately 31.35% of the total available hotel capacity in Serbia for the period from 2004 to 2011. The sample was designed to be representative of the hotel distribution by territory and category. Business performance of hotel companies was analyzed using TREVPAR and GOPPAR indicators both at the national level, for tourism clusters and the largest Serbian cities. The results show that hotel companies in Serbia, on average, achieved low TREVPAR and GOPPAR values. In 2011, the average TREVPAR of companies in Serbia was 28 EUR, and GOPPAR approximately 3.7 EUR. The study registered a significant decline in the value of these indicators for the period from 2008 to 2011, primarily as a result of the economic crisis. Results significantly better than the national average were achieved by hotel companies from Belgrade that had a mean TREVPAR value of 46.2 EUR and GOPPAR value of 8.6 EUR. During the analyzed period, the largest increase in the value of the analyzed indicators was registered in the city of Kragujevac as a result of significant investments made by the car manufacturer “Fiat” and its sub-contractors. These investments have led to a significant increase in the number of foreign tourist arrivals and consequently to an increase in business performance of hotel companies in Kragujevac.
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Alibegović, Dubravka Jurlina, Sabina Hodžić, and Emira Bečić. "The Level of Fiscal Autonomy: Evidence from Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina." NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 12, no. 1 (June 1, 2019): 91–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2019-0004.
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AbstractThe role of local government units and the level of fiscal autonomy are the main drivers of local development activities in countries. The aim of this paper is to measure the level of fiscal autonomy of large cities that have been identified as conductors of local development activities in three Southeastern European (SEE) countries, namely Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as to compare the level of fiscal autonomy between large cities and other remaining local units in the respective countries. The results of the research measured by the index of fiscal autonomy and compared with the index of fiscal autonomy of all remaining local government units in each of these countries indicate limited fiscal autonomy. Th is research provides new scientific evidence and fills the gap regarding the level of fiscal autonomy of large cities to improve and increase their budget capacity.
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Jovanovic, Miroslav. "Nikolaj Velimirovic’s letters to Aleksandar Belic sent from London 1916." Prilozi za knjizevnost, jezik, istoriju i folklor, no. 82 (2016): 167–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/pkjif1682167j.
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The Archive of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade holds four letters that the Nikolaj Velimirovic (1881-1956) sent in 1916. to philologist Aleksandar Belic (1876-1960). Both of them were send by the Serbian government in the missions at the the Allied capitals - Velimirovic in London, Belic in Petrograd. Velimirovic?s view of international relations and the importance of the impact of the Russian Empire in Great Britain led him to cooperation with Belic to help Serbia in achieving its war aims.
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Waley, Paul. "Cities in transcontinental context: A comparison of mega urban projects in Shanghai and Belgrade." Spatium, no. 30 (2013): 7–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat1330007w.
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This study of urban developments in Belgrade and Shanghai is set in the context of comparative urban research. It presents two ostensibly contrasting cities and briefly examines urban development patterns in China and Serbia before focusing more specifically on mega urban projects in the two cities - Pudong and Hongqiao in Shanghai contrasted with New Belgrade. While the historical genesis of the Chinese and Serbian projects differs markedly, together they provide complementary examples of contemporary entrepreneurial urban development in divergent settings. China and Serbia share a heritage of state ownership of urban land, and this characteristic is still very much a feature underpinning development in Shanghai and other Chinese cities, as well as in New Belgrade. In both territories, state ownership of land has contributed to a form of urban development which - it is argued in this paper - can best be seen as state-based but market-led. The comparative study that this work initiates will, it is hoped, contribute to an understanding of contextual change in the two worlds regions of East Europe and East Asia.