Demogeografski aspekt nestajanja starih i stvaranja novih naselja u delti Neretve

Abstract

The author's aim has been to point out changes in population density and settlements in the Neretva Delta zone (Croatia). A special emphasis has been put on those old settlements, which were situated on the mountainous (karst-calcareous) area, and on the formation of new settlements on the junction of mountainous zone and alluvial plain, then on the alluvial plain itself. The author's intention has also been to emphasize the period when these changes happened and causes, which provoked these changes. It is incontestable that the intensity of changes is determined by contemporary economic Delta valuation expressed through modern agriculture, traffic, trade and especially port activities. All these changes have been taking place for the last thirty years since the economic aspiration in Delta moved from the mountainous area to the alluvial plain.

Depopulation of villages in southeastern Serbia аs hindrance to economic development

“…Reduced number of villages is due to changes in national boundaries, foundation of new settlements (as a result of refugee waves), urbanization, foundation of new industrial settlements in mining regions (which were statistically considered rural), etc. (Glamuzina, 1996;Mladenov & Ilieva, 2012). Also, in the northeast part of Montenegro the process of depopulation in the early 21st century reached maximum.…”