SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN POPULATION CONCENTRATION AND SETTLEMENT FUNCTIONS IN THE SREM REGION IN THE PERIOD 2002-2011 Cover Image

ПРОСТОРНА АНАЛИЗА ПРОМЕНА КОНЦЕНТРАЦИЈЕ СТАНОВНИШТВА И ФУНКЦИЈА НАСЕЉА СРЕМСКЕ ОБЛАСТИ У ПЕРИОДУ 2002-2011. ГОДИНЕ
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN POPULATION CONCENTRATION AND SETTLEMENT FUNCTIONS IN THE SREM REGION IN THE PERIOD 2002-2011

Author(s): Aleksandra Malić Sibinović
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Applied Geography, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Географски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: population; economic development; investments; structural changes; urbanization

Summary/Abstract: The Srem region has become a very attractive region for domestic and foreign investors in the last twenty years, due to its geographical location and its natural and social characteristics suitable for the development of economic activities. The absorption of capital investments leads to significant changes in the functional types of settlements in the Srem region, so that the predominantly agrarian settlements’ characteristic of the Srem region become mixed and non-agrarian settlements over time. The capital investments have a direct impact on the structural changes and spatial differentiation of the economy in the Srem region, while at the same time the change in the economic base significantly influences the functional transformation of the settlement, which is precisely shown by the results of the Hoyt index. The analysis of the collected data from the 2002 and 2011 censuses showed that the greatest changes are associated with the secondary and tertiary sectors, which is a consequence of the new investment activity in the field of industry and services. The greatest extent of change was found in the municipal centers (Inđija, Stara Pazova and Pećinci), but also in the surrounding settlements which are under the direct gravitational influence of the mentioned municipal centers. Based on the analysis of functional changes for the period 2002-2011, it is possible to further examine the dynamics of changes and compare them with the period 2011-2022 and consider the future trends of functional transformation of the settlement, which is a prerequisite for the systematically organized development of the Srem region.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 119-141
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English, Serbian
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