Могућности демографске ревитализације насеља на територији општине Чачак
Some Possibilities of Demographic Revitalization of the Settlements in the Municipality of Čačak

Summary/Abstract: The territory of Čačak region is a part of Zapadno Pomoravlje and is situated with geomorphological aspect between Šumadija and Unutrašnji Dinaridi. Čačak commune covers area 636 km2 with 58 settfements and 117.072 inhabitants (2002). It is hard to say rnuch of the Čačak commune in the ancient times because poor archeological data. Insufficient data on the Čačak commune makes it difficult to forrn a clearer picture of its social organization, life and working activities of the population. Varous cultures and ethnic groups were interwoven here such as: old Balkan, Roman-Bvzantine, old Slavic, Serbian and oriental. Intensive imigration started in XVII century and continued to the end of XX century. Postwar economic development of Čačak commune spured great imigration of the population. Out of ali kinds of migrations by their continuity, intensity and influence on settlements and spatial-functional structure making and in comune organization, rural to urban migration sand migrations frorn the living place to the working place were the most important. In the period 1948–1991. the population of the Čačak commune growth. It is the resultat of industrialization, rural to urban migration and natural increase. Decline in agriculture and rapid industrialization caused the change of rural population into urban population. The analysis of population age structure in the Čačak villages shows that the population is at the threshold of being old. Only the growth of birth rate and reduction of migration may slow down this process.

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