Population of Eastern Herzegovina in Function of Regional Development Cover Image

Становништво источне Херцеговине у функцији регионалног развоја
Population of Eastern Herzegovina in Function of Regional Development

Author(s): Milimir Lojović, Obren Gnjato
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Sociology, Demography and human biology, Economic development, Environmental interactions
Published by: Географски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: East Herzegovina;population;demographic processes;spatial arrangement of the population;modern demographic characteristics;regional development;

Summary/Abstract: East Herzegovina is a geographical and regional term for a part of the Republic of Srpska, which includes the municipalities: Trebinje, Bileća, Ljubinje, Gacko, Nevesinje, Berkovići, and East Mostar, with the 365 inhabited places, and the area of 3827 km2 as well as the population of about 86000 people. The demographic processes in the historical development of East Herzegovina have been influenced by the complex political and socio-economic factors, and they have had emigratory and migratory characteristics, especially in the second half of the 20th century.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 207-224
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bosnian