Rajko Golic

• Professor
• Professor (Associate) at University of Belgrade

Due to the long-term demographic depopulation of settlements, depopulation clusters are observed in Serbia after the 2022 census - areas with 20 or fewer inhabitants or without inhabitants. The areas of depopulated settlements are growing territorially and continue to increase from south towards the North of the country. While the built-up area on...

The paper analyzes the processes and intensity of changes in land use regarding the regional development in the eastern part of Srem. The regional development axis Belgrade - Novi Sad represents one of the most dynamic regional entities in Serbia. Intensive socio-economic development, expressed above all through the opening of industrial zones, is...

Geographic distance between certain parts of the World during most of human history had the function of a barrier and reduced the possibilities of communication between them. The impossibility of quickly overcoming large distances and information exchange was the main obstacle to connecting distant societies and the main brake on the establishment...

Rad se bavi složenom dinamikom depopulacije u ruralnim prostorima u Srbiji. Iako je tema veoma aktuelna u poslednjim decenijama, a istraživanjima su odavno utvrđeni uzroci i posledice depopulacije brojnih regija u Evropi, čini se da ne postoje sistematski pristupi u sprovođenju politike upravljanja napuštenim prostorima. Pošli smo od već poznatih f...

Tourism is a significant segment of development policy at the national level, and it is important in terms of contributing to the Gross domestic product (GDP) diversifying of economy, reducing disparities between regions, fostering development capital, and promoting regional development. Tourism greatly contributes to the sustainable development of...

Depopulated or abandoned spaces are a consequence of the emptying of settlements and the complete disappearance of the human factor in the use of space. The aim of this paper is to determine the size and structure of this space—clusters that can be considered abandoned at the regional level. In the focus of this paper is the space at the district l...

The subject of this paper is to determine how the COVID-19 virus pandemic affected the situation in Serbian villages. The task of the paper is to show the positive and negative consequences that resulted from the pandemic. This would indicate that some of them may represent a new idea, a chance, or would work in favor of the sustainability of the v...

This paper focuses on the underground military galleries and countermine system of the Petrovaradin Fortress near Novi Sad (Serbia). The Petrovaradin Fortress was presented within the working group Underground Built Heritage Reuse and Valorisation Strategies on the COST action Underground4value as a good example of tourist valorised underground cul...

The production and use of artificial snow has become necessary in most ski centres in Europe. The lack of snow creates problems in ski centres that were built without the prior valuation of natural factors. The survey covered winter tourist centres in Serbia, which are facing problems due to the shortening of the tourist season caused by the lack o...

Construction of dams and creation of artificial water reservoirs affect the transformation of landscape and socioeconomic structure of geospace. Some of the most significant changes are related to demographic processes, manifested by the resettlement of people from submerged parts of the settlement and changes in the demographic structure. The arti...

The diversity of spatial units of the Republic of Serbia is caused by several types of regional inequality. Only some of indicators of inequality between the regions can be considered developmental problems. In this paper indicators are distinguished by which it is possible to isolate and compare the regions of Serbia according to different criteri...

Regionalization of Serbia in the second half of the 20th century was characterized by the dominance of the traditional approach, based on classical understanding of region as a static physiognomic spatial unit, with some attempts at economic regionalization. Such regionalizations were largely inapplicable in practice, so that they did not become pa...

The subject of this paper is to identify the most suitable location for the installation of solar panel power plant in the Municipality of Knjaževac (East Serbia). Digital elevation model (DEM) of the area of interest was constructed using Geomedia Pro Grid module. The potential insolation of municipality was determined using the obtained DEM for t...

Canada is a country with the longest tradition of institutional multiculturalism in the world. The paper analyzes the contemporary ethno-cultural diversity of the population of Canada. Immigration has given specific feature of this country, and each new wave of immigration has contributed to its ethnic and cultural diversity. The basis of today's C...

The study of climate changes is most often based on the analysis of time series of temperature and precipitation in urban areas and the increase in the emission of gases having a greenhouse effect. On the other hand, the selection of representative and relevant stations and comprehensive analysis of climate indicators lead to better and more exact...

Tourism is an indicator and the consequence of the development of many countries. Among the priority areas of the tourism strategy are high mountain areas with complex ecosystems. Mountain tourism in Serbia, as well as continental country is one of the leading forms of tourism through various projects stimulated by the state. In the last ten years,...

The aim of this research is to examine the effects of the post-1990 transition on the relocation of tourism and changes in the structure of tourism over the last 20 years in Belgrade. Economic and social development altered spatial relations of tourist factors and elements. Apart from the old city core, new tourist zones and directions appeared. To...

Adventure tourism is aspecific type of tourism that has been increas-ingly popular in Serbia in recent years. In this regard, the paper identifies the basic characteristics of adventure tourism, its development in Serbia, with agreat em-phasis placed on high mountain areas that, owing to their physical and geographic characteristics, possess huge p...

The paper analyses the numerical trends of asylum seekers from Serbia in European countries, the reasons for their increase in certain years, and motives for seeking asylum, and attempts to answer two questions: why is Serbia among the world’s top countries of origin of asylum seekers and what are the consequences for asylum seekers and for Serbia...

Our research focuses on the problems of modern spatial, social and economic marginalization of the Belgrade slum population, as well as on the measures of improving the living conditions in them. The slums on the territory of Belgrade are numerous, dis-persed, heterogeneous in structure, size and type, and the common denominator that could express...

Climate is one of the main factors for the development of recreational forms of tourism in Montenegro. It affects the temporal arrangement and spatial distribution of tourists throughout the year. It determines the context of the environment in which the activities of tourists take place and represents the tourism resources. It is important for the...

Our study analyzes the transition period of Serbia from a centrally planned to a market economy with a special view to the political, social and economic conditions during the 1990s, and the economic circumstances after the 'democratic revolution' through the inflow of FDI, GDP, GDP per capita, GDP growth rate, exports, imports, trade balance, and...

In order to find solutions for stopping negative economic processes in the Raška region, as well as land reclamation and depopulation of villages, one of the main activities is adequate restructuration of the economy, according to available resources. In this paper we analyze a place of tourism in the Raška region, as an activity to which is not gi...

In order to find solutions for stopping negative economic processes in the Raška region, as well as land reclamation and depopulation of villages, one of the main activities is adequate restructuration of the economy, according to available resources. In this paper we analyze a place of tourism in the Raška region, as an activity to which is not gi...

Drina is not considered to be a navigable river, because most of its flow breaks through the Dinaric mountain ranges. Nevertheless, traditional occupation of the population in the Drina Valley in the past represented navigation. Until the mid-twentieth century rafting of timber and goods transportation by Zvornik boats had a major significance in t...

The territory of the municipality of Mali Zvornik is, from the aspect of morphology and spatial-functional structure, a heterogeneous area. It is located in the valley of the Drina River and in hilly-mountainous part of Podrinjske mountains. The area of the municipality is 184 km², with 14076 inhabitants (2002). The importance of water resources fo...

Agreement on state borders between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina has not been signed yet, and the question of enclave Međurečje has not been answered. Negotiations about confirmation of the state border are being done within the framework of International Diplomatic Commission for the state borders between former Serbia and Montenegro and Bosni...

On the state border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, between municipalities Priboj and Rudo, enclave Sastavci is located, with the area of approximately 400 ha. The enclave Sastavci is officially a part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it is completely surrounded by Serbian territory. This Bosnian "island", at the territory of local com...