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DEFORESTATION OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF SERBIA, 1830-1878: OVERVIEW
Authors: Momir Samardžić, Milivoj Bešlin
Abstract: The goal of this article is to trace the appearance of a pattern of forest mismanagement from the beginnings of modern Serbian state in the 19th century. The article will demonstrate that rapid demographic growth, accompanied by the expansion of arable land due to a gradual transition from animal husbandry to agriculture as the dominant form of economy, led to a vigorous increase in the process of deforestation in the period spanning from the attainment of autonomy (1830) to the wars against the Ottoman Empire (1876-1878). Supremacy of agriculture in the beginning of the 1870s was achieved at the expense of forests, because the increase in agricultural yields in the peasant existential economy, which was characterized by underdeveloped agricultural techniques, meant a continuous expansion of arable land. The example of the Principality of Serbia confirms that in agrarian economies competition between the usufruct of the forest and its potential as agricultural land regularly ends with the removal of the forest.
Keywords: deforestation, floods, erosion, Serbia, 19th century, agriculture, peasant economy
Article info: 1-8
Received: May 15, 2016 | Revised: February 22, 2017 | Accepted: March 9, 2017
ANALYSIS OF VEGETATION FROM SATELITE IMAGES CORRELATED TO THE BIRD SPECIES PRESENCE AND THE STATE OF HEALTH OF THE ECOSYSTEMS OF BUCHAREST DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1991 TO 2006
Authors: Mirela Dragoș, Angela Petrescu, George-Laurenţiu Merciu
Abstract: The urban vegetation needs adequate monitoring and conservation, being a critical resource of urban landscape. To its deeply esthetic values, the practical values and, respectively, ecosystem services delivered by the urban biodiversity are added (amelioration of the environment and urban microclimate, flood control, diminishing of the environmental pollution, increasing of biodiversity and habitats etc.). Accurate remote sensing techniques have been used widely in locating and mapping urban vegetation (Light Detection And Ranging-LiDAR, satellite images). The purpose of this study is to point out the vegetation status in correlation with the number of the bird species (as indicator of the ecosystem’s health), using remote sensing techniques (Landsat satellite images), between 1991-2006 in Bucharest, Romania’s capital. Rapid urban evolution of Bucharest led to important changes within the structure of the city, underlined by the increasing of the built area to the detriment of the green one. The intensity of the urbanization rate also led to the decreasing of the number of the bird species. The results obtained through analysis of satellite images indicate the necessity to acquire the up-to-date information related to the vegetation status in order to establish in the future, through urban landscape projects, protection measures for the vegetation cover and for the bird habitats in Bucharest Municipality.
Keywords: urbanisation, vegetation monitoring, avian habitat, Landsat, NDVI model, Bucharest Municipality
Article info: 9-25
Received: January 1, 2017 | Revised: January 30, 2017 | Accepted: March 18, 2017
LIVING ON THE BORDER: SOCIAL INDICATORS OF LIFE QUALITY IN SREM BORDER REGION (VOJVODINA, SERBIA)
Authors: Bojan Đerčan, Milka Bubalo-Živković, Milica Solarević, Dejan Šabić
Abstract: This paper presents the results of empirical research on quality of life of rural residents in the border region of Srem. Purpose of this work was to establish attitudes to social factors which determine everyday life of local population, and to establish the general perception of their standard of living. The results presented here are based on statistical analysis in which four types of analysis were applied: descriptive statistical analysis, application of chi-square test, t-test for independent samples and factor analysis of variance ANOVA. In order to determine the significance of differences between groups, post-hoc Scheffe’s test was used. The research has come to the conclusion that the population of the border region of Srem is not satisfied with their living standards, and the main issues are unemployment and low income.
Keywords: subjective well-being, life satisfaction, social indicators, border settlements, Serbia
Article info: 26-42
Received: September 9, 2016 | Revised: October 26, 2016 | Accepted: March 18, 2017
COMPUTER LITERACY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SERBIA AND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
Authors: Tatjana Stojanović, Ivana Penjišević, Tamara Lukić, Jelena Živković
Abstract: The purpose of the paper is highlighted phenomenon of computer self-literate. Research confirmed that the school influence is not meritorious for computer literacy. Analysis of statistical data about computer literacy of the young in Serbia has found the regional differences in number, gender and age structure. Attitudes were formed in function to describe the opinions of young about this phenomenon. Four hundred young from different parts of Serbia gave the opinion about the importance, overcoming, expansion, consequence, future development of computer self literacy. Results of research represent contribution knowledge about characteristics of young in Serbia on the beginning of the 21stcentury and they can be used for interregional comparison.
Keywords: computer literacy, region, Serbia, the young, regional differences
Article info: 43-53
Received: November 23, 2016 | Revised: December 14, 2016 | Accepted: March 19, 2017
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF HUNGARIAN-CROATIAN POLITICAL RELATIONS AND CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATIONS
Authors: Szilárd Rácz
Abstract: The objective of the study is to present the main features of Hungarian-Croatian political relations and cross-border co-operations with a focus on the past 25 years. The study will discuss the various eras and specifics of Hungarian-Croatian political relations, the features of the borderland and cross-border relations, the spatial structural and infrastructural bases of the co-operation and the hard and soft factors of relations. The maintenance of the historically rooted relations – eight centuries of personal union, a rare example of a millennium of peaceful coexistence in Central Eastern Europe is more or less visible. Notwithstanding, coexistence between the two nationalities did not transcend the religious and cultural sphere, in most respects they only shared a common territory with each other. During the past 25 years, both Hungary and Croatia have witnessed a profound change in their perception of borders and neighbourhood relations. A new period began with Croatia becoming an autonomous state, the era of state-building characterised by inward orientation. Croatia has embarked on the road towards Euro-Atlantic Integration as a symbol of its new orientation at the turn of the millennium, which exerted a strong impact on the perception of borders and effective co-operation, while there has been a gradual deepening of Hungarian-Croatian relations. A period was concluded with the EU accession of Croatia, henceforth co-operations are established between two EU member states. This, however, does not imply positive practices in all cases. The MOL-INA affair transcending the internal corporate sphere severely damaged interstate political relations, deteriorating further with the 2015 refugee crisis.
Keywords: Croatian, Hungarian, political relations, cross-border co-operations, geopolitics
Article info: 54-67
Received: December 22, 2016 | Revised: February 13, 2017 | Accepted: March 24, 2017