Rural Abandonment in the Balkans: Case Study of a Serbian Village

2021 ◽  
pp. 036319902110008
Author(s):  
Živanović Zora ◽  
Tošić Branka ◽  
Vesić Marina
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Rural Environment ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Insight Into

The process of rural neglect leads to massive abandonment of rural areas throughout the Balkans. The paper provides an insight into the situation in the rural environment of Serbia. The aim of the study is to identity the reasons for rural abandonment in Serbia in order to define the optimal ways to overcome the current situation. An integrated questionnaire was designed for all respondents, and there were also several separate questionnaires. The results indicate the difficult situation in the rural area of Serbia and that the current trend of rural abandonment will continue.

Importance of Plant Production in Development of Rural Areas

2020 ◽  
pp. 241-252
Author(s):  
Marijana Jovanović Todorović ◽  
Anton Puškarić
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Agricultural Activities

This chapter analyzes plant production from the perspective of development rural areas and it is based on the case study for rural areas on territory of Smederevo. The main goal of this chapter points to the current situation in plant production as one of the most important agricultural activities and that creates the basis for future development. It will be presented data collected from Census of agriculture, yearbooks, and local reports, but also data collected in the field. The authors apply theoretical and practical frame of research based on the case of study, which is oriented on used agricultural land, realized production and yield in period 2013-2017.

scholarly journals Dimensões socioambientais do rural contemporâneo

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfio BRANDENBURG ◽  
Angela Duarte Damasceno FERREIRA ◽  
Leonardo José Cordeiro SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Rural Environment ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
History Of ◽  
Environmental Interests

O texto trata do meio ambiente rural da Região Metropolitana de Curitiba e do Litoral Norte do Paraná a partir da sua heterogeneidade, do rural como espaço de interesses ambientais conflitantes, como espaço do risco socialmente construído, como espaço de reencontro com a natureza e como espaço de surgimento de novos atores sociais. Em função dos processos organizativos em curso nos espaços rurais, e em função do reconhecimento da diversidade de situações socioambientais existentes e das distintas estratégias implementadas pelos diferentes atores para se reproduzir, pode-se dizer que existe uma vitalidade dos grupos sociais rurais para recriar suas trajetórias e inscrevê-las como elementos da historicidade do seu território. Socio-environmental dimensions of contemporary rurality Abstract The text addresses the rural environment in the Curitiba Metropolitan Area and in Paraná’s northern coastal area in its heterogeneity, rural area as a space of conflicting environmental interests; as a space of socially created risk; as a space of reencounter with nature; and as a space for the emergence of new social actors. Owing to the organizational processes that are taking place in rural areas, and as a function of acknowledging the diversity of existing socio-environmental situations and different strategies implemented by different actors to reproduce themselves, it can be said that there is vitality in the rural social groups as they recreate their trajectories and include them as elements of the history of their territory.

scholarly journals Contribution to the Analysis of Depopulation in Rural Areas of the Balkans: Case Study of the Municipality of Niksic, Montenegro

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3328
Author(s):  
Biljana Mickovic ◽  
Dragica Mijanovic ◽  
Velibor Spalevic ◽  
Goran Skataric ◽  
Branislav Dudic
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
State Enterprises ◽  
The City

This paper analyses demographic trends and population decline of the rural area surrounding Niksic, Montenegro, from the second half of the 20th century to the first two decades of the 21st century. After World War II, industry in Niksic began to develop strongly. A large number of state enterprises started to operate, and the consequent industrialisation and improved living conditions triggered a wave of migration from the surrounding rural areas to Niksic. The paper describes the depopulation of rural areas and the causes and consequences of migration within the Municipality of Niksic based on an analysis of population movement and density, the rural and urban populations, and the age structure of the population. Transformations of the economy after 1990 indicate that the neglect of agriculture and the destruction of agricultural land are mistakes that will prove difficult to correct. The results of our research reveal that, today, revitalisation of the countryside is only possible if non-agricultural activities are brought to the area centres and the quality of life is improved in the villages, which would reduce unemployment in the city. A solid traffic infrastructure between individual settlements and their connection with the city is also necessary. Between 2003 and 2011, the agricultural population increased by 1.2%, which gives hope because agriculture is now being recognised as significant, and a movement for changing the inherited negative perception of it is being created. This research is addressed to the state and municipal administrations of the region with the message to implement responsible and timely measures to revitalise the countryside and stop the extinction of the villages.

A Case Study of Industrial Resettlement: Milpitas, California

1955 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Felix Keesing ◽  
Blodwen Hammond ◽  
Bernice McAllister
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Behavioral Science ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Student Group ◽  
Science Field ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Industrial Community

Decentralization of industry from urban to suburban and rural areas is a notable current trend. One zone where it is particularly marked is the rapidly expanding "Bay Area" around San Francisco, where a number of planned industrial communities are springing up. This is a first general report of a study being made by a staff and graduate student group at Stanford University of the movement of industry into a semi-rural community within that area. A prime purpose of the study, which will continue over a period of years, is to assess the special contributions the behavioral science field of social anthropology can make to research on industrial community development.

Pond Sediments as Indicator of Traffic Related Lead Pollution in Rural Area: A Case Study from Sixian County, Northern Anhui Province, China

2011 ◽  
Vol 97-98 ◽  
pp. 1055-1058
Author(s):  
Lin Hua Sun
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Concentration Index ◽  
Lead Concentration ◽  
Anhui Province ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
The Road ◽  
Pond Sediments ◽  
Geo Accumulation

Lead concentration of pond sediments near the road, as well as pond sediments far away from roads in a rural area in Sixian County, northern Anhui Province, China, have been analyzed, and the spatial distribution of lead and the index of geo-accumulation have been brought to light. The results indicate that the lead concentrations of pond sediments near the road range from 20 to 34 mg/kg with average= 26.7 mg/kg, whereas pond sediments far away from the road have lower lead concentrations from 20 to 21 mg/kg with average= 20.8 mg/kg. The lead concentration from high to low is Xinji, Gonggou, Dazhuang, Huangwei, Yangzhuang and area far away from the road. A similarity between spatial distributions of lead concentration, index of geo-accumulation (Igeo) and towns (including village and the roads between them) indicates that motor vehicles play important role in controlling the distribution of lead in rural areas.

scholarly journals Boko Haram – the Evolution of Jihad Activity in Nigeria 2015–2019

2020 ◽  
pp. 349-360
Author(s):  
Artur Wejkszner
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Time Limits ◽  
Suicide Bombings ◽  
Insight Into

This article analyzes the rise and evolution of Boko Haram, a Nigerian jihadist organization operating since March 2015 under the banner of Islamic State. The key changes in the ideology, tactics, and goals of Boko Haram have been identified providing in-depth insight into how and why the organization has evolved. The evolution of jihadist activity of Boko Haram included at least two dimensions: firstly – the extreme radicalization of paramilitary struggle manifested in the massacres of civilians in rural areas; and secondly – the feminization of jihadist activity with special regard to the involuntary participation of young women in suicide bombings. The analysis of the facts discussed in the article is based on one of the qualitative scientific methods, namely case study. The main reason to apply this method is the need to investigate the above-mentioned changes in the activity of Islamic terrorists within the time limits indicated in the title of the article.

scholarly journals Dynamics of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in a rural area of Argentina: III. Persistence of T. cruzi parasitemia among canine reservoirs in a two-year follow-up

1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo E. Gurtler ◽  
Nora D. Solard ◽  
Marta A. Lauricela ◽  
Ana S. Haedo ◽  
Silvia M. Pietrokovski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Present Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

A new cross-sectional survey of household- associated mongrel dogs as well as follow-up of previously parasitemic individuals was carried out in 1984 toy means of xenodiagnosis and serologic techniques to get a deeper insight into the relationship of T. cruzi parasitemia and age among canine hosts in a rural area of Argentina. Persistence of detectable parasitemia was age-independent, or at most, loosely related to age, confirming the pattern observed in 1982. Similarly no significant age-decreasing effect was recorded among seropositive dogs in: a) the probability of detecting parasites in a 2-year follow-up; b) their intensity of infectiousness (=infective force) for T. infestans 3rd-4th instar nymphs, as measured by the percentage of infected bugs observed in each dog xenodiagnosis. Moreover, not only was the infective force of seropositive dogs for bugs approximately constant through lifetime, but it was significantly higher than the one recorded for children in the present survey, and for human people by other researchers. Therefore, and since T. infestans field populations show high feeding frequencies on dogs, the latter are expected to make the greatest contribution to the pool of infected vectors in the rural household of Argentina. This characteristic should be sufficient to involve canine reservoirs definitely as a risk factor for human people residing in the same house. The increased severity of parasitemia observed among dogs in this survey may be related to the acute undernutrition characteristic of canine populations of poor rural areas in our country, which is expected to affect the ability of the host to manage the infection.

Perception of Rural Tourism From the Perspective of Tourists. Case study Mountain area of Suceava County

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Daniela Diacon ◽  
Vasile Efros ◽  
Cristian Ciubotaru
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Mountain Region ◽  
Mountain Area ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction ◽  
Tourist Demand

<p>Rural tourism is an activity that protects the environment in comparison with the consumer industries, becoming an ally in the conservation of the environment. All of the rural areas of the country, the most consistent through potential is the mountain area, which is why we chose as a case study, the mountain region of Suceava county. Starting from the hypothesis that the tourist offer of the mountain area is attractive, the research aims at the degree of tourist satisfaction with the tourist offer of the rural area of ​​Suceava county.  </p><p>The methodology is based on the conducted survey on the basis of the questionnaire by the method of face-to-face interview, between September 1 and November 30, 2019.The questionnaire was anonymous in order to ensure the highest degree of sincerity of the answers and was applied to a number of 630 tourists from the mountain region of Suceava county. </p><p>The present study shows that most tourists who choose Suceava county as their destination, reside in neighboring counties, especially in the region of Moldova. An element of attractiveness is the lower prices compared to other tourist areas of the country. The economic facility of granting holiday vouchers and cards from the public domain in Romania, makes the tourist demand in non-polluting spaces increasing.   On the other hand, the statistical data confirm that the number of the agrotourism pensions in Suceava county are increasing from year to year; Suceava  is ranking in 2019 on the second place after Brasov county.The hypothesis confirms that rural tourism is a growing phenomenon, but the length of stay of tourists in the rural area is on average 1-3 days.</p><p>In conclusion, the following analysis of the results it is found that tourists are attracted by the beauty of the landscape of the existing cultural objectives, the local gastronomy, the hospitality of the hosts, all at a lower prices compared to areas of the great tourist interest in the country.</p><p><strong>Keywords:  Rural Tourism, Mountain area, tourists, Suceava County</strong></p>

scholarly journals A Critical Evaluation of Decentralised Radiological Services in Norway – a rural case study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aud Mette Myklebust ◽  
Hilde Eide ◽  
Brian Ellis ◽  
Rona Beattie
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Health Care Professions

Abstract Background Implementation of the Norwegian government’s Coordination Reform (2012) aims to decentralise health care services from centralised hospitals to the local communities. Radiological services in Norway are mainly organised in hospitals, because of the significant financial and human resource demands engendered by the need for advanced technological equipment, and specialised staff. Some selected conventional x-ray services have been decentralised into rural communities. The purpose of this case study was to evaluate different stakeholders’ perceptions of organizing decentralised radiological services in a rural area in Norway. Methods Following an extensive policy and literature review and a survey of GPs in the rural area being investigated two focus groups were conducted to obtain stakeholder’s evaluation of the radiological services in both hospital and rural contexts. The key emergent themes from the literature - decentralization, quality, professional roles, organisation and economic consequences – were discussed with each focus group. Thematic analysis was used for analyzing the primary data collected. Results Four main themes emerged from the focus groups: organisation, quality, funding of radiological services and cooperation between health care professions and health care levels. The quality of service was found to be inadequate in some areas because of the superficial level of training given to non-radiographic staff. It was found that the organisation of decentralised radiological services to rural areas is challenging because of the way health services are structured in Norway. This structural framework increases the need for effective cooperation and responsibility between health care professions and levels. There needs to be improved co-working by clearly defining roles and responsibilities. Conclusions The stakeholders agreed that decentralized radiological services is important. Quality of the service could be improved and should be given priority. A key recommendation for the organisation of rural radiological service was the development of a satellite link with an acute hospital. Structural change to the financial system whereby money follows patients, might also facilitate more patient-centred services across healthcare levels. Improved mutual understanding between rural radiolog­ical services and hospital specialists and managers is important for a high quality and consistent radiological service to be delivered across Norway.

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