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 km?, with 14076
inhabitants (2002). The importance of water resources for the development of
the municipality, particularly of the hydropower plant (HPP) ?Zvornik?, is
analyzed in this paper. Inadequate use of hydro-energetic potential,
possibilities for construction of new hydropower plants and economic reasons
for their construction are also emphasized. The priorities of the development
of hydraulic engineering are defined in relation to morphological and
hydrological conditions. They refer to increase of power of the HPP ?Zvornik?
and construction of small-scale hydropower plants in hilly-mountainous part
of municipality. Considering depopulation processes in the villages of Mali
Zvornik, hydraulic engineering, together with agriculture, forestry,
exploitation of mineral goods and tourism, can be one of the factors of
demographic and economic revitalization of this area.
The influence of water resources on transformation of spatial-functional structure of the territory of the municipality of Mali Zvornik and the possibilities for the construction of new hydro power plants
