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Problems of the labor market: A case study of Belgrade
Get PDFHigh unemployment accompanied by a decline in production is one of the major economic and social problems in Serbia. The existing economic problems, which are defined by structural mismatch, non-competitive production and traditional means of production is accompanied by an increase in the problem of poverty, due to the participation of elderly and dependent persons, a decline in the number of employees. Markets are a way to organize economic activity and can only be successful if the activities are organized in a way that enhances the overall economic benefit. If this does not happen, there is a market failure which is the situation in which the market alone fails to achieve full efficiency. Taking into account of territorial disparities in economic potentials of development, the aim of the paper is to point out the problems facing the labor market in Belgrade. The author tried to show the basic characteristics of Belgrade during his work, as well as economic, traffic and market a significant city in Southeastern Europe. The effects, instruments and benefits of market policy and alternatives to overcome existing constraints, opportunities and solutions are presented. Activities to improve the productivity and quality of work must be planned according to the expected changes in the economic structure, according to the greater involvement of Belgrade in the European and regional economic integration, and with optimal use of domestic resources to the comparative advantages of the country
Dynamics Behind the Rise of a Creative Space? A Creative Quarter Development in Belgrade
No full textIn post-transitional urban developments in Central and Eastern Europe, increasing importance of artists and other stakeholders of the creative sector has come with a delay. Particular in Serbia this delay is even more pronounced, because of the country’s complex situation at the end of the 20th century (civil war, isolation, late political transition etc.). Whereas the rise of creative milieus and the increasing role of artists in the shaping of city quarters became a widespread and well-known trend in Western cities, Southeastern European cities for a long time did not elaborate any strategies about involving artists in contemporary urban developments. Thus, city quarter development in regard to strengthen creativity and creative businesses is a new phenomenon in these cities. On the one hand these spaces are shaped by creative dynamics and inspired be artists, on the other, by governance mechanisms and by influence of different non-artistic stakeholders. This chapter presents a case study of the quarter of Savamala in Belgrade. In this case of an emerging creative neighborhood various stakeholders are involved in urban development of the district. Through interviews with stakeholders urban dynamics are identified, as well as governance mechanisms which lay behind the transformation of this quarter. The new development initiatives and the public image of Savamala as a quarter of creativity are reconsidered. The question of future development possibilities in regard to the various stakeholders involved, their interests, and powers is also posed.Part of the GeoJournal Library book series (GEJL, volume 123
The development of creative economy in a post-socialist urban environment: Belgrade as a polygon for rising creative activities
No full textSocialism in ex-Yugoslavia was special compared to other European socialistic states.
Yugoslavia did not belong to the Warsaw Pact; it rather had a politics of ‘sitting on a fence’, and
cherished the self-management type of socialism. Post-socialistic transition in Serbia is
happening later than in other former socialistic countries because of the huge political and
socio-economic occasions which occurred in the region of ex-Yugoslavia during the 1990s.
Armed conflicts, economic crisis, and hard transitional process led to multiplied social and
economic problems. The industrial production as one of the pillars of the previous country fell
apart. The question which is rising is – can creative economy, at least to some extent, rebuild
the neglected Serbian society? This article analyzes the development of creative economy in a
post-socialistic urban environment of Serbian capital Belgrade. With the example of two different creative branches (artistic-based, and knowledge-based) the interconnection between
creative economy and the urban environment, including different stakeholders interested in
such urban development will be explained. It will be researched how creative economy is
influencing general social-economic development in certain urban areas, and how post-socialist
practices are involved
Zaštićena prirodna dobra na prostoru Jugoistočne Srbije u funkciji razvoja ekoturizma
Get PDFU Srbiji su očigledne velike regionalne razlike koje se ispoljavaju u različitim
stepenima socijalne, ekonomske i privredne razvijenosti. Teritorijalno nedovoljno razvijeni
prostori su u istočnim, južnim i delimično zapadnim delovima Srbije. Zaštićena prirodna
dobra jugoistočne Srbije predstavljaju prostore očuvanog biodiverziteta koji sadrži potencijale socijalno-ekonomskog razvoja. Imajući u vidu prirodne resurse kojima raspolaže regija
jugoistočne Srbije evidentno je da se radi o nedovoljno prepoznatom potencijalu. Jedna od
mogućnosti poboljšanja stanja predstavlja ekoturizam koji se javlja kao alternativni pravac
razvoja nedovoljno razvijenih prostora. Rad ukazuje na aktivnosti u zaštićenim prirodnim
dobrima na prostoru jugoistočne Srbije koje je neophodno sprovesti u cilju razvoja ekoturizma, a u skladu sa konceptom održivog razvoja.Urednici: Dejan Filipović, Velimir Šećerov, Slavoljub Dragićević, Zoran Radosavljevi
Biothermal conditions on Mt. Zlatibor based on thermophysiological indices
Get PDFThis paper presents part of the research in the field of human bioclimatology and refers to biothermal conditions in different geographical environments in Serbia: an urban area and a mountain of medium height. The goal of the paper was to show bioclimatic differences during the summer between the city of Belgrade (116 m a.s.l.) and the mountain resort of Zlatibor (1498 m a.s.l.). The basic principle of bioclimatic analysis is the human heat balance between man and environment. This methodological approach is a combination of physiological and meteorological parameters that result in thermophysiological bioclimatic indices: heat load (HL) in man and the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). For this analysis, weather data for July, as the warmest month, was obtained, using daily meteorological data for the decade from 2000 to 2010. Results for July indicate a considerable difference between the two abovementioned environments. HL in Belgrade was dominated by degrees of comfort "hot" and "extremely hot, with the highest value of 4.540, while for Zlatibor the dominant degree of comfort was "warm". The UTCI in Belgrade has dominated by strong heat stress and moderate heat stress, compared to Zlatibor where the UTCI is dominated by moderate heat stress. In addition, a significant part of the monitored decade on Mt. Zlatibor was without heat stress, with the exception of 2006 and 2007, indicating favorable biothermal characteristics. Therefore, compared to Belgrade, with its considerably lower overall heat stress Zlatibor has the characteristics of a site with favorable bioclimatic qualities
Environmental knowledge as a factor of personal environmental responsibility: implications for environmental education in Serbia
No full textThis study investigates whether and to which degree the knowledge of environmental protection issues influences the formation of personal environmental responsibility among primary school students in Serbia. A personal environmental responsibility scale and an environmental knowledge test were used to gather data in this study. The results of the study showed that based on the environmental knowledge of the students we can predict 18% of their environmental responsibility. The reason for lower prediction of personal environmental responsibility lies in the lack of conceptual and procedural environmental knowledge. In a broader sense, reasons for such a result can be found in the structure of the curriculum, teachers' training, as well as in the very organisation of curricular and extracurricular environmental activities regarding environmental education. The acquired results can help define educational and training guidelines in the areas of formal environmental education concerning the development of environmental knowledge and environmental responsibility among young people in Serbia
Real demographic losses of Montenegro caused by wars in the 20th century
Get PDFThe aim of this paper is to research demographic losses of Montenegro during the wars of the 20th century: Balkan Wars, First World War and the Second World War. Authors have analysed available data on demographic losses of Montenegro and have made critical research in which they pointed out to all deficiencies and oversights in war victims Censuses which were carried out after the end of the Second World War
Estimation the evapotranspiration of urban parks with field based and remotely sensed datasets
Get PDFClimate data and remote sensing images are used in this study to estimate the evapotranspiration of urban landscape vegetation. The study was conducted on a historic public park in Vrgac (Serbia), which is an important Serbian national heritage site. After comparing recordings from 14 weather stations in the region with recordings from the City Park, the weather station in Vrgac was chosen. The daily averaged values of climatic data for March, June, July and October of each year between 1949 and 2016, were used to compute the daily reference evapotranspiration ET] (mm/day), according to the FAO-56 Penman-Monteith equation. A landscape coefficient was estimated through field monitoring based on the Water Use Classification of Landscape Species (WUCOLS) principles. Also, thermal infrared images from Landsat 8 and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from the QuickBird Satellite data are used as the remote sensing inputs to model daily evapotranspiration. This research explored the relationship between urban vegetation ET1 computed by the FAO-56 Penman Monteith method with the required meteorological data and by means of the remote sensing. The analysis revealed the significant correlation between the average daily evapotranspiration estimates from 0.98 to 0.99 by the Nadaraya-Watson kernel regression and the weak Spearman's Rank correlation (p ranges from -0.006 to 0.384) leading to the conclusion that the Nadaraya-Watson kernel regression is more suitable for evaluating urban landscape water requirements
Comparison of the effectiveness of Logisim software tool and remote experiments based on Nexys 2 FPGA platform in learning digital circuits design
No full textThis paper describes the findings from our study on the parallel usage of Logisim software tool and remote experiment based on Nexys 2 FPGA hardware platform for learning digital circuits design and computer architecture by students of the first and the second-year of Electrical, Computer and Mechatronics Engineering undergraduate study programs at the Faculty of Technical Science Cacak, University of Kragujevac. For the purpose of comparison of the effectiveness of these two learning tools, a survey was conducted between students who used these tools in learning digital circuits design within the course Foundations in Computer Technics 2 during the winter semester of the academic year 2016-2107. Based on analysis of given results some conclusions were drawn regarding to parallel usage of Logisim software tool and remote experiments based on FPGA hardware platform in learning digital circuits design
Indicators of regional inequality in Serbia
Get PDFThe 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 criteria. This approach required use of several different methodologies from the domain of geography, economics and environmental protection. Results point to Republic of Serbia as a polarized space with a trend of concentration of population and economic activity in certain regions, and at the same time, lagging of other regions