A Multicriteria Analysis on Regional Disparity of Economic and Demographic Development in the Republic Of Serbia

Abstract

The disparities between the regions are the main obstacle to a balanced and harmonious economic and social development. Increasing regional disparities in the countries in transition has led to the increasing attention paid to multicriteria analysis of regional disparity of economic and social development. The regional development in Republic of Serbia, as a country in transition, after wave of recession faced with additional challenges, such as: increasing the economic gap between regions and increasing regional demographic regression. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the regional disparity of economic development as well as the regional disparity of demographic development in the Republic of Serbia. The aim is to analyze the interdependence between economic and demographic development of the regions. According to the six indicators of economic development and the six indicators of demographic development, this paper makes the analysis by VIKOR and the method of ENTROPY as well as correlation analysis. The results of research indicate that there is a statistically significant relationship between economic and demographic development of regions in the Republic of Serbia. This paper indicates the need for a further research in order to identify the main obstacles that countries face within the process of economic and demographic development.

Demographic Aspects of Urban Shrinkage in Serbia: Trajectory, Variety, and Drivers of Shrinking Cities

“…Large mining centers and centers of traditional industries that employed the majority of the working population were especially affected by the negative effects of the transition [92]. Primarily economically monofunctional urban areas reacted more slowly to changes [93]. A sudden and drastic fall in employment rates due to the collapse of industrial enterprises, factory closures, and failed privatization increased economic migration, primarily to other countries, as was seen in other Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European countries during this period [49,58].…”

Sustainable Tourism near the City—A Case Study of Stolovi Mountain, Serbia

“…After the inevitable consultation of literature sources [12,[41][42][43][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107], the research continued with field observation. It was important to determine whether people knew about Stolovi Mountain, where it was located and whether there were any historically important and tourism sites in its foothills [60,61,63,64,67].…”

“…This paper aims to analyze the possibility of affirming tourism on the unaffirmed Stolovi Mountain in order to make it ecologically, economically and socially sustainable. Its achievement should serve those who deal with development strategies and those who work to balance regional development, given that, as Petrović et al [41] argue, Serbia is unevenly developed on the regional level. The exploration is enriched by designing a new method to contribute to the harmonization of regional development in Serbia.…”