The research on the rural-urban gradient in Serbia has been reinvigorated following the
debate on rural bias. Rural-urban classification is essential in observing spatial …

This study expounds the dynamic relationships among agricultural land-use change, rural
population migration, and sediment transport. The variability of suspended sediment load …

The intensity of soil erosion is the result of a combined action of natural factors and different
human activities. This work aims to determine the factors controlling the change of soil …

Rural tourism offers opportunity to local communities to oppose the process of rural
abandonment. This study assesses the tourism potential of two almost depopulated villages …

Nighttime lights represent the result of satellite observation of the artificial lighting of human
activities on the Earth from space during the night, which provides the excellent opportunity …

Serbian rural areas are represented through the prism of the heterogeneity of their
geographical and socio-economic features. It is difficult to strictly define the rural area and …

Labor force contingent is a very complex and dynamic phenomenon, sensitive to
demographic and socio-economic changes. In many countries, the labor force is shrinking …

Railways that were once utilized by conventional speed trains but now lay technologically
outdated and neglected are scarcely in use today, with many lying abandoned. These rail …

Decentralization is a globally accepted concept of separation, the diversity of structures
within the political system, the transfer of resources, activities, and powers in the decision …

Depopulation of rural areas as a global process has not bypassed our country either.
Demographic changes in the structure of the population have especially affected the rural …