Certain aspects of rural planning in Serbia

Abstract

Rural planning has been neglected in the system of geographical scientific disciplines in Serbia for a long period. It was incorporated in the researches regarding development of rural areas, while in the recent scientific literature it is observing through “renaissance” of rural areas. Rural geographers, the ruralists, have placed it in recent years in a broader context, correlating it with other scientific disciplines. The aim of this paper is to present the current understanding of rural planning in Serbia, to point out the concept of rural planning and to indicate at what stage of development it currently is in comparison to other developed countries. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 47007 III]

Keywords

• rurality
• rural planning
• rural development
• Serbia