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This is a comprehensive regional geography synthesis of the most important physical and human spatial processes that shaped Serbia and led to many interesting regional issues, not only to Serbia but to the Balkans and Europe. The book provides an overall view on the Serbian physical environment, its population and economy. It also highlights important regional issues such as regional disparities and depopulation, sustainable development and ecological issues and rural economy in the context of rural area development, which have been shaped by different political and historical processes. This highly illustrated book provides interesting and informative insights into Serbia and its context within the Balkans and Europe. It appeals to scientists and students as well as travelers and general readers interested in this region.

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Emilija Manić lectures the Economic Geography and Geography of Tourism at the University of Belgrade the Faculty of Economics. She graduated at the University of Belgrade the Faculty of Geography where she received her master’s degree (2005) and PhD as well (2008). Main fields of interest and research are: spatial analysis of economic activities, socio-economic analysis, GIS application in the business and local government, tourism destination and tourism impact. She is an author of several books on economic geography, tourism and GIS in the economic planning, and numerous research papers in the national lead journals as well as in the journals abroad. Vladimir Nikitović works at the Demographic Research Centre of the Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, and serves as the editor in chief of Stanovništvo (Population), one of the world’s oldest demographic journals. He received his academic education at the University of Belgrade – holdsBSc in Geography and MSc in Demography at the Faculty of Geography (2003), and PhD in Demography at the Faculty of Economics (2009). His publications include several books and edited volumes as well as numerous research papers related to demographic and migration processes, cited in leading scientific journals and strategic policy documents. He had been engaged as manager, thematic expert, and consultant in numerous national and international projects, including creation of national public policy documents in the field of demography and spatial planning. Predrag Djurović Predrag Djurović was born in 1962. He graduated from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, where he received a master's degree (1990). In the same institution, he received Ph.D. in geomorphology with the topic ”High mountainous karst of Durmitor – Geomorphological Study” (1996). The main fields of research interests are physical geography, especially geomorphology (karstology,recent and paleo glaciology, speleology). He is the editor of the “Speleological Atlas of Serbia” and the author of thematic maps in geomorphology, karstology, and speleology. Until 2001 he was employed by the Geographical Institute „Jovan Cvijić“ Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.  Now, he is a full professor at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, lectures in Paleogeography, Dynamic Geomorphology, Speleology and Mountain Tourism.

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