REGIONALIZACIJA KAO MERA RAZVOJA RURALNIH PODRUČJA REPUBLIKE SRBIJE

Abstract

Given the existence of marked differences between rural and urban areas, as well as between Belgrade and other regions of the Republic of Serbia, the subject of the paper should point out these differences, while the aim of the research will be to arrive at important factors that create these differences, as well as opportunities to overcome them through balanced regional development. For this, appropriate parametric and non‐parametric techniques were used in the study to compare groups. The Kruskal‐Wаllis test showed that employment in the primary sector dominates all regions over Belgrade, while the Mann‐Whitney test leads to the conclusion that the primary sector dominates in rural areas over urban. The one‐factor ANOVA of different groups found that agricultural income was higher in all regions than Belgrade, while the T‐test of independent samples and the Mann‐Whitney test showed that these incomes together with natural consumption were higher in rural areas than in urban. Since the Kruskal‐Wаllis test showed that the Belgrade region is the least poor and the Mann‐Whitney test showed a greater percentage of rural poverty than urban, even regional development, as well as the development of the agribusiness sector and diversification of activities in rural areas, are essential to bring about their development.