Acquisition of classified and systematized scientific knowledge about rural settlements and territories (municipal territory, rural area and rural region); Explanation and understanding of changes in the rural area and social reality (transformation of a classical village and peasantry, creation of villages with market-oriented production, etc.).

Development of creativity and active attitude of students towards planned social measures, interventions and actions in the field of revival of certain segments of rural settlements and territories, etc.

Theoretical lectures

Different scientific aspects of revitalization of rural settlements and territories.Revitalization of rural areas and territories in different areas of social practice. The process of depopulation and fragmentation of rural settlements. Displaced rural settlements in Serbia and their resources. Revitalization and spatial-functional typology of rural settlements.Physiognomic, demographic and functional aspects of revitalization of rural settlements. Rural settlements as possible developmental centres of Serbia. Spatial model of the network of rural settlements and reorganization of the network of settlements in the function of revitalization. Rural areas of special (specific) functions.Continuous planned measures, interventions and actions. Occasional planned measures, interventions and actions.Effects of expected spontaneous (unplanned) influences. Hierarchy of planned measures, interventions and actions: macro (national, state), meso (regional and subregional) and micro (local or municipal) planned measures, interventions and actions;Concept of sustainable development and revitalization of rural settlements. Rural plan of Serbia – a basic document and a set of guidelines for homogeneous (balanced) and prosperous socio-economic development. Strategy of the rural development of the Republic of Serbia. Examples from the European Union.

Practical lectures

Comparative analysis of programmes and plans for revitalization of individual villages and groups of rural settlements and rural regions in Serbia and in some countries in the European Union. Creation of thematic maps of distribution of depopulated rural settlements, dwarf villages (20 and fewer inhabitants), spontaneously displaced rural settlements, senior households (all members aged 60 or more) with land ownership in rural settlements of Serbia, as well as corresponding graphic illustrations, etc. Elements for the preparation of the rural plan (scientific-informational basis and the structure of the plan.

Grupa autora: Perspektivni razvitak seoskih naselja Srbije, IAUS, Beograd, 1969–1975.

Mi­lo­rad B. Ri­bar, Đor­đe R. Si­mo­no­vić: Ure­đe­nje se­o­skih te­ri­to­ri­ja i na­se­lja, Ar­hi­tek­ton­ski fa­kul­tet Uni­ver­zi­te­ta u Be­o­gra­du, Be­o­grad, 1993.
Revitalizacija sela, Zbornik radova, Agronomski fakultet u Čačku Univerziteta u Kragujevcu i Moravički okrug, Čačak, 1995.

Srboljub Đ. Stamenković: Naučna polazišta proučavanja aktuelne ruralne situacije i seoskih naselja kao mogućih centara razvoja Srbije, Stanovništvo, br. 1–4, Institut društvenih nauka, Centar za demografska istraživanja, Beograd, 1999.

Ljiljana Vasilevska: Program obnove sela kao instrument planiranja ravnomernog regionalnog razvoja, Arhitektonski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, 2005.

Zakić Z., Stojanović Ž.: Ekonomika agrara, Ekonomski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, 2008.