Adoption and systematization of knowledge on theory, scientific concepts and approaches in regional geography. Enable PhD students to master the methodology of regional geography and to independently study regional geographic problems and solve them.

Based on the acquired knowledge, PhD students can deal with the regionalization of territory, studying and perceiving the processes and phenomena that affect regional development. In addition, they will be able to determine the directions of regional development, which will contribute to the application of regional geography in solving social problems and the overall development of the country.

Theoretical lectures

The definition of region; Scientic paradigms and approaches in regional geography of Serbia; Scientific paradigms and approaches in regional geography in former Yugoslavia and in the world.

Scientific tasks of regional geography; Social goals of regional geography; Methods and principles of regional geography and its relations with other scientific disciplines; The imperative of synthesis in regional geography; The problems of regionalization; The types of regions; Regionalization and regional development; Region as a  dynamic category; Differentiation of urban and rural region; Systemic approach in regional geography; The planning of spatial structure and regional development in modern socio-economic processes; Regionalization as a factor of internal organization of Serbia.

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