Genesis of the settlement of Rajac in the area of Suvobor in the 20th century: Fundamental indications

• Main Author: Popović Ivan B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA 2006-01-01
• Series: Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić"
• Subjects: settlement genesis; phases and stages of genetic cycles; shaping of settlement; accommodation capacities; resorts for rest and recreation
• Online Access: http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7599/2006/0350-75990655105P.pdf

Organization of settlement of attractive mountainous regions of Serbia was always, and still is, very interesting for different solutions especially because of its direct or indirect tourist functions. With slow or sometimes sporadically fast changes the development of settlements has chronologically gone through different stages, especially in those low-mountainous regions that took part in tourism in the last decades of the 20th century. In those regions we can definitely include the vast area of Suvoborski Rajac the most eastern hill-side of well known Podrinjsko-Valjevske Mountains. Mostly bordered with appearance of new structures for accommodation of tourists, already mentioned stages permit chronological recognition of their settlement parts, mostly attributed through the social conditions with socio-economic character of that time period. The first stage (1954-1961) of settlement genesis was marked with construction of new mountain house and initial construction of objects for rest and relaxation. After slow construction of objects of this type in this stage, more intensive construction in the next stage (1962-1972) followed during next period of the development of settlement. It is the time when the region also got its tourist marks since they were represented through operation of other accommodation capacities (three rest homes of closed and semi closed type). In the following two stages (1978-1982 and 1983-1992) of settlement genesis of the region only construction of objects for rest and recreation was evident. It has also shaped the region. With twenty newly constructed objects for rest and recreation, two completely new an one renovated , settlement area of Rajac got its newest physiognomy at the end of the 20th century.