ISSN 2738-0971 | eISSN 2738-1013
Bulletin of Natural Sciences Research
Open access journal | Double-blind peer review

Nikola Milentijević

Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Geography, University of Priština, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia

Articles

Open Access Original Scientific Paper

EXPLORING THE NEXUS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS, AND SUSTAINABILITY IN PROTECTED AREAS

by Sanja Obradović Strålman, Nikola Milentijević

Sustainable tourism integrates economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainability. This study investigates the local community’s perceptions of tourism development impacts and factors influencing support for sustainable tourism and destination sustainability within Stara Planina Nature Park. Using a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach, using multiple hypothesized relationships across key dimensions, including economic, environmental, social, and infrastructural impacts are examined. The findings highlight the importance of socio-cultural factors in fostering support, while also recognizing the negative impact of environmental and infrastructural concerns. Socio-cultural impacts significantly and positively influenced support for sustainable tourism and destination initiatives, highlighting the role of cultural exchange, tradition preservation, and community identity in garnering local support. These findings align with previous studies, emphasizing the importance of perceived socio-cultural benefits in fostering community backing for tourism development. Effective STD management requires the active involvement of local stakeholders to ensure alignment with local values and environmental goals. Policymakers should focus on enhancing socio-cultural benefits, addressing infrastructural challenges, and effectively communicating economic advantages. Limitations of the study include its cross-sectional design, suggesting the need for longitudinal research to better understand the evolving impact of tourism.

View Full-Text DOI 10.5937/bnsr15-55046 Published: 06 Feb 2025
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APPLICATION OF MANN-KENDAL (MK) TEST IN TREND ANALYSIS OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION: CASE OF MAČVA DISTRICT (SERBIA)

by Nikola Milentijević, Nikola Bačević, Dušan Ristić, Aleksandar Valjarević, Milana Pantelić, Dušan Kićović

Recent climate changes cause significant natural and socio-economic consequences. They represent one of the major environmental problems of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Changes in temperature and precipitation play a significant role in understanding climate change issues. They include numerous extreme climatic events such as heat waves, droughts, forest fires and more. Looking at regional differences in temperature and precipitation regime change, Southern Europe, including the Republic of Serbia, occupies a special place. The Mačva district (3.272 km²) is almost four times as spacious as the Mačva area. The administrative-political division of the Mačva district is comprised of eight municipalities. The paper presents trends of two climate variables: mean annual air temperature and mean annual precipitation in the study area. In methodological sense, the main statistical procedure is the non-parametric Mann-Kendall (MK) test. Data from three available meteorological stations in the Mačva district (1949-2015) were used for the analysis. The presented results of the trends in air temperature indicate that there is a statistically significant positive trend in all-time series. In trends, precipitation amounts a statistically significant positive trend was observed in two time series, while in one there is no trend. The expressed trends, especially in the case of air temperatures, lead to the possibility of drought. Mačva district and Mačva have some agricultural importance in the Republic of Serbia. For these reasons, some adaptation to climate change is needed as arid conditions lead to fluctuations in agricultural yield.

View Full-Text DOI 10.5937/univtho10-24774 Published: 30 Jun 2020
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ANALYSIS OF AIR TEMPERATURE TRENDS: CITY OF PODGORICA (MONTENEGRO)

by Nikola Bačević, Aleksandar Valjarević, Nikola Milentijević, Dušan Kićović, Marko Ivanović, Meliha Mujević

This paper presents the results of the analyzed trends for three categories of parameters: average annual air temperature (YT), average maximum air temperature (YTx) and average minimum air temperature (YTn) for the Podgorica Meteorological Station in the Republic of Montenegro. The aim of this paper is to present possible climate changes based on the results obtained from the analyzed air temperature trends. The methodology is based on the application of: a) linear trend equations, b) trend magnitudes and c) Mann-Kendall trend test. The data from the respectable meteorological station in Podgorica for the period from 1947 to 2018 were used in order to estimate the trend. The obtained results indicate a statistically significant positive trend for all analyzed time series. Analyzing the trend test hypotheses, it was concluded that in all three cases the Ha hypothesis prevails. Average annual air temperature in Podgorica increased by 1.4°C, average maximum air temperature increased by 2.5°C and average minimum air temperature increased by 0.6°C. In accordance with the trends analyzed, the increase in air temperature is dominant in the capital of the Republic of Montenegro.

View Full-Text DOI 10.5937/univtho10-24790 Published: 29 Jun 2020
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SPATIAL FUNCTIONAL TRANSFORMATION AND TYPOLOGY OF THE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM OF TOPLICA DISTRICT

by Jovan Dragojlović, Dušan Ristić, Nikola Milentijević

Contemporary processes of industralization, urbanization, deagrarianization, the polarization and globalization contribute socio-economic transformation of the observed space as well as the creation of new carrier of functional relationships in space. Towns with its own influences enrich the network of surrounding settlements, strengthen their mutual relations and create a whole functional settlement system of one area , or the gravity of the urban core. By dividing the functions of the primary, secondary and tertiary, the basis and types of settlements are created by functional criteria according to the type of economic activity and the primary content in them. In this area in the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first century witnessed substantial changes in almost all components of demographic structure, which resulted in the transformation of functional types of settlement, when the predominantly agrarian settlement characteristic of the area of Toplica road went up mixed and service settlement. The idea behind the study is for the geographically complex area to be displayed in the light of socio-economic development, and as a basis for further economic development of this part of the Republic of Serbia.

View Full-Text DOI 10.5937/univtho7-15574 Published: 09 Dec 2017