The natural conditions as a limiting factor for the development of Serbian-Macedonian border area

Abstract

Natural conditions of certain area imply to the complex influence of various elements of the environment (surface, relief, climate, water, vegetation type) and man, and knowledge of their recent state represents basis of an integrated approach in the land use planning. Analysis of natural conditions and processes in the Serbian-Macedonian border area is usually done through the valorization of natural potentials, but aspect of their limiting influence on the development of this territory - natural hazards assessment has remained unresolved. Degree of natural hazards vulnerability of a certain territory is an important factor in land use planning, because it represents a threat to the undisturbed development of a certain teritory. The basic idea of this paper is to provide multi-hazard assessment and the integral map of areas vulnerable to various types of natural hazards in Serbian-Macedonian border area. In this way seclusion of areas where natural conditions can represent the limiting factor for the development of the analyzed territory shall be performed.

Pod prirodnim uslovima nekog prostora podrazumeva se kompleks uticaja različitih elemenata prirodne sredine (podloge, reljefa, klime, vode, tipa vegetacije) i čoveka, a poznavanje njihovog recentnog stanja predstavlja osnovu integralnog pristupa u planiranju korišćenja površina. Analiza prirodnih uslova i procesa u pograničnom prostoru Srbije i Makedonije najčešće je vršena kroz valorizaciju prirodnih potencijala, ali je ostao nerazjašnjen aspekt njihovog ograničavajućeg uticaja na razvoj ove teritorije - povredivost prirodnim hazardima. Stepen ugroženosti određene teritorije prirodnim hazardima predstavlja bitan činilac u planiranju korišćenja zemljišta, jer su oni pretnja nesmetanom razvoju nekog prostora. Osnovna ideja ovog rada je da se za pogranični prostor Srbije i Makedonije uradi multi-hazard assessment i kreira the integral map sa površinama ugroženim različitim tipovima prirodnih hazarda. Na taj način izvršiće se izdvajanje površina na kojima prirodni uslovi mogu predstavljati ograničavajući faktor razvoja analizirane teritorije.