48 research outputs found
Vulnerability to natural disasters in Serbia: spatial and temporal comparison
The frequency of natural disasters and the extent of their consequences at a
global level are constantly increasing. This trend is partially caused by increased population vulnerability, which implies the degree of population vulnerability due to high magnitude natural processes. This paper presents an analysis of vulnerability to natural disaster in Serbia in the second half of the twentieth and the early twenty-first century. Vulnerability changes were traced on the basis of demographic–economic indicators derived from statistical data for local government units (municipalities) provided by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Calculations were performed in the geographical information system environment. The results of the study show that spatial and temporal vulnerability variations are causally correlated with changes in the selected
components. Significant rise of vulnerability is related to urban areas, while lower values are characteristic for other areas of Serbia; this is primarily a consequence of different population density
Cluster analysis of higher-education competitiveness in selected European countries
The subject of research in this paper is higher-education competitiveness on account of its impact on the enhancement of social
and economic competitiveness, as well as on the growth of human
capital and creation of social knowledge. The purpose of this paper
is to group the selected European countries according to higher-education competitiveness, by means of the hierarchical cluster
analysis method, with a special focus on the position of Serbia. Higher-education competitiveness in the chosen countries is analysed by
means of three indicators of competitiveness: the ratio of the number
of students per number of inhabitants, the number of students per
number of employed, as well as the amount of budgetary funds
allocated per student. The research results indicate different higher-education competitiveness in the analysed countries and also the fact
that, according to this analysis, Serbia is in the group of countries with
low competitiveness of higher education