URBAN EXPANSION OF LARGER CITIES IN NORTH MACEDONIA

THE 5TH CONGRESS OF SLAVIC GEOGRAPHERS AND ETHNOGRAPHERS (2024) (стр. 259-270)
 

АУТОР / AUTHOR(S): Blagoja Markoski , Maja Lazarevska, Svemir Gorin 

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DOI: 10.46793/CSGE5.259BM

САЖЕТАК / ABSTRACT:

The paper presents the territorial expansion of major urban settlements in North Macedonia (Bitola, Veles, Kumanovo, Skopje, Tetovo, Štip) in the period from 1900 to the present. The analysis is largely based on data from urban planning documentation. The main subject of the study is the urban expansion of the selected cities and their demographic changes. We can detect serious deterioration of the legal urbanisation with enormous illegal development of buildings, specifically residential and commercial. Significant changes have been observed in the growth of urban areas and the population in the analyzed cities. The urban and population growth of the city of Skopje is particularly characteristic. The main contributions of this paper are: 1) observation of historical development of the expansion of the cities, 2) presentation of influence of the cities in the immediate regional surroundings, 3) examination of the urban development and functionality of the cities, and 4) reflection on the impact on the local environment.

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS:

urban expansion; cities; North Macedonia

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