Development of the industry and urban infrastr. and its influences to the changes in employment and soc. structure in Valjevo

Petnica Students' Science Conference

Author: Ivan Simić (1987), 4th grade Valjevo high school, Valjevo

Abstract: The paper explores development of the industry and urban infrastructure and its influences to the changes in employment and social structure in Valjevo municipality between 1975 and 1990. The study shows intensive industry development that was supported with the intensive building of the town’s infrastructure. Economy was exclusively based on the industry which created employment problems for the people with the higher education. There was also a problem of women’s employment, although the local government tried to introduce certain strategies in order to overcome it. However, overall unemployment rate in the municipality was lower than the average unemployment rate in Yugoslavia, since the industry managed to keep the high production rate.

Rapid industry development from the early 1970s till the late 1980s required the housing solution for the growing number of the factory workers which led to the fast building of the infrastructure and change in the social structure of the town. The main change was the huge reduction of the rural population which created problems in agriculture. The local government tried to solve this problem in accordance to state policy that tried to modernise agriculture production, but the projects failed and agricultural production remained low. State farms were favoured, although they occupied only 2.5% of total agricultural land, which stimulated further migration from the rural to urban environment.

Translated by MA Marina Simic

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