Ranko Mirić
Nusret Drešković
Boris Avdić
Adnan Efendić
GEOGRAFSKA REGIONALIZACIJA BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE U KONTEKSTU PROMJENA U NJENOJ POLITIČKO-TERITORIJALNOJ STRUKTURI
DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2016.4.467
UDC: 913:32(497.6)
Abstract: Contemporary trends in development of regional geography, as of geography in general, are focused on dynamism and pluralism in the sense of epistemology and methodology. In order to that, research object in this paper is based on the fact that integral and unique geographical space of Bosnia and Herzegovina, within the framework of modern administrative division do not resemble spatial and functional compatibility with regional structure, whether it be a physiognomic homogeneous, nodal-functional or complex geographical region. Real existence of multilevel dysfunctional administrative and political structure is only a factor and accelerator of disintegrating processes in all fields of geographical complex reality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Authors put focus of this paper on the analysis of complex physiognomic regionalization, that is clearly resembled through differentiated and hierarchically conceptualized four macroregions – Peripannonia, Mountainous and Basins, Upper Karst and Mediterranean Macroregion, as well as higher number of mesoregions. Conditionally drawn boundaries between those regions and superposed on municipalities boundaries, which have undergone a significant quantitative and qualitative changes in the context of modern administrative division. In order with this fact, new delimitation and reconsidering of regionalization methodology are required. For that purpose, geographical analysis is conducted and suggestions for certain correction of previous physiognomic boundaries and territorial extension of first and second degree regions are given, with determined guidelines for future research on this topic.
Key words: regionalization, macroregion, mesoregion, boundary, municipalities