Regional aspects of development of Ljig municipality

This paper contains basic characteristics of the geographic location of the municipality of Ljig also including the analysis and estimation of its traffic position. The estimation of the socio-economic position includes the development level of the municipality in the wider surroundings, while the demographic and economic indicators are also included as well as the indicators of common area equipment. The estimation was included by the complex analysis of the location according to geographic rationalization of Serbia, geo morphological conditions, meso-regional position and a transportation system representation (highway traffic arteries - major, regional, local). Nevertheless, the fact about the construction of planned Belgrade-South Adriatic Highway which should go by the center of the municipality has been especially emphasized as well as the fact on the possible suitable and unsuitable consequences this road could have on the further development and gravitational connections. Administrative regionalization of the Republic has served as a basis for the estimation of the socio-economic indicators since the data were given for the municipalities in the District of Kolubara and neighboring ones. The economic indicators, which are general and mostly used in the regional geography (per capita income, employment and their structure) have shown lower values when compared with the surrounding area and thus they have confirmed the insufficient valorization of the geographic location and natural potentials for the municipal development.