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The ageing of the aged represents one of the main features of the demographic
ageing in Serbia during the post-war period. The main indicator of this
process is the increase in the share of persons aged 80 and over in total
old age population (60+). The author analyzes the dynamics of the elderly
population (80+) in the period from 1948-1991 with a special emphasis on the
composition by sex. An emphasis is also placed on the regional differences
in the process of the demographic ageing of the aged. According to the
population projections of Serbia until 2021, it would be realistic to expect
an intensive aging of the old - the number of persons aged 80 and over could
more than double (from 174 thousand to 368 thousand) and their share in the
total could reach 15.3%.

t. The increased interest in the position of national (native) languages in the world space is due to the intensification of the processes of globalization and, along with it, urbanization; the formation of an information society, which itself determines the dominant language that is necessary for communication. The growth of the importance of one language naturally contributes to the weakening of the status of other national languages, the narrowing of the areas of their functioning, respectively, the transformation of linguistic consciousness and human behaviour. The Republic of Dagestan is a multilingual region in which many national languages and dialects function. The intensity of modernization and urbanization has a huge impact on ethno-linguistic processes, the formation of a certain linguistic consciousness and the resulting linguistic behaviour. Therefore, the study of the state and status of the national language not only as a key identifier of the ethnic self-identification of an individual and a means of communication, the linguistic consciousness of the urban population, their preferred language of interpersonal communication, attitude to the native language of their ethnic community, the influence of the media on linguistic consciousness seems to be relevant in the mainstream ethnolinguistic processes, which are very difficult in a multinational community. Empirical material shows that complex ethnolinguistic processes are taking place in the modern urban space; there is a decrease in the weight of national (native) languages with an increase in the importance of the Russian language. It has been established that there is a transformation of the linguistic consciousness of the urban population, preference is given not to the national (native) language, the priority is communication in Russian.

This paper deals with population and territory as elements of political power of international relations actors. The first part is devoted to the population, i.e. its quantitative (number of people) and qualitative characteristics, i.e. structure, etc. The second part of the paper deals with basic characteristic of the territory (its size, quality, and geographical position). The quality is determined primarily according to economic values of the area. Geographic position depends of neighbors and borders. In the concluding part of the paper it is stressed that mutual comparison between area and number of population is relatively easy, while comparison becomes much harder when one takes into account the qualitative characteristics of the both elements of political power. The relation between population and territory is in the fact that people need room, i.e. space for their living. People are those who in wars and negotiations and other peaceful ways determine quantities and qualities of territories of their states. There is the open question of a price (human lives, health, living standards, etc.) worth to be paid for a territory if it is perceived by political decision makers as the national or similar interest. People are those who by their ideas, work and behavior in general directly influence number of population members and utilize and perceive space in certain ways. People are subjective factors of political power in general. First action of the modern specialized and global information-telecommunication technology is in the changed comprehending of categories of space and time. Communications are one of important preconditions and conditions of social integration and capability for survival in general of people on certain territory. The Earth became much smaller, linked and perceived by majority of its population as the universal, whole and only domicile and shelter. During the 20th century communication deterritorialization appeared and one could predict that this development will be continued in this century. People will become more and more nomads, and their ideas and goods will move more and more quickly and in greater numbers. The link between population and territory will be weakened, and state territories will be less and less relevant. However, human life will not loose its spatiality. People will remain the subjective element of international and other relations, and cloning - if becomes mass phenomenon - will begin to represent, beside others things, negation of people?s individuality and, in this way, their subjectivity.

Both local governments & federal & state legislation have created growth-management policy concerns in local areas. One particular technique being evolved is development district zoning; another is the requirement that developers pay for added public facilities which will be needed; environmental impact statements are also often required. The choice of strategies is determined partly by the decisionmakers involved, different types preferring different strategies; ie, local officials who are dissatisfied with present strategies are most favorable to state & regional involvements. Implementation of development strategies is often a problem especially when local support has not been mobilized; local groups may take court action to block planning & regulation. W. H. Stoddard.