ABSTRACT
In the process of socialist reconstruction and industrialization, urban centers of all sizes grew in Yugoslavia; but it is evident that the medium-sized towns of 15,000 to 50,000 inhabitants recorded somewhat above-average growth, thereby reinforcing the traditional element of medium urbanization that already existed in prewar Yugoslavia. Although the urban population has grown in Yugoslavia since World War II at twice the rate recorded in 1921—31, the country remains among the least urbanized in Europe. As in Serbia, in Slovenia as well work was started in 1968 on a territorial development plan for the republic. Since supracommunal physical plans are not institutionalized in Yugoslavia, the concept was based on linking the plans for individual communities and on working out plans for groups of communities, especially for urban regions. Basic development strategies for different parts of Serbia are laid down in the plan.
