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Key Challenges in Geography EUROGEO Book Series Stoyan Nedkov · Georgi Zhelezov · Nadezhda Ilieva · Mariyana Nikolova · Boian Koulov · Kliment Naydenov · Steliyan Dimitrov Editors Smart Geography 100 Years of the Bulgarian Geographical Society Key Challenges in Geography EUROGEO Book Series Series Editors Kostis Koutsopoulos, European Association of Geographers, National Technical University of Athens, Pikermi, Greece Rafael de Miguel González, University of Zaragoza & EUROGEO, Zaragoza, Spain Daniela Schmeinck, Institut Didaktik des Sachunterrichts, University of Cologne, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany This book series addresses relevant topics in the wide field of geography, which connects the physical, human and technological sciences to enhance teaching, research,anddecisionmaking.Geographyprovidesanswerstohowaspectsofthese sciencesareinterconnectedandareformingspatialpatternsandprocessesthathave impact on global, regional and local issues and thus affect present and future generations. 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More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15694 Stoyan Nedkov Georgi Zhelezov (cid:129) (cid:129) Nadezhda Ilieva Mariyana Nikolova (cid:129) (cid:129) Boian Koulov Kliment Naydenov (cid:129) (cid:129) Steliyan Dimitrov Editors Smart Geography 100 Years of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 123 Editors StoyanNedkov Georgi Zhelezov National Institute ofGeophysics, National Institute ofGeophysics, Geodesy andGeography Geodesy andGeography BulgarianAcademy of Sciences BulgarianAcademy of Sciences Sofia,Bulgaria Sofia,Bulgaria NadezhdaIlieva Mariyana Nikolova National Institute ofGeophysics, National Institute ofGeophysics, Geodesy andGeography Geodesy andGeography BulgarianAcademy of Sciences BulgarianAcademy of Sciences Sofia,Bulgaria Sofia,Bulgaria BoianKoulov Kliment Naydenov National Institute ofGeophysics, SofiaUniversity Geodesy andGeography Sofia,Bulgaria BulgarianAcademy of Sciences Sofia,Bulgaria Steliyan Dimitrov SofiaUniversity Sofia,Bulgaria ISSN 2522-8420 ISSN 2522-8439 (electronic) Key Challengesin Geography ISBN978-3-030-28190-8 ISBN978-3-030-28191-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28191-5 ©SpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG2020 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission orinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Contents Editorial: Smart Geography: 100 Years Bulgarian Geographical Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Stoyan Nedkov, Boian Koulov, Mariyana Nikolova, Nadezhda Ilieva, Georgi Zhelezov and Kliment Naydenov Towards Smart Geography BGS and the Contemporary Progress of the Geographical Science Towards Smart Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 MariyanaNikolova,StoyanNedkov,KlimentNaydenov,SvetlaStankova, Dimitar Simeonov and Krasimir Stoyanov Smart Geographies and the Political Economy of Innovation and Inequality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 John Pickles Evaluate Turkey’s Climate Classification by Clustering Analysis Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Barbaros Gönençgil Using Web 2.0 Tools in Teaching Spatial Statistics: Secondary Teachers’ Views from Greece. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Ourania Rizou and Aikaterini Klonari Physical Geography First Results from the Instrumental 3D Monitoring of Microdisplacements Along West Pirin Fault, SW Bulgaria . . . . . . . . 67 Nikolai Dobrev, Valentin Nikolov and Plamen Ivanov Climate Change: Human Health-Related Risks and Vulnerability—Some Global and Local (Bulgarian) Pictures . . . . . . . . . 75 Zoya Mateeva v vi Contents The Use of Microclimatic Data in Authentic Learning: A Two-Site Case Study Between Hanoi and Singapore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Kenneth Y. T. Lim, Hieu Nguyen Vu, Jun You Sim, Ming De Yuen and Joshua Lee Climate Elasticity of Annual Streamflow in Northwest Bulgaria . . . . . . 105 Kalin Seymenov Hydrological Aspects of the Floods in the Kolubara River Basin (Serbia)—Analyses and Flood Mitigation Measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Ana Milanović Pešić Assessment of Physicochemical Properties and Water Quality of the Lom River (NW Bulgaria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Kalina Radeva and Kalin Seymenov Human Geography “Shrinking Cities” in Bulgaria: An Attempt for Defining the Models of “Urban Shrinkage” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Velislava Simeonova and Kalina Milkova Regional Spatial and Statistical Analyses of the Urban-Rural Relationships in Romania. Case Study: Romanian Plain . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Ines Grigorescu, Gheorghe Kucsicsa, Bianca Mitrică, Irena Mocanu and Monica Dumitraşcu Dynamics of the Internal Structure and Habitation Conditions of the Ghettoized Urban Structure of Harman Mahala Quarter—Plovdiv, Bulgaria (Through Combined Application of Remote Sensing and Field Research Methods). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Nadezhda Ilieva, Krasimir Asenov, Boris Kazakov and Todor Lubenov Policies and Measures for Roma Integration—The European Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Georgi Bardarov and Kaloyan Tsvetkov School Segregation of the Roma Ethnic Group: A Case Study of Harman Mahala Roma Quarter, Plovdiv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Aleksandra Ravnachka, Boris Kazakov, Nadezhda Ilieva and Krasimir Asenov Orania—24 Years After Apartheid: The Sociopolitical Reanimation of a Small Rural Town in South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Nico Kotze, Ruan Schoeman, Sanet Carow and Peter Schmitz Socio-geographic Assessment of the Quality of Life in North Central Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Dimitar Simeonov, Desislava Simeonova and Petya Kancheva Contents vii The Innovative Approaches for the Development of Smart Cities . . . . . 237 Antonina Atanasova and Kliment Naydenov Spas as a Potential for the Sustainable Functional Development—A Case Study of the East Region in the Republic of North Macedonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Biljana Apostolovska Toshevska, Mirjanka Madjevikj and Marija Ljakoska Landscape Ecology Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on Agricultural Land in Mala Planina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Borislav Grigorov and Assen Assenov Multiannual Monitoring of Heavy Metals in the Bottom Sediments of the Blagoevgrad Bistritsa River Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Nadezhda Nikolova Structure and Peculiarities of the Karst Landscapes in the Besaparski Ridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Ilia Tamburadzhiev and Zornitza Cholakova Reconstruction Models of the Landscapes in Aydemirska Wetland System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Georgi Zhelezov Empirical Study of the Geoecological State of Selected Landscapes in North-Central Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Hristina Prodanova Ecosystem Services Climate Change and Ecosystem Services in Bulgaria, or What We Lose When We Win . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Svetla Bratanova-Doncheva and Kremena Gocheva MappingandAssessmentofWetlandEcosystemsBeyondBoundaries. A Pilot Demonstration in the Transboundary Nestos/Mesta River Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Eleni Fitoka and Lena Hatziiordanou Integrated Assessment and Modelling of the Spatially Explicit Perceptions of Social Demands for Ecosystem Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Rositsa Yaneva and Joan Cortinas Muñoz Flood Regulating Ecosystem Services—Mapping and Assessment Tool Based on ArcSWAT Output Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Petar Nikolov and Stoyan Nedkov viii Contents Assessment of Pollination Ecosystem Service Provided of Urban Ecosystems in Bulgaria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Mariyana Lyubenova, Stoyan Nedkov, Miglena Zhiyanski, Georgi Popchev and Petar Petrov Forest Ecosystems in Bulgaria Under Environmental Change—Carbon Sequestration Potential and Vulnerability Zones . . . . 417 Miglena Zhiyanski Erosion Control Service of Forest Ecosystems: A Case Study from Northeastern Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Can Vatandaşlar, Mehmet Yavuz and Michael Leuchner Editorial: Smart Geography: 100 Years Bulgarian Geographical Society StoyanNedkov,BoianKoulov,MariyanaNikolova,NadezhdaIlieva, GeorgiZhelezovandKlimentNaydenov Abstract Geography of the twenty-first century is expected to contribute to the development of human capital and the knowledge society, to offer place-specific solutions for sustainable regional development and use of the planet’s natural and humancapital.Withthisidea,wepreparedthisbookwhichpresentsselectedcontri- butionsfromtheInternationalConference“SmartGeography:100yearsBulgarian GeographicalSociety”.Theyarefocusedonvariousthemesrelatedtosmartspatial solutionindifferentgeographicaldisciplinesaswellasinterdisciplinarystudieswith pronouncedspatialaspect.Thebookillustratesthegreatvarietyofthemesthecon- temporarygeographyisdealingwith.Mostofthemhaverealpotentialtocontribute by smart spatial solution to the human well-being. The examples presented in the bookcovercasestudiesfromBulgariaandmanyothercountriesworldwide. · · · Keywords Physicalgeography Humangeography Landscapeecology · Ecosystemservices Smartspatialsolutions Thecelebrationofthe100thanniversaryoftheBulgarianGeographical Societyis undoubtedlythetimetopaytributeandextendgratitude,firstofall,tothefounder of the Society, Academician Anastas Ishirkov, as well as to all geographers who gavetheirbestforitsdevelopmentinthepastcentury.Thisanniversaryisasmuch anoccasionforretrospection,analysis,andassessmentofthepastdevelopmentand currentstateofthegeographicalscienceinBulgaria,asitisachanceforaglimpseinto thefutureandanattempttooutlinetheprospectsofgeography,geographiceducation, and practice. Last, but not the least, this is an opportunity to widen the space for creationanddisseminationofnewresearchindifferentgeographicdisciplinesand discussthechangesthatwouldadequatelyaddressthenaturalandsocietalchallenges ofthetwenty-firstcentury. B S.Nedkov( )·B.Koulov·M.Nikolova·N.Ilieva·G.Zhelezov NationalInstituteofGeophysics,GeodesyandGeography–BulgarianAcademyofSciences, Acad.G.BonchevStreet,bl.3,1113Sofia,Bulgaria e-mail:[email protected] K.Naydenov SofiaUniversity“St.KlimentOhridski”,Bul.TsarOsfoboditel15,1504Sofia,Bulgaria ©SpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG2020 1 S.Nedkovetal.(eds.),SmartGeography,KeyChallengesinGeography, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28191-5_1
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