The use value of preschool institution space as a element of socio-demographic development

• Published in: Demografija (Belgrade, Serbia) Vol. 17; no. 17; pp. 75 - 94
• Main Author: Miletić-Stepanović, Vesna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography 01.12.2020
• Subjects: municipality of savski venac; municipality of zvezdara; public preschool institutions; serbia; sustainable socio-demographic development; use value of space
• ISSN: 1820-4244; 2560-5011
• DOI: 10.5937/demografija2017075M

The aim of the paper is a critical sociological analysis of the space of preschool institutions and the design the capacity of the space of preschool institutions, in accordance with the norms proposed within the European social model and the Master Plan of Belgrade. In accordance with the model assumptions, the practice of recommended norms is expected to produce transformational potential by initiating a chain of positive changes, starting with the elimination of systemic risks through decommodification of care for preschool children and production of politically correct space of higher use value, through increasing the coverage of the preschool contingent by state primary schools, to a favorable impact on stimulating birth. Paper Subject -use value of preschool institutions in Serbia, and the Belgrade municipalities Zvezdara and Savski Venac. Statistical analysis, preschool institutions spatial capacity analysis, comparative method, critical analysis were the analysis used in this paper. The following indicators were used to measure the use value of preschool institutions space: percentage of children attending preschools in Serbia, percentage of children attending preschools according to the type of preschool ownership, percentage of children attending public preschools, compliance of the available space in public preschools in the municipalities of Zvezdara and Savski Venac with the valid norms. The final section contains a proposal of spatial capacities which are believed to have sufficient transformational potential, for the purposes of initiating the positive chain of changes in the direction of sustainable social and demographic development.