Socio-Economic Geography of Bulgaria

Prof. PhD V. Boyadzhiev, Assist. Prof. PhD K. Milkova, Assist. Prof. PhD P. Patarchanov

(compulsory course)

It is part of a group for Bulgarian geographical sciences, which defines not only its place in the preparation of specialists with higher geographical education, but its importance in understanding of national identity and affiliation of Bulgarian students. It is impossible to prepare senior executives geography without thorough, systematic and specific knowledge of socio-economic geography of Bulgaria.

The course "Socio-Economic Geography of Bulgaria" pay close attention to studying administrative and territorial structure, socio-economic zoning and the new regional policy. These segments form the scientific methodology of the course and reveal important application areas of socio-economic and environmental geographic studies of Bulgaria. An attempt was made to present and explain the latest techniques and scientific approaches in the study of socio-economic geography of Bulgaria, as neravnovesnost and sustainability of local natural and social systems, the principles of balanced development in the country, the effect of subsidiarity in development and the organization of regional systems.