Analysis of the social and urban evolutionVidin town

Some information about Vidin town: Vidin is a regional town in northwestern Bulgaria, located along the Danube. Vidin is small but beautiful. It is a town with history. It was created in ancient times. The fortress "Baba Vida", located on the bank of the Danube and surrounded by a moat, is the main landmark of the city and the only entirely preserved medieval fortress in Bulgaria.

Vidin in 1960

Vidin nowadays

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What changes have you noticed about the proportion of agricultural soil over the last 50 years?

Communication networks.

Is the population increasing or decreasing?

Environmental implications of waste management and energy consumption.

What changes have you noticed about the proportion of agricultural soil over the last 50 years?

Areas which have been used for grazing, are now plowed or used for agricultural crops. We explain this by the fact that there are already large machines with which it is possible for these fields to be processed, which determines a developed agriculture at the expense of livestock disappearing.

Communication networks

Danube Bridge 1

Danube Bridge 2

Vidin

year 1887 1910 1934 1946 1956 1965 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011

population

14 772

16 450

18 465

18 481

23 932

36 835

53 091

62 693

62 691

57 614

52 558

50 547

49 471

48 071

Is the population increasing or decreasing?

table of population change

Vidin is the 20th largest town in Bulgaria. The population of the whole northwestern Bulgaria has decreased since 1946. This reduction is particularly sensitive in Vidin District, which in 1946 has so far been melted in half. In many municipalities is observed depopulation of the population (the proportion of pensioners is over 30%). Currently Vidin Region is the smallest in terms of population in Bulgaria, while the area is the 15th out of all the 28 districts.

Environmental implication

Vidin town

Environmental implications of waste management

With regard to household waste separate waste collection and creation of materials that degrade in less time are increasingly used , which do not lead to bad consequences for organisms in agriculture. The objectives are organic soil nutrition and less use of fertilizers.

Environmental implications of energy consumption

We need to produce energy using solar, water, wind power, bio-energy and others that do not pollute the environment. That is, to produce energy saving light bulbs and appliances with minimal power consumption.

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