Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.22586/ss.20.1.12
In the Rhythm of Floods and Famine: Issues of the Population of the Nova Gradiška Sava River Basin Along the Drainage Basin of the Rešetarica Stream as far as the Sava River (1890-1914)
Iva Salopek Bogavčić
orcid.org/0000-0002-3720-3472
Abstract
On the basis of literature, newspapers, published and unpublished sources this paper examines famine and floods as a result of the processes that took place in the narrow area of the drainage basin of the Rešetarica Stream as far as its confluence with the Sava River. The Rešetarica rises in the northern part of the district of Nova Gradiška, in Cernik manor, which in the period from 1890 to 1914 experienced an economic upturn due to the activities of five factories. This paper examines the economic progress of the factories at Cernik manor, which exploited the forests of the manor, and its connection with and impact on the phenomenon of torrents and in consequence of flooding and famine along the drainage basin of the Rešetarica as far as the Sava River. The clearing of the forests in the manor, the appearance of torrents and the inadequate regulation of the Rešetarica resulted in floods and famine, primarily near the villages Orubica and Davor. These villages were flooded from two sides: by the Rešetarica, which flowed into the Crnac polje (plain) to the north and the Sava River to the south. Milan Kerdić, the only local spokesman of the endangered population, spoke out about poor embankments, the lack of political will and the slow regulation of the Sava River, confirming that the micro-regional issues were the reflection of an international crisis but also of the lack of political will and interest to solve the regulation issues of the Sava River.
Keywords
Nova Gradiška Sava River Basin; flood; famine; Cernik Manor; Sava river
Hrčak ID:
251755
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Publication date:
2.11.2020.
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