ურბანიზაცია-დეურბანიზაცია-რეურბანიზაციის პროცესი ჯვარის დასახლების მაგალითზე
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2025
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა
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Urbanization is a significant social phenomenon worldwide, as the majority of the population resides in cities. Urbanization, as an irreversible historical process, is still relevant today and attracts the interest of researchers. Various factors contributed to the urbanization process of the town of Jvari, but the most important was the construction of the Enguri hydroelectric power plant, which accelerated the rapid growth of the population of this area.
The town of Jvari is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, in the Tsalenjikha municipality, in western Georgia. In terms of population, the town is in second place after Tsalenjikha. The urbanization of Jvari took place quite quickly and effectively. Various political, social, and economic factors related to urbanization had a significant impact on the town, the social life, culture, and lifestyle.
We decided to study the urbanization process and the current situation of Jvari because the city is located in the mountainous part of Samegrelo, in the Tsalenjikha municipality. The city of Jvari has undergone a clear process of urbanization and deurbanization, which did not affect the center of the municipality, Tsalenjikha. Locals also lived in Jvari, but a larger number of the population came here from the historical and ethnographic parts of Georgia and from various republics of the Soviet Union. Accordingly, the specific nature of the city of Jvari – the urbanization-counterurbanization-reurbanization process in a specific territory led to our special interest in this settlement. The issue is investigated using the method of document analysis, literature review, and interviewing, taking into account the induction method. In the early 1990s, the collapse of the Soviet Union was followed by an influx of people from various places, including outside Georgia, to live and work in Jvari. It can be said that Jvari first underwent urbanization, and then counterurbanization; however, this process did not last long. Soon, the population displaced from Abkhazia, a historical and ethnographic part of Georgia, settled in Jvari. The population of Jvari is still experiencing individual migration today, mainly abroad.
Today's city of Jvari is a symbiosis of urban and rural life. Part of the population here lives in the city, part is engaged in agricultural activities, and some do both.
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https://geohistory.humanities.tsu.ge/ge/procedings/83-shromebi/180-shromebi-21.html
ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის ჰუმანიტარულ მეცნიერებათა ფაკულტეტის საქართველოს ისტორიის ინსტიტუტის შრომები შესულია ERIH PLUS-ში (The European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences) /
This journal was approved on 23.10.2024 according to ERIH PLUS criteria for inclusion.
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის საქართველოს ისტორიის ინსტიტუტის შრომები, XXI, თბილისი, 2025, გვ. 481-506 / Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Institute of Georgian History Proceedings, XXI, Tbilisi, 2025, p. 481-506