Funkcionalna klasifikacija naselja Mačve, Šabačke posavine i Pocerine

The system of settlements in this region is characterized by a 100 villages and 2 towns. Mačvanska Mitrovica is small town and Šabac is gravitation centre and centre of development. The paper deals with the methodological approach and theoretical conceptions which could cast a new light on he development and distribution of the system of settlements on the territory of this region. There are presented in the paper a new method of functional classification of settlements. Method throwing new light on ternar diagram and method worked out by J.C. Weaver and maybe able arouse interest among geographers.U radu je primenjena nova metoda tenarnog dijagrama za funkcionalnu klasifikaciju naselja. Funkcionalni tipovi naselja su dovedeni u vezu sa stepenom funkcionalne zavisnosti, stabilnosti i hijerarhije prostornog uticaja naselja