Abstract
Unije Island (16.88 sq. km, 90 inhabitants in 2001), together with the adjacent islets Samunčiel, Mišnjak and Školjić, makes western part of Cres-Lošinj group of islands and due to its position, it is a bridge between that group of islands and Istria Peninsula. Within the project titled Geographical Bases for the Development of Small Croatian Islands the authors did a field research and the analysis of different spatial data sources in order to analyze basic natural-geographic features, particularly from the point of view of their importance for historical-geographic development of the island and its future socio-economic development. The authors pointed out the basic geographic structures and processes that could contribute to optimal socio-economic revitalization of the island.
Highlights
During the second half of the 20th century, most of the inhabited Croatian islands, the smaller and remoter ones, were characterized by depopulation, i.e. demographic and economic extinction (NEJAŠMIĆ, 1991a, 1991b, LAJIĆ 1992, 1997, 2006a, 2006b, MAGAŠ, 1997, FRIGANOVIĆ, 2001)
According to regional and geographic discussions that are based on core – periphery model (BRUNT, 1995), the islands are, as most of the littoral part of Croatia, the peripheral area (ROGIĆ, I., 1994, FARIČIĆ, MAGAŠ, 2004, FARIČIĆ, 2006a)
Considering the size of the island, natural basis of this area is relatively good, in comparison to some other small Croatian islands that are characterized by karstic relief forms and scarce soils
Summary
During the second half of the 20th century, most of the inhabited Croatian islands, the smaller and remoter ones, were characterized by depopulation, i.e. demographic and economic extinction (NEJAŠMIĆ, 1991a, 1991b, LAJIĆ 1992, 1997, 2006a, 2006b, MAGAŠ, 1997, FRIGANOVIĆ, 2001). Besides the remnant of the residential and economic complex near Vrulja, the archeologists found ceramics dating from Roman times in eastern coves of the island (MILETIĆ, 2002) that are sheltered from dominant winds, and evidence of an antique shipwreck northwest of Školjić Islet, at the entrance of Unije Port. These archeological findings provide evidence on relatively significant local importance of Unije within the gravitational area of Apsorus, due to intensive agrarian valorization.
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