Abstract
The authors expound the reasons why population uses the daily ferry and shipping line services between Zadar and its islands, based on the poll which included 209 passengers. The obtained results indicate that the islands' population uses these services mostly for shopping purposes, medical care and less for the work or school. The highest frequency of the ferry and shipping lines is early in the morning (5-6 a.m.) for departure, and early in the afternoon (1-3 p.m.) for return. However, the available traffic connections are not strong enough to integrate the urban core on the coast with the islands, particularly with remote islands of the Zadar islands group, into unique economic entity. Insufficient number of well equipped shops, badly organized medical care, non existence of important institutions on the islands influenced a stronger depopulation. That is why the aim of the research is to show that modernisation of the ferry boat lines would positively influence on economic and demographic development of the islands.
Highlights
The most significant processes on the majority of Croatian islands in the second half of the 20th century are emigration and depopulation (NATIONAL PROGRAMME OF ISLANDS’ DEVELOPMENT, 1997; NEJAŠMIĆ, 1998)
During the second half of the 20th century it has been noticed that improvement of ferry/ship lines did have a positive influence on demographic development of islands, yet it had only decreased a grade of depopulation instead of stopping it (OPAČIĆ, 2002)
Ferry and shipping lines are indispensable in daily communications between the coast and the islands
Summary
Primljeno: 2004-09-29 Received: The authors expound the reasons why population uses the daily ferry and shipping line services between Zadar and its islands, based on the poll which included 209 passengers. The obtained results indicate that the islands' population uses these services mostly for shopping purposes, medical care and less for the work or school. That is why the aim of the research is to show that modernisation of the ferry boat lines would positively influence on economic and demographic development of the islands. Trajektni i brodski promet najfrekventniji su u ranim jutarnjim satima (između 5.00 i 6.00 sati) s otoka prema Zadru, te u ranim popodnevnim satima (između 13.00 i 15.00 sati) iz Zadra prema otocima.
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