Abstract
The area of Vrgorac is defined by a contrast between the high mountainous zones in the southwest and the low karst poljes in the southeastern part of the municipality. It is a relatively small area which includes a wide range of different natural-geographic and socio-geographic elements usually featured in karst zones with limestone basis. Considering the above mentioned features, the area of Vrgorac can be divided into several spatial zones. Specific natural geographic conditions have resulted in landscapes of distinctive Dinaric socio-geographical area which are still typical in some zones of Vrgorac, representing the dominant feature in the area in spite of the ever-increasing process of modernization and globalization with their impact on human activities and the environment.
Highlights
Most of the territory of the Republic of Croatia belongs to the Dinaric karst area
U tom smislu krška prirodna osnova više nije presudno važna za životne prilike i ne uvjetuje u tolikoj mjeri way of life in this karst area, local authorities are planning to preserve some of the traditional socio-geographic aspects in the area of Vrgorac
The Town of Vrgorac includes the mountainous zone of low population density – a zone with distinctive high-altitude points, valleys and highlands – taking in most of its area
Summary
Vrgorački kraj obilježen je kontrastom između visokih brdsko-planinskih područja na sjeverozapadu, te niskih i zaravnjenih krških polja na samom jugoistoku. Na relativno maloj površini koju administrativno obuhvaća, javlja se širok raspon različitih prirodno-geografskih i društveno-geografskih elemenata karakterističnih za krajeve izrazitog krša u vapnencima, te se u tom smislu vrgoračko područje može raščlaniti na nekoliko prostornih cjelina nižeg reda. The area of Vrgorac is defined by a contrast between the high mountainous zones in the southwest and the low karst poljes in the southeastern part of the municipality. It is a relatively small area which includes a wide range of different natural-geographic and socio-geographic elements usually featured in karst zones with limestone basis. Takva prirodna osnova utjecala je na povijesno-kulturni, odnosno društveno-geografski razvoj tog prostora. To je vidljivo u brojnim tipovima krajobraza koji, uz prirodnu osnovu, sadržavaju i vrlo izraženu društveno-geografsku komponentu utjecaja krškog prostora na ljudsku djelatnost, odnosno specifičan čovjekov doprinos takvim područjima
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