Socijalnogeografske osnove i odrednice klasifikacija hrvatskih otoka

Veni Marinković

doi:10.15291/geoadria.27

Abstract

Although Croatian Islands belong to the same macro-region of the Adriatic Croatia, they are characterized by a great heterogeneity of their geospatial reality at regional, micro regional, interinsular and local level, as well as by the complexity of the socio-economic structure and dynamic characteristics, as a result of physical-geographical and historical processes and contemporary development trends on them. The paper deals with sociogeographical classification of Croatian archipelago and provides an overview and systematization of scientific and professional considerations of its geospatial heterogeneity. It also includes an overview of Croatian Islands typification based on multi-criteria indicators. The author concluded the work by presenting a proposal of Croatian Islands clusterization concept as a contribution to the islands developmental policy.

Highlights

Islands and insular areas have always been considered as a unique and attractive space for living
According to the contemporary regional division, regarding geographical location Croatian Islands are classified within three major groups: WestIstria, Kvarner and Dalmatian islands, which is closely related to the functional orientation to the coastal gravitational centres, because of the position parallel to the mainland (Rubić 1952; Stražičić 1987; Faričić, 2006; Lajić, Mišetić, 2006)
The results showed that generally speaking, the islands that are largely affected by depopulation, have more unfavourable age structure, less favourable economic composition and a low value of the index of education, and vice versa, the islands which have population growth, have more favourable age, economic and educational composition

Summary

Introduction

Islands and insular areas have always been considered as a unique and attractive space for living. They have been the subject of scientific research, and their specificities are of interest for various scientific disciplines. Studies on islands usually start by defining an island as a part of land surrounded by sea, whose most important characteristic is insularity or physical-geographical separation of an island by the sea, which results in other structural and dynamic socio-economic peculiarities and uniqueness, as well as the island’s

Marinković

To su otoci i otočne skupine

The islands and groups of islands are the following

Findings

Conclusion