Abstract
This paper analyzes the process of socio-geographic transformation of rural settlements in Mostarsko Blato, karst polje in the Neretva River drainage area. Many changes in spatial organization and landscape have been determined by deagrarization and deruralization, which had been, on the other hand, influenced by various geographic factors: neighboring towns, inadequate infrastructure, profound changes in job offers related to the problems of economic development at the end of socialist period and in transitional period, and particularly by Serbian aggression on Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.Despite numerous problems, socio-economic development of Mostarsko Blato is possible due to natural and human resources. Its development should be based on organic farming, and on development of different types of tourism (ecologic, rural, camping, fishing and summer tourism).
Highlights
Socio-geographic transformation influences the changes of spatial organization, and it induces landscape changes in a given area
The aim of this paper is to present sociogeographic transformation of rural settlements located around Mostarsko Blato Polje, which was caused by different socio-political and economic processes
Mostarsko Blato is a karst polje located in western Herzegovina, in border area between Mostar and Široki Brijeg Municipalities
Summary
Socio-geographic transformation influences the changes of spatial organization, and it induces landscape changes in a given area. The main "external" factors of modern socioeconomic changes, i.e. the causes of deagrarization and deruralization in agricultural areas, are urbanization and industrialization. The influence of internal factors is very significant Geoadria 14/1 (2009) 27-59 na prevladavajuće ekonomske i kulturne trendove i dr.). Težište aktivnosti pomiče se s primarnog na sekundarni i konačno tercijarni sektor djelatnosti (RUPPERT I DR., 1981.). Posljedice se ogledaju u funkcionalnoj i fizionomskoj promjeni područja, sa sve izraženijim utjecajem urbanih elemenata u različitim aspektima života
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