Rural diversification and socio-economic transformation in Croatia |
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| Authors: | Dra?en Njega? Aleksandar Toski? |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Abstract: | Rural diversification in Croatia is well advanced because many rural families have been able to find work in secondary and
tertiary activities without the need to migrate to the towns. Many rural settlements have now attained an urban character
although there are regional variations, including a contrast between the continental zone with a relatively high level of
commitment to agriculture and the coastal areas, with pronounced ‘deagrarisation’ where the ports and tourist resorts are
well developed and the natural resource conditions for agriculture are poor. These variations are examined at the municipality
level with reference to two key indicators: the share of nonagricultural population and the share of workers in the total
active population. Four categories of socio-economic transformation are recognised: more urbanised, urbanised, less urbanised
and rural. The main regional differences between the continental and coastal areas are confirmed with the latter showing a
relatively high level of socio-economic transformation through the prominence of more highly urbanised municipalities.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | Croatia decentralisation diversification industry innovation rural transformation urbanisation |
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