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Growig old in a city – The case of Zagreb

Sanja Klempić Bogadi orcid.org/0000-0003-4536-0627 ; Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Trg Stjepana Radića 3, Zagreb
Sonja Podgorelec ; Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Trg Stjepana Radića 3, Zagreb

Sažetak

The process of urban concentration of the population of Croatia and its ageing can be compared with similar trends worldwide. In the Croatian urban system, Zagreb stands out as the biggest and most important demographic, political, economic and cultural centre.
After decades-long continuous growth, both Zagreb and the whole of Croatia registered a decrease in total population for the first time over the last 1991-2001 inter-census period, but at the same time a considerable increase in old population as well. All analytical indicator
values of the population structure according to age show intense population ageing to be a characteristic of Zagreb at the beginning of the 21st century. The aim of this paper is to examine, on the example of Zagreb, the causes and consequences of population ageing in urban areas from a demo-geographic and sociological aspect. The age structure analysis of the Zagreb populationis based on the last three censuses held in 1981, 1991 and 2001, while spatial distribution of elderly inhabitants in the city relies on the 2001 census. Some peculiarities of the elderly urban population way of life and forms of
formal care in the city of Zagreb are considered in the closing part of the paper. The authors emphasise a considerably higher level of formal care organisation for the elderly inhabitants of Zagreb in relation to other Croatian cities, but also some danger to the extent of care for all sensitive social groups under economic crisis conditions.

Ključne riječi

city; Zagreb; ageing; formal and non-formal care

Hrčak ID:

48972

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/48972

Datum izdavanja:

15.3.2010.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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