Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21861/hgg.2009.71.01.03
Recent Characteristics of the Second Home Phenomenon in the Croatian Littoral
Vuk Tvrtko Opačić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9483-3609
; Department of geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The study analyses the characteristics of developmental dynamics and spatial distribution of the second home phenomenon in the Croatian littoral, the leading receiving second home area in the country, after the Second World War, with particular emphasis on the recent period (after the Homeland War and Croatian liberation). The period of the conversion and adaptation of the existing and abandoned housing stock into recreational second homes (mostly in 1960s and 1970s) and the period of the construction of the purpose-built dwellings for vacation and recreation, i.e. family weekend-houses (in 1970s and 1980s), was followed by the period of a more intensive construction of multi-apartment recreational buildings (from mid 1990s until the present time). The second home phenomenon fi rst spread in the area of the Northern Croatian Littoral. Then, between 1980 and 1990, it made signifi cant inroads also into Dalmatia. After the Homeland War and in the last ten years, it again became more prominent in the Kvarner and Istria. The geographical distribution of dwellings for vacation and recreation in 2001, covering the period between the two censuses of 1991 and 2001, reveals the persistence of earlier trends towards greater concentration of second homes in the leading tourist regions along the Croatian littoral, but also the increased dispersion into the regions which do not have as high value for tourism but are suitable for accommodating second home dwellings.
Keywords
second home phenomenon; second home; receiving second home area; Croatian littoral
Hrčak ID:
41797
URI
Publication date:
27.6.2009.
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