Technical gazette, Vol. 17 No. 1, 2010.
Preliminary communication
A contribution to settlement network analysis in Baranya - A projection of spatial development potential
Sanja Lončar-Vicković
; Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Građevinski fakultet, Drinska 16a, 31000 Osijek
Dina Stober
; Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Građevinski fakultet, Drinska 16a, 31000 Osijek
Abstract
In this paper an effort was made to define the actual state of the distribution of social activities in the Croatian part of Baranja in regard to the social functions' development trends and current demo-geographic occurrences. First part of the text studies the relationship between the distribution of social activities and settlements' (administrative units) net in Baranja based on the idea of spatial reflections of legislative settings. The research includes ranking settlements according to their population and according to the provision of social activities, resulting in the density of social activities. The differentiation of ranks following the listed criteria detected problem spots in Baranja's space. In the second part of the text a basis for social activities' growth potential was researched based on natural and structural population migration. Using graphic and tabular descriptions of the administrative units' hierarchy one can transparently distinguish Baranja's two urban focal points (Osijek and Beli Manastir). Results of the research described in the paper present a strong argument for further scientific analysis of the settlement network in Croatian parts of Baranja with the aim of differentiating their specific potential and evaluation of urban and rural "locuses".
Keywords
Baranja; rural area; settlement network; scope planning; social functions
Hrčak ID:
50612
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2010.
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