Original scientific paper
Certain Socio-Geographic Characteristics of a Croatian-Slovenian Border Region (Along the Čabranka- Kupa Valley)
Ivan Crkvenčić
Abstract
The Croatian-Slovenian border passes through regions with varying natural features, which considerably influence their social and economic development. A part of this border passing through the Čabranka - Kupa Valley ( downstream to the town of Brod na Kupi) forms a demographic and economic „oasis“ in an otherwise spacious, sparsely populated and economically relatively underdeveloped mountain region. The valley's natural features (deep incision at its base, 500 to 700 m below the sorrounding plateau) facilitate only the modest development of polyculture agriculture, even though this is the principal and almost sole branch of the local economy. Since jobs for occupations outside of agriculture have not been created in valley itself, it is a region marked by constant emigration. This in turn has led to the gradual aging of the population, which is not an auspicous factor for the valley's further social and economic development.
Keywords
border; border region; natural features; population density; emigration; population age structure
Hrčak ID:
83064
URI
Publication date:
1.9.2001.
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