Review article

https://doi.org/10.15291/geoadria.96

Contemporary Aspects of the Geographical Regionalization and Administrative-Territorial Organization of Croatia

Damir Magaš

Abstract

Considering some contemporary aspects of the geographical regionalization and administrative-territorial organization of Croatia, the author introduces the thematic through a retrospect of geographic thought development in the question of regionalisation. Main changes in administrative-territorial organization of Croatia from World War II to the beginning of the 21st century as well as some problems of applying geographical regionalization principles in the defining of regional units have been discussed. Finally the characteristics of the actual regionalization in Croatia have been analysed and an attempt of defining the functional regionalization of the country in the contemporary circumstances at the beginning of the 21st century has been given.

Keywords

reorganization; Croatia; physiognomic regionalization; conditionally homogeneous regionalization; nodal-functional regionalization; polarization; territorial organization

Hrčak ID:

9629

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/9629

Publication date:

1.6.2003.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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