Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15291/geoadria.109

Geographical basis of socio-economic revitalization of Unije Island

Damir Magaš
Josip Faričić
Robert Lončarić

Abstract

Unije Island (16.88 sq. km, 90 inhabitants in 2001), together with the adjacent islets Samunčiel, Mišnjak and Školjić, makes western part of Cres-Lošinj group of islands and due to its position, it is a bridge between that group of islands and Istria Peninsula. Within the project titled Geographical Bases for the Development of Small Croatian Islands the authors did a field research and the analysis of different spatial data sources in order to analyze basic natural-geographic features, particularly from the point of view of their importance for historical-geographic development of the island and its future socio-economic development. The authors pointed out the basic geographic structures and processes that could contribute to optimal socio-economic revitalization of the island.

Keywords

Unije (Island); natural-geographic features; deagrarization; deruralization; tourism; socio-geographic transformation; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

16646

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/16646

Publication date:

1.12.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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