Conference paper
Readjustment, Development and Renewal of Croatia's Rural Areas
Eduard Kušen
; Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The author states that at the end of the year 2000 the elementary process of the Republic of Croatia's adherence to European Union has
begun and points out the huge difference between standards relating
to the rural areas development, readjustment and protection in European Union and those in Croatia. Only campaigns and activities
including masses of people are not enough to reach European standards in this field. Bringing Croatia's rural areas closer to those of
developed European countries, both in terms of physical or spiritual state is impossible without knowing the complex problematic and without activities with a particular aim. There are numerous, various and obstinate roots of Croatia's drastic set back. The differences result in the first place from specific historical development, with equal
economic, social-cultural and spatial components, having the foothold
in legislation, but also in the system of education of scientists and
specialists, which is still burdened with obsolete stereotypes. Some causes and aspects of this situation are rarely discussed and have
seldom been researched more thoroughly. It is just these issues that
the author pays particular attention to, like for instance the definition of rural area, its linguistic determination, the planned negation of rural
area, the village »urbanization«, fragmentation of peasant's estate, the complex of collectivization and industrialization, the domination of
the "PIKs« (agricultural-industrial combines) model logic, hindrance to
peasant's smallholdings enlargement, the truth about depopulation of
rural areas, the complex of rural tourism, ecological agriculture and
people's handicraftsmanship, the concept and experiences of sustainable development of rural areas in developed countries and the
reasons for feeble effects of similar initiatives in Croatia.
Keywords
rural area; sustainable development; ecological agriculture; rural tourism; rurism
Hrčak ID:
35522
URI
Publication date:
14.4.2009.
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