Review article
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADRIATIC REGION, REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, AND IT'S FORMS OF FINANCING - RESULTS OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
Sanja Tišma
; Institut za međunarodne odnose, Zagreb
Anamarija Pisarović
; Institut za međunarodne odnose, Zagreb
Zvjezdana Samardžić
; Castrol Croatia d.o.o., Zagreb
Abstract
The authors have analyzed general and/or branch and basic strategic industrial developmental features in the Republic of Croatia, and with this made efforts to enable the increase of comprehension of the sustainable development dynamics of the Adriatic coastal region, through three key developmental challenges: conservation of the natural scenery and biodiversity, conservation of cultural heritage and introducing tourist industry. The results of the opinion pool have been presented, carried out among a hundred of key developmental protagonists, from government administration and institutions significant on the national, regional and local level, international financial and developmental institutions, as well as companies, on the subject of financing sustainable development of the coastal, high seas and island region. Along with the identification of present projects and programmes, by which the realisation of the sustainable development postulates at the Adriatic coastal region, high seas and islands, as well as the amount of the annual financial investments is being encouraged, the results of the opinion pool have shown that there is a series of obstacles to financing a sustainable development - institutional, legal, financial, but in the last few years a significant progress in each field of activity has been present.
The conclusion is that there is not a unique strategy of the sustainable development of the Adriatic coastal, high seas and island region, by which it could be possible to comprehensively conceive branch developmental challenges and their sustainability, as well as effective planning of financial resources of the future programmes and projects.
Keywords
sustainable development; financing of sustainable development; Adriatic coastal; high seas and island region; biodiversity; cultural heritage; introducing tourist industry
Hrčak ID:
47804
URI
Publication date:
15.6.2004.
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