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The Effect of Transportation Accessibility on Population Number and Ageing in the Koprivnica-Križevci County from 1961 to 2021
Nikola Šimunić
orcid.org/0009-0008-7331-4365
; Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Zagreb
Ivo Turk
orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-1327
; Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
Dražen Živić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5293-568X
; Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
Sažetak
Demographic indicators in Croatia are extremely unfavorable, and Koprivnica-Križevačka County is no exception. Since 1961, the aforementioned county has continuously recorded an inter-census decrease in the number of inhabitants. The aim of the paper is to investigate how the temporal accessibility by road transportation, in relation to the county seat Koprivnica, affects the change in the number of inhabitants and the level of population aging. We conducted the research for the period from the population peak after the Second World War (in 1961) to the last population census in 2021. We have divided the area of Koprivnica-Križevačka County into 7 time transportation accessibility zones with isochrons of 10 minutes in relation to Koprivnica. By analyzing the intensity of depopulation using GIS, we determined the trend of its increase due to the decrease in time transportation accessibility towards Koprivnica. This means that, with certain deviations, we have determined a greater intensity of depopulation in parts of the county that are less accessible by transportation. The analysis of the aging index showed that there is no trend of an increase in the level of population aging that can be linked to a decrease in the temporal accessibility of the settlements by road transportation towards Koprivnica. Exactly the opposite trend is present, but it is not clear whether it is a regularity or an anomaly.
Ključne riječi
transportation accessibility; depopulation; population aging; depeiripherization; Koprivnica-Križevci County
Hrčak ID:
320067
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Datum izdavanja:
14.12.2023.
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