Agroeconomia Croatica, Vol. 11 No. 1, 2021.
Prethodno priopćenje
Typology of rural areas of the Republic of Croatia with special focus to the Split – Dalmatia County
Marin Čagalj
; Institut za jadranske kulture i melioraciju krša, Put Duilova 11, Split, Hrvatska
Marko Ivanković
; Federalni agromediteranski institut, Biskupa Čule 8, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
Željan Dulčić
; Institut za jadranske kulture i melioraciju krša, Put Duilova 11, Split, Hrvatska
Ivo Grgić
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Svetošimunska 25, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Mate Paštar
; JU Rera S.D.,Domovinskog rata 2, Split, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Rural area in Croatia has not been the centre of both social and academic interest for a long time, while on the other hand, the European Union (EU) has been paying great attention to its overall development for decades, especially agriculture as a core business. According to using the latest available data, the aim of this paper is to analyse and identify rural areas of Croatia, with special focus to the Split – Dalmatia County, using the OECD method of area classification. Rural areas occupy the majority bulk of the EU area (90%), with over 56% of the rural population. In Croatia, this is even more pronounced where rural areas occupy the majority bulk of the territory (97.5%) in which 78.9% of the Croatian population lives. According to the OECD criteria for urban and rural areas and settlements, in Croatia 14 counties are classified as predominantly rural areas with a total of 46.5% of the country’s population. Significantly predominantly rural areas include 6 counties or 35% of the total population. Of the significantly predominantly rural counties with the largest population is Split-Dalmatia County, which accounts for 30.3% of significantly rural counties. According to the OECD classification, the share of rural areas in Split-Dalmatia County is 60.4% with a total of 22.9% of the population, while the share of urban areas is 39.5% with as much as 77.1% of the population. This data tells us that in Split-Dalmatia County there is a considerable concentration of population in urban areas (cities), although they make up only 31.5% of the county’s settlements. In general, according to available data, Split-Dalmatia County is the county with the fastest urbanization and development, which is not surprising given that economic opportunities and living standards are among the highest. Of all the counties, only the City of Zagreb with 18.4% of the total population of the Republic of Croatia is, according to this method, a predominantly urban area.
Ključne riječi
rural areas, rural development, typology, urban areas, Split – Dalmatia County
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269945
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Datum izdavanja:
25.12.2021.
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