Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21861/HGG.2018.80.02.02
Spatial concentration and regional distribution of economic activities in the Republic of Croatia
Zdenko Braičić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4451-9774
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Trg Matice hrvatske 12, 44250, Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Lončar
orcid.org/0000-0003-2580-1931
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Marulićev trg 19/II, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper analyses the spatial concentration of economic activities/sectors in the Republic of Croatia in the period from 2009 to 2016. For this purpose, absolute, and relative spatial concentrations—Hirfindahl-Hirschman's index and variants of the Gini coefficient of concentration (Gini coefficient, spatial Gini coefficient and Gini location coefficient)—were applied. As a basis for their calculation, data on the number of employees per county are used. The results show that the most spatially-concentrated activities are those of the tertiary sector, in particular activities related to information and communication. Some activities are highly concentrated in the City of Zagreb, while others are highly concentrated in certain coastal counties. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing have the most even spatial arrangement. Most of the researched activities did not show a significant change in degree of spatial concentration between 2009 and 2016.
Keywords
economic activities; employment; measures of spatial concentration; national classification of activities; counties; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
213788
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2018.
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