Prethodno priopćenje
Socio-demographic Aspects of Change and Perspectives of Development in Villages of the Biokovo Region
Maja Štambuk
Sažetak
The commune of Makarska includes
two very different geographical regions
(the coastal zone under Mt. Biokovo,
and villages on Mt. Biokovo itself),
which make it wery interesting for studying
how geographical and economic
conditions influence the behaviour of
people. The coastal zone was always
more highly developed, and during recent
decades its progress has been
especially rapid thanks to tourism. The
mountain villages could not keep abreast
of this development, and started
to lag behind. Increased economic astivities
in the coastal area opened
many new jobs, even for unqualified
labour, and a strong migrational wave
from Biokovo started. The number of
inhabitants in the mountain villages
decreased (as a rule the first to leave
were young people, at the peak of
their work and reproductive potential,
and of a higher level of education), and
the economic and demographic vitality
of this part of the commune of Makarska
weakened- The basic branch of the
economy — farming — is being increasingly
neglected. Less land is cultivated
and less livestock raised, even
though the conditions for this agricultural
activity are relatively favourable.
Between 1961 and 1971 the number
of inhabitans in villages distant from
the sea fell by 40.9%. Most moved
to coastal settlements in the same
commune, so that the population in the
commune itself, if we include immigration
from the side and natural population
increase, increased bv 30.2% in that period. If the mountain population
continues to decrease at this rate, it
can be expected that all the inhabitants
will move to economically more
favourable regions soon. Most inhabitants
express a great desire to move
away, especially young people.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119620
URI
Datum izdavanja:
20.12.1982.
Posjeta: 965 *