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The relative centrality of settlements in Croatia
Oleg Grgurević
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This article presents a qualitative
methodological procedure for determining
settlement centrality in the form of the
relative importance of centralities,
expressed through numerical values. It
offers easy-to-process data for further
research. The calculated values of
centrality agree with the spirit of W.
Christaller’s "classical" theoiy of central
settlements.
The simple sum of tertiary and quaternary
contents of a settlement expresses no
more than the wealth of its offer and only
if we evaluate the importance of this offer
can we reach the degree of the
settlement’s potential centrality. Up to the
moment when we determine the relative
importance of centrality of a settlement,
we remain in the domain of its nodal
importance. The concept of nodality and
the concept of centrality of a settlement
are two hindered concepts. The first may
be called the concept of importance and
the second the concept of relative
importance of a settlement.
In real life there is a whole range of
transitive situations, from the good supply
of the central settlement with tertiary and
quaternary functions, whose capacities
exceed the needs of the population in the
gravitational area of the settlement, to the
opposite situation, which is reflected in
positive and negative values of the relative
importance of centrality. Therefore, the
balance between the supply of the
settlement and the demand of the
gravitational area can be defined as "ideal
centrality".
A comparative analysis of systems of
central settlements on the basis of relative
importance of centrality shows some
inter-regional relations. The poor capacity
of tertiary and quaternary activities in
several larger settlements of the Osijek
macroregion is especially prominent. An
analysis shows that their specific position
also means their satellite character. The
system of central settlements in the Lika
association of communes, on the other
hand, is very well supplied.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119870
URI
Datum izdavanja:
6.12.1991.
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