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No island is an island: participatory development planning on the croatian islands [PDF]
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 2014 Despite a straightforward commonsense requirement that governmental policy makers have to share their regional development management role with everybody that is involved in and /or affected by these policies, stakeholders’ participation is too often neglected or even deliberately disregarded in existing regional policies.
Starc, Nenad, Stubbs, Paul
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Active ageing as lifestyle on Croatian islands
Zbornik Matice Srpske Za Drustvene Nauke, 2014 The main feature of Croatian islands, in addition to their beautiful nature, is the fact that they are demographically and sociologically one of the most threatened areas affected by ageing. The ageing of the island population is the result of a long-term depopulation caused by the continuous emigration of the younger working-active ...
Klempić Bogadi, Sanja +1 more
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Atmosphere, 2020 The Mediterranean region is one of the regions in the world that is most vulnerable to the impact of imminent climate change. In particular, climate change has an adverse effect on both the ecosystem and socioeconomic system, influencing water ...
Ognjen Bonacci +2 more
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Can digital nomads solve the problem of tourist economy? The case of Croatian islands [PDF]
Eastern Journal of European Studies, 2023 Many Croatian island municipalities depend on tourism, which provides income by using natural resources; however, traditional tourism is labour intensive and low-skilled which leads to low wages and low possibilities to increase productivity.
Peter Gladoic Hakansson +1 more
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Seeing Croatian Islands as Something Other than Paradise
Slavia Meridionalis, 2022 Seeing Croatian Islands as Something Other than Paradise This article is a review of the study entitled Życie na wyspach. Chorwacka współczesna proza insularna [Life on Islands: Contemporary Croatian Insular Fiction], authored by Anna Boguska ...
Kenneth Hanshew
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LIVING ON CROATIAN ISLANDS – PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES OF ISLAND DEVELOPMENT POLICY [PDF]
Fourth International Scientific Conference ITEMA Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture, 2020 The Croatian islands make the second-largest archipelago in the Mediterranean. There are 1244 islands (78 islands, 524 islets, and 642 rocks and rocks awash) that are situated in a range of 450 km along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. The total area covers 3300 km2 (about 5.8 % of Croatian mainland territory) and the length of their coast is ...
Željka Kordej-De Villa +1 more
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Local stakeholders perception on development possibilities of Croatian islands - example of the island of Cres [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2015 Croatian islands are characterized by a specific relief, climate, tradition, customs and history, which influenced their economic development. Agriculture, along with fisheries and maritime affairs, has always been the main economic activity in the ...
Ivan Đogić, MARIJA Cerjak
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Satisfaction with the quality of life on Croatian small islands: Zlarin, Kaprije and Žirje [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2015 The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of satisfaction with various life domains that constitute objective conditions of the quality of island life, and which influence the perception of islanders’ personal well-being among the inhabitants ...
Satisfaction with the quality of life on Croatian small islands: Zlarin, Kaprije and Žirje +2 more
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Geoadria, 2023 Based on the analysis of water supply, tourist traffic, and climatic parameters, the paper assesses the sustainability and possibilities of adapting the water supply system in the future, considering the simultaneity of the peak loads on the water supply
Hrvoje Grofelnik, Mladen Maradin
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Geosciences, 2021 Throughout history, the production of lime on the Croatian islands, which are mostly made of limestone and dolomite, has been an important economic activity.
Josip Faričić, Kristijan Juran
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