Open AccessTransport Accessibility As a Factor of Depopulation and Developmental Delay: Case Study Žumberak
Author(s) -
Ivo Turk,
Nikola Šimunić,
Dražen Živić
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
društvena istraživanja/društvena istraživanja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1848-6096
pISSN - 1330-0288
DOI - 10.5559/di.25.2.05
Subject(s) - croatian , factor (programming language) , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , programming language
Žumberak bilježi depopulacijske procese u zadnjih osamdesetakgodina. Potpuni se demografski slom Žumberka zbio u drugojpolovici 20. stoljeća. To je razdoblje u Hrvatskoj bilo obilježenourbano baziranom industrijalizacijom, s jedne strane, tedeagrarizacijom i deruralizacijom, s druge strane. U tim jeokolnostima na Žumberku izostala socijalno-geografskatransformacija. Modernizacijski procesi u gradovima, ukombinaciji s njihovim izostankom na Žumberku, učinili suŽumberak neatraktivnim za život. U drugoj polovici 20. st.emigracija je dovela Žumberak na rub izumiranja. U radu serabe metode demografske statistike i GIS-analize prometnedostupnosti u kombinaciji s primjenom teorije grafa u analiziprometne mreže istraživanoga područja. Rezultati istraživanjaupućuju na zaključak da je revitalizacija Žumberka jedinomoguća uz znatna materijalna ulaganja u okviru dobrorazrađenih i osmišljenih razvojnih planova. Oni svakako trebajuuključivati i poboljšanje prometne dostupnosti.Žumberak has recorded depopulation processes in the pasteight decades. A complete demographic breakdown ofŽumberak happened in the second half of the twentiethcentury. That period in Croatia was marked by urban-basedindustrialization on one hand and deagrarization andderuralization on the other hand. In those circumstances,socio-geographic transformation failed in Žumberak.Modernization processes in the cities, in combination withtheir absence in Žumberak, have made Žumberakunattractive for living. In the second half of the twentiethcentury, emigration led Žumberak to the verge of extinction.In this paper, methods of demographic statistics and GISanalysis of transport accessibility are used in combinationwith the application of graph theory in the analysis of thetransport network of the researched area. The results of theresearch suggest the conclusion that the revitalization ofŽumberak is only possible with considerable materialinvestments in the framework of well-elaborated and well--designed development plans. They should certainly includetransport accessibility improvement