Marginalization Between Border and Metropolis: Drivers of Socio-Spatial Change in Post-socialist Croatia

Determining of the degree of geographical marginality of settlements in Međimurje using GIS and exploratory factor analysis

“…In contemporary research in Croatia, it is worth emphasizing research that is directly or indirectly related to research in marginal areas: at the local level (Nejašmić, 2005;Popović and Radeljak, 2011;Nejašmić and Toskić, 2013;Feletar, 2014;Nejašmić and Toskić, 2016); research focused on land use change and the determination of landscape degradation as a feature of marginal areas (Horvat, 2013;Cvitanović and Fuerst-Bjeliš, 2018); an overview of the basic concepts of geographic marginality (Horvat and Toskić, 2017); research on social exclusion in the sense of marginalization (Šućur, 1995; Šućur, 2004; Šporer, 2004); a look at the historical aspect of marginal groups in Croatian medieval societies (Karbić, 1991); and the impact of the traffic marginality on the everyday lives of secondary school students in Zagreb (Gašparović and Jakovčić, 2014).…”

Application of spatial- and diachronic-process analysis of landscape development in Central Lika, Croatia from 1980 to 2012

“…If one looks at recent research in Croatia, authors are employing mixed method approaches, e.g. using a confusion matrix and Kappa coefficient together with other quantitative and qualitative research methods in order to assess processes and social context (Cvitanović, 2014;Cvitanović and Fuerst-Bjeliš, 2018), as well as using remote sensing methods and simulation models for the analysis and projection of land cover changes ( Jogun et al, 2017;2019). analiza rabi se i u drugim istraživanjima kod kojih se podrazumijeva komparativno istraživanje različitih pojava.…”

“…In the post-socialist period, for most landscapes in mountainous rural areas in Central and Eastern Europe, including Croatia, a common feature is neglect or extensification of land use due to depopulation, aging population, and reduced intensity of socio-economic activities (Cvitanović and Fuerst-Bjeliš, 2018;Jogun et al, 2019). Croatia in general, but particularly its border regions, among them Lika, has been directly and indirectly affected by the consequences of the Croatian War of Independence (1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995).The primarily consequences of the War were population loss and displacement, and further depopulation and abandonment of border areas, especially in those of ethnically-mixed character, e.g.…”