The Socio-Spatial Structure of a City: the Example of Zagreb

Abstract

This work provides a summarized overview of select aspects, concepts and results of foreign and Croatian research into the socio-spatial structure of a city. The status of the sociospatial structure of Zagreb has been determined through an analysis of statistical indicators of the socio-economic status of its population. The results show similarities between the socio-spatial structure of Zagreb and other postsocialist cities. The spatial pattern from the pre-transition period has been retained, and it is refl ected in the declining socio-economic status of the population from the center to the peripheral sections of the city.Key words: Zagreb, socio-spatial structure, postsocialist city, transition, educational structure, salaries, unemployment Socijalno-prostorna struktura grada: primjer Zagreba U radu su sažeto prikazani izabrani aspekti, koncepti i rezultati stranih i domaćih istraživanja socijalno-prostorne strukture grada. Analizom odabranih statističkih pokazatelja socijalno-ekonomskog statusa stanovništva utvrđeno je stanje socijalno-prostorne strukture Zagreba. Rezultati pokazuju sličnosti u socijalno-prostornoj strukturi Zagreba i drugih postsocijalističkih gradova. Prostorni obrazac iz predtranzicijskog razdoblja je zadržan, a očituje se u smanjuje socijalno-ekonomskog statusa stanovništva od središnjih prema rubnim dijelovima grada.

Protected Areas as Recreational Zones of the City – Case Study of Medvednica Nature Park

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Urban Quality of Life – a Case Study: the City of Rijeka

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Spatial Planning and Transformations in the Spatial Structure of Zagreb

“…A prerequisite to establishing new laws and regulation of relations between actors in the spatial planning was the new territorial organisation adopted in 1992 through the Act on Counties, Cities and Municipalities [Zakon o područjima županija, gradova i općina] (1992), which divided the Croatian territory into 21 counties including the City of Zagreb. The new legislative framework in the field of planning started in 1994 by passing the Act on Spatial Planning [Zakon o prostornom uređenju] (1994) with a number of amendments (Act on Spatial Planning, 1994;1998;2000;2002;2004). It defined the structure and hierarchy of spatial planning documents and a system of spatial planning for the entire Croatian territory, with a commitment to harmonise the spatial planning documents of lower territorial units with spatial planning documents of higher territorial units.…”