Primjena centralnih funkcija naselja u izračunu indeksa razvijenosti: primjer Primorsko-goranske županije

master's thesis

• Title (english): An application of settlement central functions in the calculation of the development index: the example of the Primorje-Gorski kotar County
• Author: Patricija Gržin
• Mentor: Aleksandar Lukić (mentor)
• Committee member: Aleksandar Lukić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Petra Radeljak Kaufmann (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Vedran Prelogović (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Science; (Department of Geography); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-09-20, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: INTERDISCIPLINARY AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE; Geography

Abstract

Mjerenje regionalne razvijenosti nekog prostora važno je zbog njegovog kvalitetnog planiranja i usmjeravanja razvojnih politika. U tu svrhu, u Hrvatskoj se koristi indeks razvijenosti, kompozitni pokazatelj koji u sebi sadrži skup demografskih i ekonomskih varijabli. No, pregledom relevantne literature utvrđeno je da sadrži određene nedostatke, ponajviše u metodološkom smislu. Zbog toga se otvorila mogućnost njegova unaprjeđenja pomoću novog pokazatelja – indeksa razvijenosti centralnih funkcija. Naime, centralne se funkcije u geografiji uvelike koriste kako bi se njima predočila razvijenost određenog prostora, te kao takve predstavljaju kvalitetnu osnovu za nadgradnju ovog pokazatelja. Stoga su oba pokazatelja metodom ranga stavljeni u međuodnos te je posljedično konstruiran kombinirani pokazatelj koji je objedinio oba navedena. Na primjeru Primorsko-goranske županije pokazalo se da on značajno ublažava izražene razlike u poretku jedinica lokalne samouprave prema razvijenosti, te da smanjuje dotad vidljivu polarizaciju u prostoru. Na posljetku, pokazalo se da novi, kombinirani pokazatelj ima potencijala za primjenu i korištenje u praksi.

Abstract (english)

Measuring the regional development of an area is important because of its quality planning and direction of development policies. For this purpose, the Republic of Croatia uses the development index, a composite indicator that contains a set of demographic and economic variables. But, a review of the relevant literature found that it contains certain shortcomings, mostly in the methodological sense. Because of this, the possibility of its improvement using a new indicator - the index of the development of central functions has opened up. Namely, the central functions in geography are widely used in order to represent the development stage of a certain area, and as such they are a quality basis for the superstructure of this indicator. Therefore, both indicators were interrelated using the rank method, and as a result, a combined indicator was constructed that united both of them. On the example of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, it was shown that it significantly reduces the expressed differences in the order of local self-government units according to development, and that it reduces the previously visible polarization in space. In the end, it was shown that the combined indicator has potential for application and use in practice.

• Keywords: centralne funkcije; indeks razvijenosti; regionalni razvoj; Primorsko-goranska županija
• Keywords (english): central functions; development index; regional development; Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:217:544719
• Study programme: Title: Graduate study; specializations in: research; Course: research; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra geografije (sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra geografije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Embargoed access; Embargo expiration date: 2025-09-20
• Created on: 2023-12-06 13:18:21