Proposal of the administrative-territorial organization of the Northern Croatian Littoral

Predmet rada je izrada prijedloga novog teritorijalnog ustroja Sjevernog hrvatskog primorja na temelju analiziranih indikatora. Prostor istraživanja obuhvaća cijelo Sjeverno hrvatsko primorje, u koje ulazi Istarska županija te dijelovi Primorsko-goranske i Ličko-senjske županije. Temeljne metode istraživanja su desk metode analize relevantne literature i izvora, metode GIS analize i vizualizacije te metoda deskripcije. Analizom indeksa razvijenosti, sustava središnjih naselja, indeksa demografskih resursa i broja dnevnih migranata formirana je šira slika o socio-ekonomskim i demografskim kretanjima unutar pojedinih jedinica lokalne samouprave, izrađena je tipologija jedinica lokalne samouprave te su na temelju dobivenih rezultata primjenjeni određeni modeli koji su služili kao sredstvo u formiranju prijedloga novog administrativno teritorijalnog ustroja. Također, formiran je prijedlog osnivanja strateško-investicijskih razvojnih jedinica.The subject of the paper is to make a proposal for a new territorial organization of the Sjeverno hrvatsko primorje based on analyzed indicators. The research area comprises whole Sjeverno hrvatsko primorje, which includes the County of Istria and parts of Primorsko-goranska County and the Lika-Senj County. Fundamental research methods are desk methods that consist of the analysis of relevant literature and sources, GIS analysis and visualization methods, and methods of descriptive analysis. By analyzing the development index, the system of central settlements, the demographic resources index and the number of daily migrants, a wider picture of socio-economic and demographic trends within individual local government units was formed, the typology of units of local self-government was developed and based on the obtained results certain models that served as a means of forming a proposal for a new administrative territorial organization where applied. Also, a proposal for the establishment of strategic investment-development units was formed