Some Demographic Changes in the Communes of »Zagreb Ring« under the Influence of Zagreb

Some quantitative indicators of the population dynamics in 14 communes of Zagreb region (so called »Zagreb Ring«), under the influence of a city are being presented as the subject of article. The author has found the trend of the population dynamics to be under the average in the Central-Croatian macro-region as well as in the whole of Croatia. A total number of inhabitants in those communes has almost been stagnating with the negative migratory balance relatively great. But analysis shows considerable differences among the observed communes: in the communes closer to Zagreb, faster and more favorable development is being observed. Furthermore, there is a considerably faster increase of inhabitants in communal centers with regard to the republic average, and at the same time, a number of inhabitants in villages has been reduced (—6,0%) with negative migratory balance of 9,6%. Great increase in the number of inhabitants living in the suburban communes of Zagreb points at the process of decentralization of some urban functions, what in return renders possible the more rational redistribution of inhabitants in the over-inhabited city area