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The Demographic Atlas of Croatia - A Web-based Atlas Information System

Demographic data are pivotal in the development of any country. In Croatia, a post-socialist reform state about to join the European Union, basic and up-to-date information on the popu-lation, economy or environment is often not readily available to the scientific community as well as the wider public. To help bridge this information gap a group of Croatian and German geoscientists in a joint effort are developing the Demographic Atlas of Croatia (DACIS). DACIS is implemented as a web-based demographic atlas information system that provides fundamental information on the structures, composition, distribution, natural and spatial de-velopments and trends of the Croatian population since independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Targeted at the general public, educators as well as decision makers in politics and the economy, the electronic web atlas will be complemented by a conventional book volume. Through its presentation in easy-to-comprehend maps DACIS seeks to gain the interest of a Croatian as well as international audience in the demographic fundamentals and regional de-velopments of the country.

atlas information system; demographic atlas; web maps; web mapping; electronic atlas

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