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Applied Geography in Spatial Planning – Croatian Case

First spatial planning and urban geographic issues in Croatian geographic theory, more than in practice, could already be found in Croatian geographers' activities as early as the period between beginning of 20th c. and World War II. In the second half of the 20th C. spatial planning approaches started by intensive engagement of architects followed partly by economists, particularly during the first stages of regional planning and spatial regulation development up to the sixties. Only then a smaller group of geographers, employed in spatial planning institutions, mainly urban planning institutes and bureaus in Croatia, especially in Zagreb, Split and Zadar, started intensively its activity in contemporary spatial planning frames giving a visible contribution to its development. It refers particularly to the period of 70 is and 80ies of the 20th C. They have mainly completed geographical college education in Zagreb – teaching vocation - or in combination with other teaching subjects, but the knowledge they gained enabled them to win recognition, as applied geographers in their working ambience. A certain part of younger participants completed the study of applied geography (study that existed in Zagreb for a certain time), or won their master's or doctor's degree in related problem area. In independent Croatia, closing or diminishing of activities of former institutes and bureaus, with gradually strengthening of counties' spatial planning institutes, as well as different private initiatives through a number of new small spatial planning companies, stimulates also some geographers, to fight for their working places in the labour market conditions and confront the application of the geographic knowledge and competence in modern practical work. That is also contributed by existing studies of geography in the country, as well as some postgraduate studies.

Applied geography; spatial planning; Croatia

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