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ional development, sustainability, and marginalization 36 on field survey and mapping. Field research was done in the peri-
od of 2014-2016, and the purpose was to register, map and analyse
business subjects in the wider metropolitan area and, on this basis,
make conclusions about the economic structure in the area. The
analysed area includes the central parts of these cities, i.e. the ar-
eas with the greatest number of business activities, because some
of the cities are small, and the analysis of the county municipalities
would not yield satisfactory results (the fact is that most of the ac-
tivities are concentrated in the cities). A census of business activ-
ities shows certain patterns and gives conclusions about business
activities and functions of the cities in the City of Zagreb metro-
politan area.
Key words: business activities, business subjects, entrepreneurship,
Zagreb peri-urban area
Post-socialist transition as a driver of geographic
marginalization
Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš and Marin Cvitanović
Department of Geography, Science faculty,
Marulićev trg 19/II, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Geographic marginalization as a characteristic is not static in space
and time: socio-economic changes such as globalization, deindustri-
alization or economic transition can cause profound and heteroge-
neous changes, benefiting certain areas while creating disadvantag-
es for others. Therefore, the study of geographic marginalization
during periods of rapid societal, economic and institutional changes
such as post-socialist transition can offer new insights into a char-
acteristic of geographic marginality. Such analyses can be seen as
a sort of »natural experiment« with two political systems occupy-
ing the same environment in a relatively short period, emphasiz-
ing the role of socio-economic changes that can drive marginaliza-
tion processes in certain areas. This study deals with a traditional
agricultural region in northern Croatia (Hrvatsko Zagorje) during
the post-socialist period of 1991-2011. The region is near Zagreb,
the capital and the hub of Croatia, and is simultaneously a periph-
eral region bordering the Republic of Slovenia. The research is fo-
cused on changes in settlement patterns and changes in agriculture
as an important livelihood strategy, all within the framework of ge-
od of 2014-2016, and the purpose was to register, map and analyse
business subjects in the wider metropolitan area and, on this basis,
make conclusions about the economic structure in the area. The
analysed area includes the central parts of these cities, i.e. the ar-
eas with the greatest number of business activities, because some
of the cities are small, and the analysis of the county municipalities
would not yield satisfactory results (the fact is that most of the ac-
tivities are concentrated in the cities). A census of business activ-
ities shows certain patterns and gives conclusions about business
activities and functions of the cities in the City of Zagreb metro-
politan area.
Key words: business activities, business subjects, entrepreneurship,
Zagreb peri-urban area
Post-socialist transition as a driver of geographic
marginalization
Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš and Marin Cvitanović
Department of Geography, Science faculty,
Marulićev trg 19/II, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Geographic marginalization as a characteristic is not static in space
and time: socio-economic changes such as globalization, deindustri-
alization or economic transition can cause profound and heteroge-
neous changes, benefiting certain areas while creating disadvantag-
es for others. Therefore, the study of geographic marginalization
during periods of rapid societal, economic and institutional changes
such as post-socialist transition can offer new insights into a char-
acteristic of geographic marginality. Such analyses can be seen as
a sort of »natural experiment« with two political systems occupy-
ing the same environment in a relatively short period, emphasiz-
ing the role of socio-economic changes that can drive marginaliza-
tion processes in certain areas. This study deals with a traditional
agricultural region in northern Croatia (Hrvatsko Zagorje) during
the post-socialist period of 1991-2011. The region is near Zagreb,
the capital and the hub of Croatia, and is simultaneously a periph-
eral region bordering the Republic of Slovenia. The research is fo-
cused on changes in settlement patterns and changes in agriculture
as an important livelihood strategy, all within the framework of ge-
