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Influence of water availability on historical, demographical and economical development of the Kvarner islands (Croatia)

General development of the Kvarner Islands, has been closely connected to the water resources. Unlike most of the Croatian archipelago, the Kvarner Islands posses a relatively well developed surface hydrology due to their unique climatic and geological features. Abundance of water ensured an early development of versatile economy. Up to the end of the Second World War, the economy was dominated by the agriculture, while after the war tourism took over the leading role. The onset of the mass tourism in the 1960’s and 1970’s could not have been possible without appropriate water supply system which was being developed simultaneously with the economical growth. Today, the Kvarner Islands are one of the best known tourist regions in Croatia, especially popular among German, Slovenian and Italian tourists. It should be pointed out that there is a huge discrepancy in the development of the large and small inhabited Kvarner Islands. Such discrepancy is caused solely by the lack of water resources on the small islands, which in turn has a deep economic as well as demographic impact on those islands.

islands; water; economy; tourism; Kvarner; Croatia

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