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Landscape analysis of the suburban and rural areas of the City of Zagreb (Croatia)

Suburbs and rural areas around cities are considered to be the most dynamic parts of urban areas. Because of the introduction of new spatial elements and the intertwining of different functions in the service of the city, population and economy, these are areas of intense spatial transformation that have their reflection in the landscape. The state of the landscape was explored in the suburban and rural areas of the City of Zagreb, which due to the significance of the capital is rapidly developing. The analysis was based on the habitat map of the Republic of Croatia, geomorphological, geoecological and demographic data. Initial research was carried out within the study of the analysis and evaluation of development potentials and restrictions of the City of Zagreb suburban and rural area. It was made for the City Office for the Strategic Planning and Development with the aim of planning spatial development. Landscape regionalization and research of the composition, structure and ecosystems services of the landscape units was carried out. In the research area unbuilt surfaces prevail. Most of them are forests thanks to the significant proportion of the mountain and dynamic hilly areas of Medvednica Mt. and Vukomeričke gorice. Other mostly unbuilt areas are mosaic landscapes of agrarian active areas around the settlements. These are the areas of fragmentation and degradation due to the strong anthropogenic pressures and accelerated landscape transformations due to the urbanization. Their geographical layout, features and condition are the result of relief, climate and pedological conditions and anthropogenic influences. Among natural areas under the strongest pressure there are parts of the forest ecosystems in the transitional zone between Nature Park Medvednica and Zagreb. In the past decades there were recorded the consequences of serious disturbances of the landscape and the quality of the ecosystem services. With the deterioration of climate change effects geomorphological and hydrological risks may be exacerbated, especially in the cases of settlements and roads in hilly areas with degraded slope stability.

suburban, rural areas, Zagreb, spatial development, disturbance

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