Naslov
Using GIS to Visualize and Interpret Early Modern Zagreb’s Urban and Environmental History

Autori
Brgles, Branimir

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
10th European Social Science history conference, Vienna 23. - 26. 04. 2014. / - Beč : International Institute of Social history, 2014, 163-163

Skup
10th European Social Science history conference

Mjesto i datum
Beč, Austrija, 23.04.2014. - 26.04.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Historical GIS; methodology of historical research; early modern history; regional history; early modern Zagreb County

Sažetak
Using GIS to visualize and interpret Zagreb’s early modern urban and environmental history The author uses the Geographical Information System (GIS) as a tool and research methodology in his research of the early modern urban development of Zagreb and its surroundings. The paper can be regarded as an interdisciplinary case study on the historical applications of GIS, and as historical research on the urban development of Zagreb between the 15th and 18th century. The author uses the GIS methodology and a database management system to analyze the data extracted from historical sources, and also uses findings from different fields of the humanities. Firstly, the historical sources used are: 15th and 16th century manorial, fiscal and church surveys (church tithe, tax surveys, etc.), 17th century church records of marriages, births and deaths, and other serial documents. Secondly, the findings and conclusions from other humanistic disciplines, such as onomastics and archeology, are also used. The data is then extracted into a geo-referenced database and finally managed in a historical GIS. GIS can be used in a way that connects different humanistic disciplines. In his work, the author chose an interdisciplinary approach, using published findings and research from the fields of history, onomastics, archeology, and other disciplines. The questions posed by environmental and urban history are specific, and any research that attempts to provide an answer must be interdisciplinary in nature. Medieval and early modern archeological research and historical onomastic research in Croatia has not been carried out systematically. Findings, data, and published research from these sub-fields are scattered in many different places (journals, books, etc.). Consequently, there are many obstacles to interdisciplinary research. For these reasons, the use of GIS can improve environmental and urban history research significantly. The main aim of this paper is to present research on the correlation between the center of urban development and its rural surroundings in late Medieval and early modern northwestern Croatia. The research methodology is equally important. Also, it must be mentioned that the software used in the research was developed by the author and his colleagues at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
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