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The Demographic Atlas of Croatia – A Web-Based Atlas Information System

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Demographic data are pivotal in the development of any country. In Croatia, a post-socialist reform state about to join the European Union, basic and up-to-date information on the population, economy or environment is often not readily available to the scientific community as well as the wider public. To help bridge this information gap a group of Croatian and German geoscientists in a joint effort are developing the Demographic Atlas of Croatia (DACIS). DACIS is implemented as a web-based demographic atlas information system that provides fundamental information on the structures, composition, distribution, natural and spatial developments and trends of the Croatian population since independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Targeted at the general public, educators as well as decision makers in politics and the economy, the electronic web atlas will be complemented by a conventional book volume. Through its presentation in easy-to-comprehend maps DACIS seeks to gain the interest of a Croatian as well as international audience in the demographic fundamentals and regional developments of the country.

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Acknowledgements

The contributions of Alexis Brakhan, Julia Ernst, Reinhard Henkel, Ivo Nejašmić, Vedran Prelogović, Luka Valožić, Lukas Wede and Ivan Zupanc who at various stages helped to advance the project are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Hartmut Asche & Rita Engemaier

  2. Department of Geography, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Aleksandar Toskić & Dubravka Spevec

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  1. Fak.Tech.Naturwiss./Inform., TU Wien, Erzherzog-Johannplatz 1, Wien, 1040, Austria

    Georg Gartner

  2. Inst. Geoinformation und Kartographie, TU Wien, Erzherzog-Johannplatz 1, Wien, 1040, Austria

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Asche, H., Toskić, A., Spevec, D., Engemaier, R. (2009). The Demographic Atlas of Croatia – A Web-Based Atlas Information System. In: Gartner, G., Ortag, F. (eds) Cartography in Central and Eastern Europe. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03294-3_22

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