Martina Jakovčić

• PhD Full professor
• Professor (Associate) at University of Zagreb

Areas with a higher concentration of queer population are a well-established feature of the spatial structure in major cities across the Global North. However, there is a conspicuous lack of research on queer population within post-socialist cities. This paper addresses this gap by exploring the possibility of a higher concentration of queer men po...

Based on the assertion that geographic knowledge and skills are more important than ever for understanding global processes and making rational and informed decisions, it is curious that geography teaching in Croatia faces unpleasant organizational and other substantive challenges. These challenges include a difficult demographic situation, a decre...

Knjiga Geografska obilježja gospodarstva (ekonomska geografija) Hrvatske peti je svezak kapitalnog opusa Velike geografije Hrvatske. Reprezentativno izdavačko ostvarenje na više od 500 stranica obrađuje prostorni raspored i važnost gospodarstva Republike Hrvatske s etapama gospodarskog razvoja u prošlosti do danas. Glavnina građe obuhvaća geografsk...

Based on the dialectical relationship between queerness and homonormativity, the aim of this paper was to outline the spatial framework of pink consumption in Croatia. Since the LGBT community is a specific and sensitive social group, qualitative research methods were used. After calculating the gay index and determining that the city of Zagreb pro...

Fare system models in public transport are researched based on the fact that they represent a direct and flexible instrument of influencing passenger behavior and covering public transport costs, which contributes to the sustainability of public passenger transport. Integrated passenger transport, as a concept of public transport management that us...

Pink consumption areas are a collection of places that were created and/or stand out for their openness towards the LGBT community. Research of pink consumption first arose in the 1990s and took place in an urban context almost without exception, and was largely geographically limited to Anglo-America and Western Europe. Night clubs have been ident...

Based on Augé’s concept of non-place, an interpretative model was designed for the analysis of the shopping mall (Microlevel) and the surrounding urban space (Macrolevel). De Certeau’s concept of consumer production is used to establish a functional connection between the two levels. According to De Certeau, people are not merely passive consumers...

The bicycle renaissance or the sudden return of bicycles and cycling to the public space has been a characteristic of Western societies for several decades. In the last thirty or so years, bicycle traffic has become a sort of paradigm of spatial and urban planning. This paper detects the physical, social, and contextual elements influencing the cho...

The Republic of Croatia Regional Development Act, promulgated in January 2015, introduced a new planning and implementation framework for the regional development policy and a new spatial planning category-urban area. Urban area, according to that Act, is divided into three categories: urban agglomerations , larger and smaller urban areas. Based on...

Drawing on Augé’s concept of non-place, an interpretative model for the analysis of the shopping mall has been constructed. The model is formed on two dialectically interlinked levels. For the analysis of the lower spatial level (the Arena Centar itself ), the concept of non-place is fused with Schatzski’s social site, while the macro-level analysi...

U radu se daje kratki pregled pojave i pristupa temi trgovine i trgovačkih centara u geografskim istraživanjima, a najveći se dio rada bavi zastupljenosti trgovine i trgovačkih centara u Nastavnom programu za zemljopis za gimnazije iz 1994. te suvremenom Kurikulumu nastavnog predmeta geografija za osnovne škole i gimnazije. Analizirani su oni odgoj...

Rad se bavi problematikom brownfielda - napuštenih, prethodno korištenih prostora, njihove prenamjene i novoga, održivog korištenja. Objašnjava se razvoj koncepta brownfield prostora i s njime povezanog koncepta regeneracije brownfielda, ukazuje se na neujednačenost prakse korištenja pojma brownfield i daje se prikaz mogućih kategorizacija brownfie...

Transportation is one of the basic activities of human society and nowadays it plays a considerable role in spatial organisation and development , it changes space and the way of life, and establishes connections between nations and cultures. A developed transport system contributes to fast and strong economic development of a certain space. The tr...

Promet se ističe kao jedna od osnovnih djelatnosti ljudskog društva te danas igra veliku ulogu u organizaciji i razvoju prostora, modificira prostor i način života te uspostavlja vezu između naroda i njihovih kultura. Razvijen prometni sustav omogućuje brz i jak gospodarski napredak određenog područja. Prometno-geografski položaj Varaždinske župani...

This study provides an overview of the influence of transportation connectivity as the sole predictor of academic success, using the example of pupils of the Donji Miholjac Secondary School who travel longer distances to school. The study was conducted in April 2016 using the methods of surveying, travel diaries, and pupil interviews. The survey re...

The consumption is a complex field of social and geographical research. In the contemporary time research of consumption is becoming more and more differentiated. This research deals with consumption among youngsters. First part of the paper deals with the theory of consumption and consumer culture with the special reference to consumption habits o...

Grad je složeni fizički sustav koji prolazi kroz složene političke, demografske, ekonomske i ekološke promjene. Svaki grad ima svoje posebnosti, no istovremeno svi gradovi prolaze kroz slične procese različite u svom opsegu i intenzitetu. U svim gradovima možemo izdvojiti prostore namijenjene stanovanju, rekreaciji, prometu, tehničkoj i socijalnoj...

Current economic crises and uncontrolled urban development raise a demand for responsible and sustainable management of the city. Abandonment of prior functions leads to appearance of vacant sites. Available areas become ‘arenas of opportunities’ as scenes for new housing projects, business functions, commercial and cultural use. Furthermore such a...

Considering the growing problem of waste disposal, this paper analyses the spatial distribution, legal and sociological framework, and relevant environmental components of existing waste landfills in Zagreb County (geological, hydrogeological and geomorphological features of the locations, climate). In addition to potential ecological and health co...

The chapter analyses brownfileds, grayfields, voids and vacant spaces and possibilities of creating new urban quarters from underutilised industrial and infrastructural sites on the examples from Vienna (Austria) and Zagreb (Croatia). There is a need for comprehensive registry of underutilised spaces in order to identify potentional development are...

The ability to drive a vehicle is seen as an important segment of human life. Individuals who do not have the possibility to drive a vehicle – for any given number of reasons – are often considered in the scientific literature as transport disadvantaged persons. Transport disadvantage can impact on access to many opportunities. The objective of thi...

Mogućnost upravljanja automobilom smatra se važnim segmentom u životima ljudi. Osobe koje iz određenih razloga nemaju mogućnost upravljanja automobilom u znanstvenoj se literaturi vrlo često smatraju prometno marginaliziranim osobama. Prometna marginaliziranost može utjecati na pristupanje životnim prilikama i mogućnostima. Cilj ovoga rada je ispit...

Grad Pula se u razdoblju od sredine 19. do kraja 20. stoljeća razvijala kao vojni grad što je rezultiralo velikim brojem objekata vojne namjene. Početkom 1990-ih dolazi do napuštanja dijela vojnih funkcija te je do danas na upravu predano 12 vojnih objekata i kompleksa. Predaja objekata u pojedinim dijelovima grada dovela je do značajne promjene fu...

The paper deals with problems of conversion and redevelopment of military brownfields with the example of military barrack Karlo Rojc in Pula. In the first part of the paper definitions and types of redevelopment of brownfield sites are given followed by overview of relevant bibliography. The second part of the paper describes development of Pula f...

The paper deals with problems of conversion and redevelopment of military brownfields with the example of military barrack Karlo Rojc in Pula. In the first part of the paper definitions and types of redevelopment of brownfield sites are given followed by overview of relevant bibliography. The second part of the paper describes development of Pula f...

The aim of this paper is to present the development of the low-cost air transportation in Croatia and the position of Croatian airports in the low-cost carrier network of Europe. The data on the frequency of the lines between specific airports and the European airports were analyzed based on the data gathered from the flight schedule. Trend of deve...

Cilj rada je prikazati razvoj niskotarifnog zračnog prijevoza u Republici Hrvatskoj te položaj hrvatskih zračnih luka u mreži niskotarifnoga zračnog prijevoza u Europi. Podaci o frekvenciji linija između pojedinih zračnih luka i europskih luka analizirani su na temelju podataka dobivenih iz reda letenja. U svrhu analize trenda razvoja mreža i frekv...

Free time or leisure activities are usually perceived as a topic of tourism geography. However, all the economic activities that occur during a regular visit to a shopping centre, as one of the most popular places for spending free time, draw it into the scope of retail and, thereby, economic geography as well. Sociologists claim that shopping cent...

In the early 1990s, Croatia and Slovenia, along with other Central and Eastern European countries, began a process of economic transition from centrally planned to market economy. The main goal of the paper is to compare developments of new forms of retail outlets in Zagreb and Ljubljana after 1990 and to explain similarities and differences in the...

The paper deals with the development of retail centres in Zadar. Types of retail centres are classified on the basis of the type of business outlets and functions. Four main types of retail centres are: shopping centres, hypermarkets, specialized hypermarkets and shopping centres – hypermarkets. Typology based on the location of centres is also dev...

U organizaciji Hrvatskoga kartografskog društva te Sveučilišta u Zadru, Geodetskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatskoga hidrografskog instituta iz Splita i Hrvatskoga geografskog društva – Zadar u Zadru je od 15. do 17. lipnja 2007. održano znanstveno savjetovanje s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem Kartografija, geoinformacijeimore. Pokrovitelji t...

The paper deals with the development of retail centres in Zadar. Types of retail centres are classified on the basis of the type of business outlets and functions. Four main types of retail centres are: shopping centres, hypermarkets, specialized hypermarkets and shopping centres – hypermarkets. Typology based on the location of centres is also dev...

The paper explains the role of countryside in modern social processes and the importance of its intertwining with cities. We emphasize the overview of modern trends in settlement development and land use and point out the processes that do not correspond with planned goals. Through simulating developmental consequences in several typical areas of d...

V zadnjih 15 letih je Slovenija prešla skozi pomembne gospodarske in politične spremembe. Trgovina je ena izmed gospodarskih dejavnosti, ki so se v času gospodarske tranzicije doživele zelo izrazite spremembe. V prispevku so predstavljene osnovne značilnosti razvoja trgovine v Ljubljani s posebnim poudarkom na nastanku novih trgovskih centrov na ob...

Over the past 15 years vast changes have occurred in the functions of certain areas of a city. Decentralization of retail and the process of transition have resulted in the changes of functions of certain parts of the city. Trend of opening of new domestic and foreign shopping centres, hypermarkets and other types of retail outlets have caused a re...

Paper deals with the spatial distribution,commercial structure and functions of newly built shopping centers andhypermarkets in Zagreb. Research has included mapping of all newly builtshopping centers and hypermarkets, classification of their commercial andother functions according to numbers of business premises in them, andquestionnaire survey co...

U radu je prikazan razmještaj trgovačkih centara u Zagrebu i analizirana su njihova gravitacijska područja. Na temelju rezultata anketa provedenih u King Crossu, Mercatoneu i Mercatoru prikazuje se razvoj pojedinih funkcija trgovačkih centara te se ukazuje na značajnu dominaciju trgovačkih funkcija u odnosu na socijalne funkcije.

The article deals with spatial distribution of shopping centres in Zagreb and their catchments areas. The analysis of the shopping centres' functions has been made on the basis of results obtained by the surveys done in King Cross, Mercatone and Mercator. It revealed domination of retail over social functions.

This paper presents present state of development of tourism in Krapinske Toplice Spa and possibilities of further development from the geographical point of view. Natural, socio-economical, cultural and historical components of the area are analysed. Special attention is given to development of health tourism and its impact on the development of ot...

This paper presents present state of development of tourism in Krapinske Toplice Spa and possibilities of further development from the geographical point of view. Natural, socio-economical, cultural and historical components of the area are analysed. Special attention is given to development of health tourism and its impact on the development of ot...

The paper discusses the commercial redevelopment of old industrial zones in the inner city area of post-socialist city. One of the characteristics of spatial distribution of activities in Croatian cities during the socialist period was positioning industrial plants in different locations in cities, including the city centre. Restructuring of the in...

The paper analyses and compares the geography curricula for compulsory education in 11 European countries: Sweden,, Austria, Slovenia and Hungary. The analysis 1 answers questions concerning the length of compulsory education, the name of the subject, the description or defi nition of the subject, the organization of the subject, its position in th...