RAZVOJNE OBVEZE ZAGREBA PREMA HRVATSKOJ PERIFERIJI
DEVELOPMENT OBLIGATIONS OF ZAGREB TOWARD THE CROATIAN PERIPHERY

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the relation ’centre-periphery’ within the context of modern Croatian society and models of metropolitan participation in programs for revitalization of the periphery. Using the scheme ’metropolis-periphery’ as a consenquence of acts of identity, the authors ’place’ the periphery within the network of cooperative relation which in turn becomes a very important constructive mode in forming any social integrations. A successful (post)modernization process based on endogene regional development results in the ability of metropolitan actors to revitalize the periphery. From the perspective of cooperative relations, the term ’metropolis’ includes both basic metropolitan community (capital) and entire area of community (imaginary metropolis). The formation of the local community identity is the most important item on the list of revitalizing objectives of the Croatian periphery. Metropolitan obligations could be described as several development incentives: commercial, social…etc. Finally, to avoid any objections toward metropolis being a specific urban monopoly, finding solutions in the cooperation of ’metropolis-periphery’ would be of the utmost importance.

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