3. 4,4 million inhabitants (78.3 per km2)
The capital city: Zagreb (790 000)
Population and minorities:
◦ Croats, Serbs, Bosnians, Slovenes,
Hungarians, Czechs, Italians and Albanians
Life expectancy: 71 (men), 78 (women)
Education: basic school diploma (22%),
secondary school diploma (47%), higher
education degrees (12%)
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4. Nominal GDP: 45.4 billion EUR
GDP per capita: 10,246 EUR
Average monthly paid of gross earnings: 1,042 EUR
Population unemployed: 14%
Economic output: service sector (70% ), industrial
sector (20%), agriculture (6%) of GDP
Notable source of income: Tourism
Preparation for EU membership (joining 2013)
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5. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENT
Head of the state Headed by the Prime minister Legislative body
Directly elected to 5-year term and 2 deputy prime ministers 100-160 members
Commander in chief of the armed 14 ministers in charge of Elected by popular vote to 4-year
forces particular sectors term
Appointing Prime minister Proposing legislation and a 2 largest political parties:
budget Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
Influence on foreign policy
Execution of laws and Social Democratic Party of
Guiding the foreign and internal Croatia (SDP)
policies
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6. Area: 56,594 km2 Area: 3,287,263 km2
Population: 4.4 million Population: 1.2 billion
Density: 78.3 /km2 Density: 365.5 /km2
GDP: 1.1 trillion EUR
GDP: 45.4 billion EUR
Median age: 25
Median age: 39
Croatia is 58x smaller in area, 275x smaller in number of
inhabitants, 24x poorer and 14 years older than India
CROATIA INDIA
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7. Area: 56,594 km2 Area: 9,826,675 km2
Population: 4.4 million Population: 312.2 million
Density: 78.3 /km2 Density: 33.7 /km2
GDP: 10.7 trillion EUR
GDP: 45.4 billion EUR
Median age: 37
Median age: 39
Croatia is 173x smaller in area, 70x smaller in number of
inhabitants, 238x poorer and 2 years older than USA
CROATIA USA
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8. Area: 56,594 km2 Area: 674,843 km2
Population: 4.4 million Population: 65.8 million
Density: 78.3 /km2 Density: 116/km2
GDP: 1.8 trillion EUR
GDP: 45.4 billion EUR
Median age: 39
Median age: 39
Croatia is 12x smaller in area, 15x smaller in number of
inhabitants, 40x poorer and the same age as France
CROATIA FRANCE
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9. Total 555 units of local
government:
• 429 municipalities
• 126 cities
• 20 counties + the city of Zagreb
Representative body:
◦ Municipal councils, city councils,
county assemblies
Executive body:
◦ Municipality’s mayor, city mayor and
county prefect
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10. Municipalities and cities perform:
• Urban development and housing
• Spatial and urban planning,
• Municipal economy,
• Childcare, social welfare, education, culture,
sport,
• Environment, civil and consumer protection,
• Traffic, roads, construction permits
Counties cover:
◦ Education, healthcare, culture institutions
◦ Spatial and urban planning
◦ Economic development, infrastructure
◦ Construction and local permits
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11. Ministry of Environmental Ministry of Regional Development,
Protection, Physical Planning and Forestry and Water Management:
Construction: administrative tasks balancing the regional
related to physical planning and development and reducing
coordination of regional physical regional disparities
development
Directorate for Integrated Regional
Development
Spatial Planning Council: monitors
and proposes processes in space
Administration for Regional and
and physical plans
Local Infrastructure:
All aiming at planning,
Institute for Physical Planning: implementing and evaluating
expert and analytical tasks in the programs for the development of
field of physical planning local governments, county and
wider region
Physical Planning Regional Development
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12. Physical Planning and Building Act (2007)
Regional Development Act (2009)
Regional Development Strategy (period 2011-2013)
Sustainable Development Strategy (2009)
Physical Planning Strategy (1997)
Physical Planning Programme (1999)
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13. The most problematic factors are
inefficient government bureaucracy, tax
rates and regulation, corruption and Economic
access to financing. reform
Croatia will have to increase the
production and export whilst cutting total
public spending, growing national debt. Social reform
Further restructuring of companies is
necessary as well as the improvements in
general business conditions. Reform of
Particular concern is the corruption in both judiciary system
public and private sector, inefficient public
administration (land ownership).
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14. SOPNICA-JELKOVEC RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, ZAGREB
New residential district currently under construction
For 10,000 persons
Previously a pig farm that has been reconstructed into a new district
All amenities needed to ensure normal life:
◦ Improved water supply and drainage facilities
◦ Transport infrastructure
◦ Residential buildings and lots of green areas
◦ Public amenities such as kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, sport areas
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