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THE GIS MODEL FOR THE REVITALISATION OF TRADITIONAL ISLAND CULTURES: THE ISLAND OF HVAR, CROATIA

During the last hundred years, the planting of grape vines and olive trees on the Croatian Mediterranean islands have been many times reduced due to the population outflow and deagrarisation. (re)activation of overgrown agricultural land with traditional island cultivates would prevent the further spread of maquis, contribute to the increased branding of indigenous products and also help in the general development of rural zones on the island, severely affected by depopulation. Using the GIS tools to integrate various relevant databases and spatial parameters for each cultivate (vine, olive, lavender), a spatial model has been created for the (re)activation of the potentially most suitable land areas. In regard to the total area of the abandoned and overgrown agricultural land, spatial modelling has indicated the possibility of potential (re)activation of its 66%.The case study was carried out on the Central Dalmatian island of Hvar, in the Mediterranean Croatia.

GIS, island of Hvar, Croatia, lavender, Mediterranean landscape, traditional Meditarranean crops, deagrarisation

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