摘要：In the article the authors verify the regularity that too much of the old people in population slow down economic development. When the old people in population of a ce1tain area participate with more than 50%, the area or inhabited place begins to die out. In 1991 the share of old people in the total Croatian islands population was 23,2%. Population growth has been used as an indicator of revitalization and some times as the indicator of social dynamics intensity. This indicator has been in correlation with the economic development and the transport accessibility of the Croatian islands. Between 1981 and 1991 the populaton growth was recorded in rare settlements on some of the islands. The population growth of 500 and more inhabitants was recorded only on the island of Krk (settlements Krk, Njivice, Omišalj), on the island of Lošinj (settlement Mali Lošinj - the biggest one on the Croatian islands), on the island of Čiovo, on the island of Krapanj (settlement Krapanj), on the island of Rab (settlement Rab with its surrounding inhabited places), and in settlement Supetar (on the island of Brač) and in settlement Hvar (on the island having the same name). The analysis have demonstrated that the process of island revitalization depends primarily on the economic development and transport accessibility. Out of the to tal of 40 highy developed touristic settlements on the Croatian islands, 21 are located on the previously mentioned Kvarner islands. Out of 500 biggest Croatian firms the headquarters only of eight are located on the Croatian island, and five of them have headquarters on the Kvarner islands. In 1997 the Strategy of Spatial Regulation and Planning of the Republic of Croatian listed the settlements which are developmental centers on the Croatian islands, and on this list of seven developmental centers were Krk, Mali Lošinj, Rab, Hvar and Supetar. All of them have been located on island-peninsulas or on big transport accessible islands. The number of inhabitants in majority of other settlements seems to be decreasing and in the near future 25% of island settlements may die out.
关键词：economy; transport connection; revitalization; population; Croatian islands
