The report is an attempt to estimate the agricultural production value in Slovenia on the basisof estimation districts and geographical regions. The report is based on data of harvest andproduction, collected by Statistical Offi ce of Slovenia within the »Census of agriculturalfarming in the year 2000”, and on the average purchase price for some agricultural products,which were registered in the department of agricultural statistics at the Statistical Offi ce inthe year 2003. The results should indicate territorial difference in the agricultural productionvalue.

economic geography --- agriculture geography --- agriculture --- Slovenia

The article discusses different regionalisations prepared by prof.dr.Igor Vrišer, that wereused in several attempts of administrative territorial reforms, starting from 1993 onwards inestablishing balanced relations between local selfgovernment and the national state with theintroduction of second tier of regional selfgovernment taht would enable decentralsation andshift of the responsibilities from tha national state down to the regions. The paper deals withnew relations in territorial division of the country, the importance of regional approach inpreserving competitiveness of sloven urban centres.

regional geography --- regionalizations --- Slovenia

In current time we are witnessing discussions of modernisation of regional planning. Searchingfor contemporary instruments for guiding regional development is accompanied byterminological confusions. The article presents contemporary planning aspect in policies ofregional development in the theory and practice. The term of »regional management«, as thefoundation of contemporary guiding of regional development is argued according to thesequestions: what is regional management, what we are trying to achieve and which are its basictasks.

regional planning --- regional development --- Slovenia

Regionalization as an activity that splits a landscape into units can be carried out differentlyaccording to the planning procedures used. The natural landscape units are connected to theplanning of natural resource, which were the content of landscape at its very beginning. Thearbitrary defi ned landscape units, i.e. raster pixels can be considered as a type of spatial unitthat may surmount the two opposing types of landscape units.

regional planning --- environmental protection --- spatial planning --- regional geography --- regionalizations --- Slovenia

Slovenian experiences with place prosperity policy go a few decades back. Less developedareas were introduced in 1971 for the fi rst time and since then they have been continuouslyused as an instrument of regional policy. The paper presents some major experiences and basicachievements of Slovenian regional policy with the emphasis on less developed areas. Somebasic conceptual questions which should be answered in planning further development of lessdeveloped areas are adressed later.

regional planning --- regional development --- economic geography --- underdeveloped regions --- Slovenia

The article focuses on the signifi cance of Slovene’s concept of polycentric spatial development,and on the problems (more or less planned) development of transport infrastructure, after thecritical introduction of interdependence of regional and urban planning in general theory andSlovene’s practice of regional and urban development. Within this context the emphasis is onexisting and future system of motorways and greater role of public transport.

regional planning --- regional development --- spatial planning --- polycentrism --- Slovenia

Rapid growth of cities causes signifi cant changes in the use of their space. Besides basiceconomic development factors, the principal development factors are technology, demographictrends, policy, social structure, culture and globalisation. City is becoming an increasinglyheterogeneous space. Basically, this is indicated by rapid increase in the demand for constructionpermits and for information as regards the activities, which affect the environment, as well asby a number of problems arising in association with the planned use and investitors’ desires.

regional planning --- settlement geography --- urban geography --- urban land use --- Slovenia

The contribution presents comprehensive approach to development of peripheral homogenousareas. The article indicates weakness of previous approaches towards solutions of undevelopedareas.

political geography --- administrative regionalization --- economic geography --- underdeveloped regions --- Slovenia

The reform of Slovene local self-government contains five components: functional, territorial,organisational, fi nancial-material and legal. The article is analysing territorial component.The territorial component involves the establishment of new municipalities, which replacedthe former communes. In 1994, 147 new municipalities were formed out of 62 communes,in 1998 another 45 municipalities were added and in 2002 one more. There are currently193 municipalities in Slovenia which are not all formed according to the legislative criteria(5000 inhabitants).

political geography --- administrative regionalization --- local self-government --- municipalities --- Slovenia