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ISSN/EISSN: 03540596 18541089
Subject:
Geography
Publisher: University of Ljubljana
Country: Slovenia
Language: Slovenian, English, German
Start year 2002
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Loading...In the search for their way towards sustainability towns can find good expert bases,explanations and models in the comprehension of ecosystems functioning. If a town isregarded as an ecosystem in which all its components are interconnected and interdependent,it is easier to define its carrying capacity; and to understand its metabolism means that thecauses and results of negative impacts of human activities can further be explained. Whena town is understood as an open ecosystem, its functioning, role and impacts on differentlevels can also be identified. Presented are also the conditions and challenges which will haveto be faced by the towns on their way to sustainability.
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Loading...In the last two decades, the concept of social capital has become very popular amongst researchersand in politics as well. Its measurement is very complex in spite of relatively simpleand apparently useful concept. Analysis of social capital indicators in selected Slovenianrural areas (Upper Savinja Valley, Suha krajina, Goriška brda, Brkini) have demonstrated itspositive impact on local community capacity building, being the starting point for activationof endogenous development potentials.
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Loading...This paper presents a denuded cave situated in the area of Podbojev laz, on the northwesternside of the Rakov Škocjan. Morphometric and morphogenetic properties of several sectionsof the denuded cave and its surroundings are described in detail. The denuded cave developedfrom an epiphreatic cave system which used to function as an outflow cave system from theRak valley. Morphometrical analysis of the slopes show that the denuded cave was developedin stages. As
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Loading...This paper presents the basic characteristics of the systems of settlements and centers inSerbia. A forceful process of industrialization in the second half of the 20th century causedintensive urbanization which resulted in increasing of the number of urban settlements as wellas their size, with prominent supremacy of the capital city, Belgrade. The system of centersin Serbia is represented by the hierarchy of urban centers with their spatial and functionalareas as determined by the National spatial plan (1996). Territorial organization of the stateis partially completed and defined on a macro-regional and local levels.
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Loading...Planning the locations in areas with various types of land use is complicated and importantwork. It requires extensive knowledge of natural and social conditions and, also, the presentationof results in illustrative and understandable manner. This article defines the mostsuitable uninhabited areas for potential settlement in the Kočevje municipality with respectto natural and social factors. Geographical information systems were used for the analysis.
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Loading...The aim of this paper was to find out how the local inhabitants perceive positive and negativetourism impacts in Slovenian alpine areas and how this perception influence their attitudetoward tourism. A questionnaire survey was undertaken in five different tourist resorts.Despite the differences between resorts there are many similarities in perception of tourismimpacts. In all cases positive attitudes toward tourism prevail. In general the economicimpacts were perceived as the most important and the socio-cultural impacts as the leastimportant.
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Loading...The paper presents some possibilities of application of a portable infrared camera fortopoclimatic researches, especially for establishing the differences in temperatures of theso-called active surface layer. Demonstrated is the dependence of surface temperature onsurface characteristics, such as land use, morphological features and the time of the day. Theresults can be useful for establishing topoclimatic units with similar temperature regimes.
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Loading...Protected natural areas are the crown jewels of nature conservation efforts, and the only wayto ensure proper nature protection is through good management of protected areas. Althoughmanagement tasks required on account of the diversity and variety of the Alpine territoryare too many to list, visitor infrastructure is only one of important management activities.The second part of the paper discusses management approaches and the existing state ofvisitation infrastructure in the park.
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Loading...Spatial planning has always been a kind of calculated risk, but the situation in Serbia iscritical on all levels, from national straight to local, due to the absence of the regional level.Most of the spatial planning institutions adhere to a traditional rigid planning model with noroom for different interests and ideas. This paper deals with basic social and economic framesin which planning is performed in Serbia in recent years. It also argues for the necessarychanges aiming to increase the spatial planning system efficiency.
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Loading...The paper presents some geographical aspects of sustainable development in a part of theNorth Adriatic region in the Republic of Croatia. This sensitive region is confronted withproblems of space management, water supply, waste management, transportation and energy,especially during the tourist season because of the pressure on infrastructure in the coastalregion where there is a great concentration of population and tourist capacities. Anotherenvironmental problem is the oil transportation by a pipeline which is planned to be built inthe frames of Russian-Croatian project Družba-Adria.