The terraced landscape in the Brkini hills Ažman Momirski, Lučka; Kladnik, Drago
Acta geographica Slovenica : Geografski zbornik,
01/2015, Volume:
55, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
This article presents cultivated terraces as social and economic landscape elements that are closely connected with natural conditions. The theoretical part, which presents some of the professional ...activities connected with terraced landscapes and examples of studying them around the globe, is followed by a detailed presentation of the features of the unique terraced landscape in the Brkini Hills, Slovenia. Its features, changes, and development trends are placed within the context of the natural features of the area studied, especially its relief conditions and aspect, as well as unfavorable demographic characteristics and modern agricultural trends. Despite modern mechanized farming, the remaining farmers are finding it increasingly more difficult to maintain the cultural landscape. The former tilled terraces were converted into meadows decades ago. Many terraces are being overgrown. Afforestation threatens the future existence of cultural landscapes and affects their development potential and significance as a cultural value.
Slovenia is a country of exceptionally diverse landscapes at the intersection of four major European macroregions: the Alpine, Pannonian, Dinaric, and Mediterranean regions. Terraces, which are a ...characteristic Mediterranean landscape element, occur in all landscape types, but they vary in terms of density, purpose, and current function. Terraces, which define the most characteristic terraced landscape, are most common in the Mediterranean environment. However, they are also common in Karst-Dinaric landscapes and the wine-growing Pannonian hills, but are more unusual in mountainous Alpine regions, where they occur especially in transition areas to Mediterranean landscapes. Different types of terraces are defined by their purposes: agricultural, viticultural, and fruit-growing. The first type is found across Slovenia, whereas the second and third types are found in hills with favorable climates for cultivating grapes and fruit trees. Agricultural terraces are older; with the declining role of agriculture, increased social mobility, and an ageing and insufficient agricultural workforce, these terraces have lost their former role and their former fields are now almost entirely replaced by meadows. With the exception of the Mediterranean region and some of the Dinaric regions, wine-growing terraces and the less common fruit-growing terraces are the product of modern, mechanized farming, and a different understanding of the quality of vineyard production. This requires greater separation between rows to allow the use of farm machinery between grapevines set further apart.
The discussion about the New Kolizej in Ljubljana has been the core issue of architectural debate on the Slovene scene during the second half of 2004 and first half of 2005. During the discussion ...numerous issues were analysed (from the site to the quality of design) but not issues linked to culture and its development in the city, dealing with cultural issues in urbanism and the its effect on the city’s public life. The hypothesis that the competition tender and competition proposals themselves aren’t results of serious analyses of urban design in Ljubljana and furthermore that attempts are made to limit professional attention only to the city centre, instead of dealing with the issue in debates, analyses and trends as pertaining to the entire city, proves true even with the problematic definition of programmes in the New Kolizej.
Razprava o Novem Kolizeju v Ljubljani je jedro arhitekturne razprave na slovenski sceni v drugi polovici leta 2004 in prvi polovici leta 2005. V diskusiji so bili razčlenjeni številni problemi (od ...lokacije do kakovosti oblikovanja projekta), ne pa tudi vprašanja, povezana s kulturo in njenim razvojem v mestu, obravnavo kulturnih vprašanj v urbanizmu in vplivom na mestno javno življenje. Predpostavko, da tako razpis natečaja kot tudi sami projekti niso rezultat resne analize urbanističnega načrtovanja v mestu Ljubljana in da se poskuša celotna strokovna pozornost urbanističnega načrtovanja osredotočiti na središče mesta, namesto da bi v razpravah, analizah in težnjah obravnavali kot problem mesto v celoti, se potrjuje tudi pri problematični opredelitvi programa Novega Kolizeja.
The planning proposals of the international urbanistic workshop Mobile cultures: development possibilities for tourism in the Piran municipality, can be grouped on three levels: conceptual, strategic ...and project oriented. Definitions of issues of particular workshop areas and pertaining solutions largely overlap with those in the project Portorož 220/2025: project of visions and strategic development of the leading Slovenian tourism centre, carried out in year 2000 by the International institute for tourism. The common general finding is that strategic public investments, despite initiatives by cities and the state, are still lagging behind in development and execution. The projects and their success in goal oriented planned development of tourism in the Piran municipality are above all dependent on grounded and timely strategic public investments.
Prostorske predloge mednarodne urbanistične delavnice Mobilne kulture: razvojne možnosti turizma v občini Piran lahko razvrstimo na treh ravneh: konceptualni, strateški in projektni. Opredelitve ...problemov območij in njihove rešitve v delavnici se v velikem obsegu prekrivajo s slednjimi v projektu Portorož 2005/2025: projekt vizije in strateškega razvoja vodilnega slovenskega turističnega središča, ki ga je izdelal Mednarodni inštitut za turizem v letu 2000. Skupna splošna ugotovitev je lahko, da strateške javne naložbe kljub prizadevanjem mest in države še naprej zaostajajo v razvoju in izvedbi. Projekti in njihov uspeh pri ciljnem načrtnem razvoju turizma v občini Piran so predvsem odvisni od dobro utemeljenih in pravočasno izvedenih strateških javnih naložb.
Povezovanje razbitega mesta Ažman Momirski, Lucija; Moystad, Ole
Urbani izziv,
06/1998, Volume:
9, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
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V prispevku je najprej opisana eksponentna rast mesta Bejrut med in po vojni v Libanonu. Sledi povojna rekonstrukcija mesta. Poudarek je na rekonstrukciji središča mesta Bejrut, ki je bil med vojno ...najbolj razdejan, ob tem pa so predstavljena razmišljanja o ponovni vzpostavitvi javnega življenja v mestu. razmišljanja o prehodnih arhitekturah in pojmovanjih le-te, značilnih za mesta kjer so uničene tako fizične kot tudi družbene vezi med prebivalci.
The article deals with urban design workshops and a competition, co-financed by the Ministry for Environment and Physical Planning in 1996. The focus of the article is on identifying urban design ...workshops as promoters for participation of businesses and the general public in planning processes and town management. At first, the general goals of workshops are presented, such as: a mode for participation, negotiation, control over procedures and possible presentation of results. An important aspect is work with students. In continuation, the goals, proceedings and results of last years urban design workshops are discussed. The workshop in Izola is presented in detail. Findings, on the preparation and completion of urban design workshops in Slovenia, conclude the article.
In the municipal seat of Žiri, one in six residents is over 65. There is little daily commuting in Žiri because of its well-developed industry. Changes in living conditions, such as place of ...residence, are more difficult for people in vulnerable periods such as old age if they are used to a particular domicile. An intergenerational centre in Žiri would make it possible for people to live in their home environment longer, and also improve their quality of life because of contact with the activity of younger generations. To this end, four scenarios have been proposed for intergenerational centres at four selected locations in the Municipality of Žiri. The scenarios envisage centres of different sizes, with appropriate functional units for care for the elderly, connected with an additional programme to strengthen intergenerational solidarity and coexistence. Creating a regional intergenerational centre would introduce the most modern spatial and social concepts of life for the elderly into the area. The scenarios include urban design and architectural proposals for four selected locations.
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