The paper shows an overview through theoretical and conceptional directions in Slovene rural geography. In the first part of the article, the changes in understanding of the term rural area are ...shown, in the second some theoretical concepts are discussed. The last chapter brings an overview of the most often researched topics in the field of rural geography in Slovenia.
Prispevek prinaša razmišljanja urednikov o zasnovi in vsebini regionalno geografske monografije o Sloveniji. Izpostavljeno je vprašanje koncepta regionalno geografskega prikaza, metode ...interpretacije, kartografskih upodobitev, nacionalnega konteksta besedila ter uporabe znanstvenega instrumentarija.
This contribution shows editors' reflections on the scheme and the contents of the regional geographical monograph of Slovenia. The question is exposed on the concept of the regional geographical ...survey, interpretation methods, cartographic showings, national context and usage of scientific tools.
Polycentrism is one of the elementary directions of spatial development in Slovenia. The concept was designed in the first spatial plan during the 1960s and later confirmed twice: first in 1986 in ...the long-term plan of Slovenia and later in 2004 in the spatial development strategy. The purpose of polycentrism was to create conditions for a more uniform economic and social development of all parts of the former republic as well as to provide a uniform allocation of working places and social infrastructure. Today we are confronted with different economic environment and a changed regional planning. The purpose of a polycentric arrangement is therefore different, too. We can understand it as a re-establishment of approximately the same access to services and social infrastructure. In sight of the latter, the following issues of polycentrism are important: the number of regional centres, the number of hierarchical levels and instruments for execution of a polycentric concept.
