S prvo celovito nacionalno evidenco – podatkovno in prostorsko bazo funkcionalno razvrednotenih območij v Sloveniji – so strokovni in laični javnosti dostopne informacije o lokacijah, ki zaradi ...najrazličnejših dejavnikov ostajajo povsem ali pa deloma opuščene in brez prave funkcije.
In 2020, 957 tourist farms in Slovenia were offering accommodation and/or
food and beverages. Due to the legal framework (the law requires a high
minimum percentage of own production), the offer of ...Slovenian tourist farms
is strongly linked to their own agricultural production and the local rural
environment. The paper addresses various aspects of sustainable rural
tourism, focusing on organic tourist farms. The research?s goal was to find
out whether Slovenian organic tourist farms are more sustainable than other
(non-organic) tourist farms in terms of the presence of various elements
(environmental friendliness, biodiversity preservation and nature
conservation, equity and social justice, economic success) of sustainable
tourism. These elements were selected to address all the three dimensions of
sustainability-environmental, social, and economic. The research used
secondary sources data on organic production and various sustainable tourism
practices on tourist farms (accessible tourism, sustainable tourism labels,
links with protected areas, etc.) and some other relevant characteristics of
these farms (the production of native and traditional crop varieties). In
addition, a survey was conducted on a random sample of 129 tourist farms.
The results have shown that the assumption of greater sustainability of
organic tourist farms is valid, not only in the system of agricultural
production, which is the legally established basis for labeling the farm as
organic, but also from some other aspects (greater representation of
sustainable labels, greater presence of native/traditional varieties and
breeds, more frequent links with protected areas, etc.).
Pandemija covida-19 je pomenila velik pretres za turizem po svetu in v Sloveniji. Prišlo je do močnega zmanjšanja števila turističnih potovanj in prenočitev ter preusmeritve turističnih tokov. ...Prispevek predstavlja rezultate anketne raziskave, katere namen je bil poglobiti poznavanje učinkov pandemije covida-19 na turistično ravnanje slovenskega prebivalstva. Rezultati so pokazali, da je pandemija vplivala na manj pogosta in krajša turistična potovanja ter izbiro drugačnih turističnih destinacij. Pri sprejemanju potovalnih odločitev je bila pomembna tako vloga epidemioloških omejitev in zaznavanja varnosti različnih oblik turističnih potovanj kot tudi običajnih dejavnikov turističnega odločanja.
Na območju Triglavskega narodnega parka zasledimo poseben tip travnikov – grbinaste travnike. Zaradi človekove dejavnosti imajo grbinasti travniki ne le naravovarstveno, ampak tudi kulturno vrednost. ...Zato je od leta 2004 v Programu razvoja podeželja (PRP) vzpostavljen sistemski ukrep za ohranjanje grbinastih travnikov. Kmetje so za njihovo vzdrževanje upravičeni do izravnalnih plačil, a je ta podpora nizka, med manj poznanimi in zelo slabo uveljavljenimi. Uradni prostorski sloj grbinastih travnikov je, kljub terenski preveritvi in nadgradnji v letu 2021, necelovit in deloma pomanjkljiv. Namen članka je prikaz nove metode oziroma razvoja kvantitativnega postopka identifikacije grbinastih travnikov na območju Triglavskega narodnega parka. Omejitev postopka je, da ni neposredno uporaben za zaznavanje grbinastih travnikov brez naknadnega terenskega ali digitalnega pregleda. Z njegovo uporabo smo predstavili možnost učinkovite nadgradnje obstoječega uradnega prostorskega sloja grbinastih travnikov.
Brownfields sometimes represent a development problem but at the same time also hold development potential. With accurate and up-to-date information it is possible to assure the regeneration process ...is effective; therefore we investigated in detail the development of the process of brownfields management in two countries: Slovenia and the Czech Republic (the Moravian-Silesian Region). The article compares the process of development of databases and the data itself in both selected case studies, and evaluates and identifies the patterns of change in brownfields with a focus on regenerated sites. In the period 2017–2022 we have noticed a growing number of brownfields included in databases in both selected cases, despite the share of regenerated brownfield sites that have been excluded from the database. Both study cases show that ensuring continuity of work in the process of monitoring brownfields and knowledge transfer are critical for sustainable brownfield management and successful regeneration. Based on the comparisons, recommendations are summarised on how to make the database an effective tool that could be relevant to more sustainable brownfield development and land recycling.
Using a composite environmental index, we assessed how environmentally sustainable agriculture is by examining water bodies of groundwater (WBG) in Slovenia. Apart from studying identifiable ...differences among 21 WBG, we also analysed and detailed the pressures of agricultural activities including by different types of aquifer porosity. We found that the most heavily burdened WBG have an intergranular type of porosity. From the standpoint of environmental sustainability agriculture is ill-suited on all five of the alluvial plains with intergranular aquifers in Slovenia. The lowest index was calculated in the area of the WBG in the Drava basin (-0.54), followed by the Mura (-0.34) and Sava basin together with the Ljubljana Marshes (-0.24). In order to better illustrate responsiveness, through analysis of spatial patterns of ecologically cultivated areas, we evaluated the distribution of the most sustainable agricultural practices and found that organic farming is more prevalent on water bodies with predominantly karst type of porosity (17.1% of organically cultivated agricultural land) and it occurs least on alluvial plains with intergranular aquifers (barely 3.7% of organically cultivated agricultural land). Calculations of the sustainability index of agriculture at the level of WBG proved to be very suitable approach for determining environmental sustainability.
Although the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is more commonly studied in summer, its influence is also important in winter. In this study, the authors focused on the winter UHI in Ljubljana ...(Slovenia) and its impact on the urban population, as well as in comparison with a UHI study from 2000. Through a combination of mobile and stationary temperature measurements in different parts of the city, the winter intensity of the UHI in Ljubljana was studied in a dense spatial network of measurements. It was found that the intensity of the winter UHI in Ljubljana decreases as winters become warmer and less snowy. The results showed that the winter UHI in Ljubljana intensifies during the night and reaches the greatest intensity at sunrise. During the winter radiation type of weather, the warmest part of Ljubljana reaches an intensity of 3.5 °C in the evening. In total, 22% of the urban area is in the evening UHI intensity range of 2–4 °C, and 65% of the urban population lives in this range. In the morning, the UHI in Ljubljana has a maximum intensity of 5 °C. The area of >4 °C UHI intensity covers 7% of the urban area, and 28% of the total urban population lives in this area. Higher temperatures in urban centers in winter lead to a longer growing season, fewer snow cover days, lower energy consumption and cold stress, and lower mortality from cold-related diseases compared to the colder periphery.
Considering the settlement pattern in Slovenia, small towns with a population of 5,000 to 15,000 are very important for balanced regional and local development, especially for the achievement of ...sustainable development goals. This paper presents findings from a study of the level of sustainability in 32 Slovenian small towns, as assessed using a set of twelve economic, social, and environmental indicators of sustainable development. A comparison of the results for the years 2002 and 2018 shows that over the past two decades, Slovenian small towns have for the most part successfully advanced towards the goals of sustainable development. The small towns that lag behind in these efforts were identified, as were the development areas where sustainability trends are less favorable.
1. svetovni kongres turizma na kmetiji Potočnik Slavič, Irma; Lampič, Barbara
Dela (Univerza v Ljubljani. Oddelek za geografijo),
12/2018
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Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
EURAC Research iz Bolzana je v novembru 2018 privabil dvesto udeležencev iz 42 držav na 1. svetovni kongres o turizmu na kmetiji. Koncept in poimenovanje se med državami zelo razlikujeta: programski ...odbor se je zato praktično in pogumno odločil uporabiti izraz »agriturizem«, ki ga v slovenščini lahko nadomestimo s »turizmom na kmetiji«. V svetovnem smislu je turizem na kmetiji običajno prepoznan kot oblika nišnega turizma, ki pa ima pomembno vlogo v sodobnih turističnih razvojnih trendih. Ključna značilnost turizma na kmetiji je delujoča kmetija in z njo povezano kmečko gospodinjstvo (običajno večgeneracijsko), saj le-temu omogoča diverzifikacijo dejavnosti in dodaten dohodek na kmetiji. Z različnimi proizvodi in storitvami, ki dosegajo obiskovalce in turiste, lahko kmetija pomembno okrepi marsikdaj skromen dohodek iz osnovne kmetijske dejavnosti. Obenem je turizem na kmetiji širše prepoznan kot primer trajnostnega turizma, ki že leta pridobiva na pomenu.
Gorjanci, Haloze, Kum and Pohorje are four Slovenian areas in which the Natura 2000 network seeks to preserve important European habitat types of grasslands along with their species. This article ...presents a survey of attitudes towards nature conservation and Natura 2000 sites among farmers who in the period 2015–2020 actively participated in a LIFE project aimed at the management and conservation of dry grasslands. Compared to other residents of Slovenia, the farmers participating in the project are more aware of Natura 2000 sites and have a more positive attitude towards them. As a result of the project, a significant share of farmers changed their views on the importance of preserving species-rich grasslands (58%) and on agricultural practices carried out in them (43%).
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