Prispevek se osredotoča na temeljne značilnosti in najnovejše trende v gospodarskem sodelovanju Kitajske z Afriko, zlasti z vidika geografskih učinkov obsega in strukture trgovinske menjave, tujih ...neposrednih investicij in razvojne pomoči. V drugem delu članka so predstavljene ključne ugotovitve empirične raziskave v Angoli, ki osvetljujejo odnos Angolcev do gospodarske navezanosti na Kitajsko, kakor tudi do kitajskih priseljencev ter njihove vloge v afriški družbi in gospodarstvu.
This volume (‘The role of part-time farms in the transformation of the urban fringe’) discusses the role of part-time farms in the economic, environmental and spatial transformation of the urban ...fringe. On the basis of the sample of Slovene suburban farms, the impact level of the proximity of workplaces on the mobility of the agricultural workforce was determined. It was also determined if socio-economic characteristics of suburban agricultural economies reflect in the characteristics of farm management and in the environment. This consequently stresses the role of part-time farms in the strengthening of multi-layered agriculture.
Litoralizacijo označuje izrazita razvojna dvojnost: ob obali prihaja do zgoščevanja gospodar-skih dejavnosti in prebivalcev, medtem ko se zaledje sooča z depopulacijo, staranjem prebi-valstva in ...slabimi zaposlitvenimi možnostmi. S pomočjo izbranih družbenogospodarskih kazalcev smo za naselja ob štirih proflih preučili razvojno dvojnost Slovenske Istre. Struktura prebivalstva kaže, da litoralizacija v Slovenski Istri dobiva drugačno prostorsko razsežnost, saj smo opredelili tri tipe razvojnih območij.
Leta 2007 je v Združenih državah Amerike izbruhnila finančna kriza, ki se je postopoma razvila v eno najhujših globalnih finančnih in gospodarskih recesij v zgodovini (post)moderne družbe. Njene ...posledice so številne. V članku proučujemo enega od prostorskih učinkov, to je nedokončane ali dokončane, vendar ne popolnoma zasedene novogradnje stanovanjskih in poslovnih objektov. V Ljubljani smo konec novembra leta 2011 s terenskim popisom evidentirali 97 lokacij praznih ali le delno zasedenih večstanovanjskih in poslovnih zgradb oziroma kompleksov, zgrajenih za trg, in njihovih aktivnih ali opuščenih gradbišč. Med popisanimi enotami prevladujejo pretežno večstanovanjske zgradbe in kompleksi (76 enot), ostalo so poslovne zgradbe ali zgradbe in kompleksi z izrazito mešano stanovanjsko-poslovno funkcijo. V popisanih nepremičninah je na voljo več kot 1.500 stanovanj ter skoraj 75.000 m2 poslovnih prostorov. Prostorska analiza popisanih enot kaže na razpršenost po vsem mestu, vendar z nekaj zgostitvami na območjih z najboljšo dostopnostjo ali razpoložljivim prostorom. V članku analiziramo tudi vzroke na strani ponudbe in povpraševanja za nastanek novega elementa v morfološki strukturi Ljubljane, na koncu pa nakazujemo možnosti za prihodnje raziskave na tem področju.
The Alps are one of the most sensitive regions in Europe, and their future development represents a challenge that demands the cooperation of various experts, the business world, politics, and ...society, as well as the people living there. The Interreg IIIB project DIAMONT, which took place from 2005 to 2008, also addressed Alpine developmental challenges. This monograph presents the basic results of the project, supported by the broader theoretical framework of regional and sustainable development. We first present the cultural differences in the Alps and their influence on sustainable regional development. This is followed by the results of a Delphi analysis, which helped reveal the basic development tendencies in the Alps, and then we discuss appropriate indicators for regional development and harmonizing data. Attention is then dedicated to regional development instruments and the participative process, which is essential for attaining truly sustainable development. Finally, we present a Slovenian perspective on these issues.
Institucionalni pristop v ekonomski geografiji poudarja vlogo institucij pri razvoju gospodarstva in lociranju podjetij. Med institucionalne dejavnike se uvršča tudi formalno planiranje, saj vsebuje ...sistem pravil, zakonov in norm. V članku je s pomočjo analize literature in razvojnih dokumentov ter študije primera predstavljena vloga planiranja pri lociranju proizvodnih dejavnosti v Sloveniji po letu 1990.
The publication “Monitoring and Evaluation of Regional Policy in Slovenia” was prepared on the basis of the Assessment of Instruments and Mechanisms of Regional Policy project intended for designing ...the systems for the mid-term and final evaluation of Slovenia’s regional policy. The project has prepared the basis for monitoring and evaluating the regional policy: we treated the monitoring of the regional policy as an important element in the overall development process because it enables constant supervision of the implementation of the policy and the evaluation of the regional policy as a constant interactive process that enables deliberate planning of activities and their adaptation to changing conditions. We focused on the characteristics of monitoring and evaluation in Slovenia’s regional policy and prepared evaluation models that Slovenia’s regional policy should follow in the future. Designing the models we drew from the existing Slovenian and European formal-legal frameworks for establishing monitoring and evaluation system in the 2007–2013 financial perspective.
The economic transition in Slovenia has undoubtedly led to major changes in Slovene urban landscape. The political transition in the 1990-ies was only the beginning of other fundamental processes ...that followed: the socialistic economic system started collapsing, new markets emerged and cities were exposed to global socioeconomic forces. Slovene cities were and still are at the forefront of the mentioned change. Major spatial, cultural, social and other transformations as results of the economic transition can be seen and felt by citizens, workers and visitors.
Projekt višenamjenski kanal Dunav-Sava (VKDS) predstavlja kanalsko povezivanje dviju značajnih rijeka,
Dunava i Save. Cijelom svojom dužinom je plovan i nalazi se na području Republike Hrvatske. ...Njegov
višenamjenski značaj sadržan je u tri njegove glavne funkcije: plovidba, navodnjavanje i odvodnjavanje, te u
nizu sporednih. Izgradnja VKDS je od gospodarske i strateške važnosti na regionalnoj i nacionalnoj razini koja
bi nesumnjivo pozitivno utjecala na veliki broj gospodarskih grana. Upitnost isplativosti njegove izgradnje
se ogleda u potencijalnim negativnim ekološkim posljedicama, sve manjem značenju riječnog prometa i
skupoći izgradnje same trase.
In memoriam prikazuje život i rad prof.dr.sc. Dragutina Feletara koji je veći dio svojeg radnog vijeka proveo na Geografskom odsjeku Prirodoslovno-matematičkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu.