Projects / Programmes
Sustainable development in the slovenian alps
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 6.12.02 |
Humanities |
Geography |
Social geography |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| S240 |
Social sciences |
Town and country planning |
SLOVENIA, THE ALPS, SUSTAINABLE, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, TOURISM, BLED, BOHINJ, BOVEC, KRANJSKA GORA, TRIGLAV NATIONAL PARK, WINTER OLYMPICS 2006
Researchers (6)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The concept of sustainable development has grown out of cocerns that the needs and ways of life of an ever growing world population are outstripping our planet''s capacity to support us (UN Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, 1992). This fear is most justified in geographically fragile environments, like in the Alps of Europe. In this research project the conservation (of quasy natural ecosystems) and development has been placed on the agenda, discussing the Slovenian Alps. In the Julian Alps the management of the Triglav National Park (80 Km2) recognises that conservation objectives cannot be met in isolation without tackling problems associated with development. Neither can inherited hardware industries and urban centers of the alpine valleys (Tolmin, Jesenice, Bohinjska Bistrica, Zelezniki, Idrija, Ravne, Slovenj Gradec) and the alpine basins (Radovljica, Trzic, Kranj, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, Šoštanj/Velenje, Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenske Konjice, Celje) ignore conservation and the objectives of the sustainable development issues. In Slovenia the general notion is that tourism is a very real application of what was discussed at the Rio Summit. In places (of the Alps) large-scale tourism threatens protected areas. Therefore only sustainable tourism development, combining conservation principles with development in mountainous regions of Slovenia, can be seen as acceptable. This research project is looking forward to produce guiding objectives in this regard for several areas, in particular in the Julian Alps of Slovenia (Bled, Bohinj, Bovec, Kranjska Gora). Within this frame crossborder co-operation is seen as a mid- and long-term development issue, not only within the frame of the candidacy of this area''s Winter Olympics 2006 (''''Klagenfurt 2006''''), but within the EU general policy guide-lines.
