Landscape is one of the most common concepts in science and a very important element of living environment. Landscapes are a result of human activities, which were and still are carried out in the context of social, economic, technological and political realms. They are at the same time legacy of the past and an ongoing process. Besides mountain peaks it is cultivated land and rural settlements that create distinguished image of mountain landscapes in the Alps. They are due to the unique combination of natural and sociocultural features a source of many different things. They are source for surviving, living and have cultural-emotional significance as they support identity. Well-maintained cultural landscapes are very important assets in tourism industry. The challenge is how to find balance between heritage and living, tradition and modernity, protection and development, agriculture and tourism industry, local inhabitants and tourists, right of ownership and public expectations, and between aesthetics and usability. Given the complex structure, multi-layered role and multi-functionality landscape is very difficult to manage and very likely to be a conflict sphere.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 43318317The central focus of the workshop were landscape as a part of identity and landscape as a cultural heritage. The presentation answers the questions: What is landscape? How the term landscape evolved? Is and why is landscape a heritage? Which are landscape conservation regimes? Why and how is heritage landscape different from other cultural heritage categories? How is landscape identity evolved and how it affects the identity of society? Which landscape characteristics create landscape character and identity? The topic was illustrated with a few examples form The Karst Biosphere Reserve and Reka watershed.
F.27 Contribution to preserving/protecting natural and cultural heritage
COBISS.SI-ID: 9166969The contribution deals with the outstanding landscapes of Slovenia and the correlation between their condition and management. The comparison of land-use maps from 20 years ago and today enabled to assess the quanititative changes of these landscapes, which was complemented by qualitative analysis of selected cases. The management was decscribed by the policy instruments of nature conservation, cultural heritage protection and agriculture, which are applied in each of these areas. The results show that outsanding landscapes undergo similar processess as other landscapes: extensifiation as well as intesification of use. However the changes have not degraded landscapes in large extent, so they still fulfill the criteria for "outstanding landscapes".
F.27 Contribution to preserving/protecting natural and cultural heritage
COBISS.SI-ID: 9076345