The chapter starts off with a description of the measures that were implemented during privatisation of the public stock and the main consequences of these processes. The major characteristic of the post privatisation period is a large increase in the share of homeownership (from 67% to 92%). The chapter discusses the issues of management of privatised dwellings, identifying the most important problems commonly encountered in this area. The description of the situation is enhanced by reference to the findings of an empirical survey conducted in one of the large housing estates in Ljubljana.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2324163
This paper describes patterns of use in public open space such as parks that indicate relationships between the design of parks and the detailed ways that users inhabit (or not) such places. It focuses particularly on the use of comparatively level and regularly mown grassed areas. It draws on a combination of behaviour-mapping and GIS supported techniques of spatial annotation and visualization, as applied to urban parks in two European cities, to reveal common patterns of behaviour that appear to be correlated with particular layouts and details. It demonstrates the value of the methodology in revealing relationships between design and use that are based on empirical evidence, and supporting the kind of detailed design guidance that can be of benefit for future design practitioners. It shows how guidance can be arrived at, based on the particulars of the case study sites and cities, and provides a starting point for further studies using the same methods. The value of the research is in helping designers be confident that layouts proposed for intended uses will, in practice serve those uses (and users) well and be likely to be used as predicted.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2335427
Paper introduces the short overview of territorial impact assessment approach development and later on represents results of the national target research project Monitoring and territorial impact assessment of sector policies which was finished in year 2008. The authors describe the method of territorial impacts assessment which was developed by Slovenian research team as an upgrade of existing methods, and summarize the results of approach testing on the case of national energy programme, as adopted in year 2004.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2404803
An accessible built environment is one of the fundamental rights of people with disabilities. But very little has been done so far to transfer these objectives into practice and, therefore, the right of people with disabilities to an accessible built environment is still not ensured. For these reason, and based on field research, a new toolkit was developed. This article demonstrates that this is a comprehensive instrument that could aid policymakers’ effectiveness in implementing policies for guaranteeing barrier-free access to the built environment.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2507203
A comprehensive analysis of the increased pressure on karst landscapes due to expansive economic and urban development is presented with the aim of evaluating changes in land use and their deleterious effects on karst relief forms. The study focuses on two areas surrounding the relatively quickly growing settlements of Hrpelje-Kozina and Divača on the Kras plateau (Slovenia) that have been subjected to intensive urban and business development and traffic since the motorway was brought to their vicinity fifteen years ago. National legislation loopholes and technological improvement were the cause of the commonly unsupervised human encroachment which caused the widespread degradation of the landscape. By comparing different topographical and ortophotographical materials from the past four decades and by detailed field inspection of land use and environmental changes, as well as the morphometrical characterization of dolines, the following results have been found: due to the population growth in the past four decades (39% and 50%, respectively), an increase of settlement area by 18 and 11 percentage points took place. Consequently, between 25 and 27% of dolines have disappeared or have been extensively modified (filled up and leveled). According to the local spatial plans, an additional 18% to 28% dolines are endangered. Broad human induced changes in the karst landscape have resulted in a noticeable increase in landscape deterioration, which is consistent with similar phenomena observed in other regions. Due to the extreme susceptibility of the karst to human activities that may lead to the degradation of its exceptional esthetic and environmental value, the alteration of karst processes such as corrosion, endangering of unique habitats and the quality of non-renewable natural resources, it is necessary to promptly define measures for its protection at the national level.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2516675