The presentation entitled Spatial development of Slovenia and energy use deals with the relationship between the characteristics of the territory and of spatial development of Slovenia and the use of energy. The focus is on the settlement pattern characteristics, recent processes in this domain and consequences as regards the need for mobility. Connections between settlement area types and the use of primary energy, mobility and costs are shown. Characteristics of the Slovenian settlement system development, such as a low degree of urbanization and the dispersed settlement pattern, as well as some processes which have taken place in the last decade, such as suburbanization and an enhanced use of private cars for accessing the workplaces, services and other functions, can be denoted as very unfavourable from the point of view of energy efficiency and use. The event Let's calculate our energy and climate future where the above presentation was given is part of activites oriented toward preparation of an energy calculator for Slovenia as well as toward provision of input for climate and energy policies of the state. Around 70 participants attended the event: decision makers, experts, educational institutions, NGOs, media. Presentations were given by experts from various fields connectes with energy and climate challenges. A video as well as presentations can be accessed at http://www.en-lite.si/index.php/events/206-podnebna-prihodnost-posvet.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 2710979Personalized travel planning is a method to encourage people to think about the current travel behaviour and to consider for change. The approach became widely used in the UK in recent years as a very effective way of changing travel behaviour. It is based on a short structured interview of each (interested) resident or employee with an advisor. On the basis of the discussion a personalized package of information, incentives and other materials is prepared to encourage the use of more sustainable modes of travel. Within the project an advice was offered to employees of four faculties of University in Ljubljana situated in Bežigrad in 2013. Interviews with almost 150 of the 1200 employees were held. In 2014, 7500 students who live in dormitories in Ljubljana were invited. More than 2600 of them has received the travel advice. Personal travel planning procedure takes place in several steps. At the beginning, a week or two before the visit, the first information is sent informing the residents that in the next day someone will knocked on their door for a brief conversation about the travel habits. A personal visit of the advisers follows. A brief discussion only takes place with interested residents. During the discussion the advisors complete a form of the material that would be interested in who receives guidance. Within 10 days after the talk a personal package of materials is delivered. Within the project a number of materials are available to encourage walking, cycling and use of public transport. Particular emphasis of the project was on cycling. Therefore the following materials were prepared the: map of the area with marked trails, cycle paths, secure bicycle sheds and public bike scheme stations, leaflet about everyday cycling, brochure on the protection of bicycle against theft, brochure on safe cycling, leaflet cycling with children, arguments for cycling, a coupon for a free bike service, a voucher for a training course for basic bicycles repairs and various other promotional gifts. Within the two pilot projects in Ljubljana a change of travel habits of people receiving the advice was around 5%. Based on the advice more than 20% of the participants tested new modes of transport and occasionally also use them.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
COBISS.SI-ID: 2722243This article discusses the overlap between spatial planning, health policy and social care policy, and the consistency among them with regard to health and general wellbeing. Lately, an obvious shift in topics towards social inclusiveness and quality of life can be observed in programming documents at the European level, which provide a base for national, regional and local policies. The topics most often addressed include improved accessibility to health services and general services, equal opportunities, and agefriendly cities and environments. Moreover, an increasing number of initiatives and best practices have been observed, resulting from actual needs and changing demographic and economic situation. This article presents the main Slovenian strategic documents for the three policies, and the options and possible processes for coordinating them. The common goals of the three polices are also discussed because they were the focus of activities in the SPHERA project of the Alpine Space Territorial Programme (ASP). In the conclusion, we refer to further options for cooperation in spatial planning, health policy and social policy in Slovenia based on findings originating from the national workshop and group interviews with actors and researchers from the three policy fields.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 2628803In any man-made environment, discrepancies may exist between the intent of its design and how it is actually used. Behaviour mapping allows researchers to determine how participants use a designed space by recording participant behaviours and/or tracking their movement within the space itself. Not only the participants’ movements, other characteristics referring to users (e.g. age, gender, and cultural background) and variety of circumstantial factors –including the time of a day, the day of the week, the season or weather conditions- may have a dramatic impact on the types of participant behaviours displayed. This paper highlights a new unobtrusive tool for helping behaviour mapping to easily identify patterns of engagements, gather suggestions and environmental factors within public spaces. The tool mainly consists of a smartphone application (app) and a web service. The app, on one hand tracks the way participants use the space, allowing them to get contextual information, answer contextual questions, and to send augmented reality suggestions or complaints. On the other, the web monitors the way participants use the space allowing to visualize participants’ suggestions, answers, or their traces. The tool features and its research ability have been discussed as well as some lessons are expected to be drawn towards building a more participatory and collaborative processes of planning, designing, maintaining and monitoring of urban spaces.
F.24 Improvements to existing system-wide, normative and programme solutions, and methods
COBISS.SI-ID: 2721475The chapter Agriculture in urban space addresses spatial aspects of agricultural activities in urban and sub-urban areas. It is focussed on relationship between agricultural land and urban structure with regard to their location, size, distribution and scale, spatial patterns and identity. Special attention is paid to roles of urban agriculture in green infrastructures and based on that to the challenges for now planning practice.
D.06 Final report on a foreign/international project
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