Journal for Geography
type: channel
description: Frequency: 2 issues per year Editor-in-Chief: Peter Kumer The Journal for Geography is dedicated to the publication of original scientific articles in the field of geography and related sciences. When publishing, we take into account the standards that are established internationally. Two issues are published annually. Articles are published in Slovenian, English or German. The editorial board consists of internationally renowned geographers from all continents. The Journal for Geography is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the author, user or his/her institution. License: CC BY
publisher: Univerzitetna založba Univerze v Mariboru
language: en
publication name: Journal for Geography
issn: 1854-665X
items: Provision of central services in rural areas: Views of the elderly population in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia
items: Exploring Regional Disparities and Stakeholder Engagement in Slovenian EIP-AGRI Projects
items: Solid Waste Management and its Problem in Asmara City of Eritrea
items: A Comparative Analysis of Climate Change Magnitude and Direction in Europe from the Pliocene to the Anthropocene
items: New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century (part 3)
items: New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century (part 4)
items: New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century (part 2)
items: New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century (part 1)
items: Social circumstances in Slovenia according to selected elements
items: Soil in Prekmurje in the light of climate change
items: Sustainable Development of the Moravian Countryside
items: Restraints and Opportunities of the Romanian Rural Areas
items: Neoendogenous In- and Output of Selected Rural Areas: the Case of Economic Cycles in Slovenia
items: Influence of Tertiary Activities on Transformation of the Rural Settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina
items: Grain Amaranth as an Alternative and Perspective Crop in Temperate Climate
items: Are consumers in Slovenia concerned about the mountain quality food
items: Conservation of Rice Terraces in Japan - Roles of the Sakaori Rice Terrace Conservation Association
items: Health Resorts and Their Importance for the Development of Less Developed Areas in Slovenia
items: New Challenges for the Organic Farmers in India – Tourism, Spices and Herbs
items: Organic Farming: A Solution to Agriculture Crisis or a “New” Trend to Healthy Eating? An Overview of French and British Farmers
items: Agricultural Households in Mountain Areas in Pre- and Post-accession Slovenia
items: Negative Impacts of Forest Fires on Ecological Balance and Environmental Sustainability: Case of Turkey
items: Tourism and Authenticity in the Czech Villages of the Romanian Banat
items: Light pollution in Maribor
items: Industrial tourism as a chance for the diversification of the tourism of the Pécs-Mecsek region
items: New reality - basis for questions of applied economic geography?
items: Evaluation of the project Pilsen – European capital of culture 2015
items: Industrial heritage, cultural resources of current industries and creative pioneers – utilizing Industrial Culture in Central Europe
items: 3D-CO2-modelling for waste management in Styria/Austria
items: Contribution to the perception of the social structure of a town in the case of the town Lenart v Slovenskih goricah

Provision of central services in rural areas: Views of the elderly population in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia
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description: This study explores demographic decline and the contraction of central services in the Zabok area of Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia. Using settlement-level analysis, a survey of residents aged 65+, and informal conversations, the relationship between long-term depopulation, ageing, and the spatial distribution of central services is examined. The results reveal spatial variation in the decline of education and retail, as well as differences in respondents’ ability to meet their daily needs, by settlement type. Findings highlight uneven development trajectories and the growing vulnerability of elderly populations.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: small town
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subject: central services
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subject: depopulation
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subject: ageing
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subject: elderly
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subject: Croatia
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subject: Hrvatsko Zagorje
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creator: Petra Radeljak Kaufmann
creator: Korana Komar
creator: Aleksandar Lukić
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Petra Radeljak Kaufmann, Korana Komar, Aleksandar Lukić https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-10-13
publication date: 2025-10-13
starting page: 7
ending page: 32
doi: 10.18690/rg.20.2.5151

Exploring Regional Disparities and Stakeholder Engagement in Slovenian EIP-AGRI Projects
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description: The European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI) was introduced to enhance EU’s capacity for agricultural innovation by bridging the gap between research and practise. This paper explores the implementation of EIP-AGRI Operational Groups (OGs) in Slovenia, focusing on their spatial distribution, stakeholder networks and thematic priorities. Findings indicate multi-actor participation. However, farmers often take on a passive role in innovation processes and a linear knowledge transfer model persists. Strengthening their position as co-creators of innovations could improve its applicability and long-term impact. Environmental sustainability and climate adaptation are a key thematic priority, but project selection remains administratively driven rather than reflecting bottom-up stakeholder needs. A higher concentration is found in the Eastern Cohesion Region and Central Slovenia, likely due to agriculture’s role, farm density, as well as support networks, including agricultural educational and research institutions and advisory services.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: EIP-AGRI Operational Groups
  topic: keywords
subject: agricultural innovation
  topic: keywords
subject: multi-actor projects
  topic: keywords
subject: stakeholder networks
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subject: Slovenia
  topic: keywords
subject: innovation policies
  topic: keywords
subject: agricultural policies
  topic: keywords
creator: Sara Mikolič
creator: Irma Potočnik Slavič
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Sara Mikolič, Irma Potočnik Slavič https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 89
ending page: 104
doi: 10.18690/rg.20.1.5041

Solid Waste Management and its Problem in Asmara City of Eritrea
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description: Urbanization, rising incomes, and lifestyle changes are major drivers of municipal solid waste generation, especially in developing countries. Asmara, Eritrea, faces significant waste management challenges, particularly due to a large, disorganized open dumping site at Betghiorghish. This site lacks a proper recycling strategy and threatens local biodiversity. A study was conducted to evaluate the types and amounts of waste generated in Asmara, using primary data collected from various economic groups through questionnaires. Study found a positive correlation between urbanization and waste generation. Moreover, different economic strata have different amount and nature of waste. There is report of increasing amount of non-biodegradable waste among the higher income people/region. An integrated sustainable planning is needed to manage the municipal waste.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: solid waste
  topic: keywords
subject: developing countries
  topic: keywords
subject: Asmara city
  topic: keywords
subject: dumping site
  topic: keywords
subject: waste management
  topic: keywords
subject: municipal garbage
  topic: keywords
subject: Geography
  topic: subjects
subject: Geography
  topic: disciplines
creator: Masihulla Khan
creator: Md Minhajul Hoda
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Masihulla Khan, Md Minhajul Hoda https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-07-03
publication date: 2025-07-03
starting page: 25
ending page: 46
doi: 10.18690/rg.20.1.4015

A Comparative Analysis of Climate Change Magnitude and Direction in Europe from the Pliocene to the Anthropocene
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description: Understanding paleo-climate changes on Earth is crucial for the development of global climate models that predict the climate of the 21st century, while these changes also serve as an important driver of recent biodiversity patterns. In this paper, we use Change Vector Analysis (CVA) to examine changes in average annual air temperature and precipitation in Europe, based on the PaleoClim and CHELSA databases, from the Pliocene to the end of the 21st century. We focus on regional similarities and differences in the magnitude and direction of changes. The results highlight the natural dynamics of the climate and serve as a calibration for future change forecasts, which form the basis for current and future adaptation strategies in Europe.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: mean annual precipitation
  topic: keywords
subject: mean annual air temperature
  topic: keywords
subject: CVA
  topic: keywords
subject: NMDS
  topic: keywords
subject: Paleoclim
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subject: CHELSA
  topic: keywords
creator: Danijel Ivajnšič
creator: Daša Donša
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Danijel Ivajnšič, Daša Donša https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-07-03
publication date: 2025-07-03
starting page: 1
ending page: 24
doi: 10.18690/rg.20.1.4446

New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century (part 3)
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description: The concept of rural development has undergone an important transformation process during the last decades, which has gone hand-in-hand with changes in the countryside and new demands from society. Rapid changes in the international economy-globalisation, improved communications and reduced transportation costs, changing trade patterns for commodities, as well as emergence of important non-farm activities in rural regions – confront rural regions with some obvious threats, but also with significant opportunities. Against this background, policy makers increasingly recognise that traditional sectoral policies need to be upgraded and, in some cases, phased out and substituted with more appropriate instruments. Particular concerns are raised by the modest positive impact that agricultural subsidies have on general economic performance even in the most farming dependent communities. Indeed, with farm families relying increasingly on off-farm employment, the economic success of rural communities will depend on the development of new economic engines.
subject: Editorial
  topic: section
subject: sustainable rural development
  topic: keywords
subject: rural transformations
  topic: keywords
subject: rural communities
  topic: keywords
creator: Lučka Lorber
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Lučka Lorber https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 7
ending page: 14
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.3790

New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century (part 4)
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description: The relation between rural and urban areas differs widely through the World. In some areas, particularly in Europe, the distinction between rural and urban is becoming increasingly blurred. This regards in particular rural areas close to urban centres where a process of integration of rural and urban space is taking place. Thus many rural areas, while benefiting from an increased interaction with the urban areas close by and/or from an increasingly diversified economic base, also face the challenges of losing their rural characteristics and identity. At the same time more remote rural areas with low population density and a difficult economic development face an increasing dichotomy between rural and urban areas. Over the next decade urban agglomerations will benefit from current economic and demographic trends whereas many remote rural areas face increasing difficulties and needs to better capitalise their territorial potential.
subject: Editorial
  topic: section
creator: Lučka Lorber
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Lučka Lorber https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-12-31
publication date: 2010-12-31
starting page: 7
ending page: 13
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.2.4039

New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century (part 2)
type: item
description: This is a special issue of the Journal for Geography published at the occasion of the 17th Annual Colloquium of the IGU Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems entitled New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century, which took place from 13th to 18th July 2009 in Maribor, Slovenia. In this issue, experts from Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Italy, Poland and Slovenia present, analyse and explain the diversity of ways to improve the quality of life in rural areas all over the world.
subject: Editorial
  topic: section
creator: Lučka Lorber
rights: Copyright (c) 2009 Lučka Lorber https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2009-12-31
publication date: 2009-12-31
starting page: 7
ending page: 14
doi: 10.18690/rg.4.2.4069

New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century (part 1)
type: item
description: This is a special issue of the Journal for Geography published at the occasion of the 17th Annual Colloquium of the IGU Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems entitled New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century, which took place from 13th to 18th July 2009 in Maribor, Slovenia. In this issue, experts from Brazil, Australia, India, Japan, Israel, France, Ireland, Austria, Romania, the Netherlands and Slovenia present, analyse and explain the diversity of ways to improve the quality of life in rural areas all over the world.
subject: Editorial
  topic: section
creator: Lučka Lorber
rights: Copyright (c) 2009 Lučka Lorber https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2009-06-30
publication date: 2009-06-30
starting page: 7
ending page: 14
doi: 10.18690/rg.4.1.4070

Social circumstances in Slovenia according to selected elements
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description: The paper shows some characteristics of social structure of Slovenia. The elements of social structure are discussed in four groups: vitality of population, social infrastructure, material wealth of population and social vulnerable social groups. The situation in discussed areas is not very promising. The population is ageing rapidly; the trends of demographic growth are not favourable because the number of people is growing due to immigration and not due to natural growth; social inequality is growing, social systems prevent social collapse; budget expenditures in the future will show the most severe cuts into social activities while regional differences will not decrease but rather the opposite. The number of people risking poverty has been increasing, so are the numbers of recipients of social support.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: social structure
  topic: keywords
subject: statistical regions
  topic: keywords
subject: Slovenia
  topic: keywords
creator: Vladimir Drozg
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Vladimir Drozg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2015-12-31
publication date: 2015-12-31
starting page: 65
ending page: 78
doi: 10.18690/rg.10.2.3945

Soil in Prekmurje in the light of climate change
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description: Given the importance of self-sufficiency on the one hand, and caring for natural resources such as soil and water on the other, it is increasingly important to know how soils are adapted to climate change from an ecosystem perspective. This means according to their properties, which significantly affect the ability to retain water, the presence of organic matter, denudation and erosion, and the ability to self-regenerate. Such properties are thickness, texture, organic matter, consistency and skeleton. As there are no quantitative data for all soils, we prepared an evaluation method based on their theoretical descriptions (from previous research) and classified them into unadapted, partially adapted and well adapted to climate change. In Prekmurje,unadapted and partially adapted soils to climate change predominate, which is a warning for land use planning in the future.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: kmetijstvo
  topic: keywords
subject: Prekmurje
  topic: keywords
subject: prst
  topic: keywords
subject: podnebne spremembe
  topic: keywords
subject: raba tal
  topic: keywords
subject: trajnostnost
  topic: keywords
creator: Ana Vovk Korže
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 Ana Vovk https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2020-06-30
publication date: 2020-06-30
starting page: 75
ending page: 90
doi: 10.18690/rg.15.1.3626

Sustainable Development of the Moravian Countryside
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description: This paper deals with problems of the contemporary Moravian countryside. It discusses the definition and perceptions of the countryside, its functions, current development trend, general characteristics and differentiation. Multifunctional development of the countryside is stressed. Problems of peripheral countryside are considered to be the most serious, and small towns in these areas play an extremely important role. The sustainability of some communes with less than 200 inhabitants seems to be endangered most. The future importance of the countryside is seen in it being an alternative to the urban way of life, in the maintenance and cultivation of the landscape and in preserving local and regional traditions in the era of globalization. The human factor is of great importance. Main research sights are indicated.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: countryside
  topic: keywords
subject: rural development
  topic: keywords
subject: Moravia
  topic: keywords
subject: Czech Republic
  topic: keywords
creator: Antonín Vaishar
creator: Jana Zapletalová
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Antonín Vaishar, Jana Zapletalová https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 43
ending page: 54
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4003

Restraints and Opportunities of the Romanian Rural Areas
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description: Although Romania disposes of an extremely valuable agricultural land, it has proved to be insufficient and irrationally exploited in the last two decades, as a direct consequence of the programme for returning the agricultural areas to the former individual landowners. The lack of technological agricultural means for cultivating the land, its excessive allotment, as well as the rather inappropriate involvement of the political factor in the decision making process and the invasion of imported agricultural products have generated a continuous process of degradation of the rural life as a whole and certain repercussions on the food safety. Currently, more than 50% of the Romanian agricultural area is not being cultivated, while the state imports more than 70% of alimentary products every year.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: urban-rural space
  topic: keywords
subject: rural state
  topic: keywords
subject: rural policy infrastructure
  topic: keywords
subject: agricultural land
  topic: keywords
subject: Romania
  topic: keywords
creator: Vasile Surd
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Vasile Surd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 55
ending page: 66
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4004

Neoendogenous In- and Output of Selected Rural Areas: the Case of Economic Cycles in Slovenia
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description: The article focuses on neoendogenous rural development that enables development of endogenous potentials of rural areas (human, social, economic, environmental etc. as development resources of the local territorial level) and external resources (i.e. RD programmes on national and EU level). Four Slovenian case study areas were chosen to test the existence, functioning and outcomes of economic cycles. The survey was undertaken on the smallest spatial-social unit (household), additionally existing voluntary local network (associations) and locally and widely connected economic structures (entrepreneurship) were observed. The research partly confirmed that the activation of endogenous potentials of rural areas is evident through the empowerment of (regional) economic cycles.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: rural areas
  topic: keywords
subject: neoendogenous rural development
  topic: keywords
subject: development potentials
  topic: keywords
subject: economic cycles
  topic: keywords
subject: Slovenia
  topic: keywords
creator: Irma Potočnik Slavič
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Irma Potočnik Slavič https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 75
ending page: 90
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4006

Influence of Tertiary Activities on Transformation of the Rural Settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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description: In Bosnia and Herzegovina, tertiary activities strongly affect the modern spatial and functional structure of rural settlements. In economic and social life they are complementary, which is a good prerequisite for general development of the country. They are followed by specialised shops (bank services, legal services, higher educational institutions, large market, diverse manpower, extensive public services, car show rooms, gas stations, furniture shops, commercial centres, hotels, motels, computer equipment, and alike).
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: tertiary activities
  topic: keywords
subject: new rural development of the settlements
  topic: keywords
subject: restructuring of economic activities
  topic: keywords
creator: Rahman Nurković
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Rahman Nurković https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 67
ending page: 74
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4005

Grain Amaranth as an Alternative and Perspective Crop in Temperate Climate
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description: As a consequence of globalisation and industrialisation of agriculture, global food security has become increasingly dependent on only a handful of fertilisation and energy high demanding plant species. This involution has increased the vulnerability of agriculture, reduced genetic diversity, provoked some environmental problems and impoverished the human diet. The mentioned facts stimulate the retrieving of alternative crops into the production. The present paper briefly describes crop importance, botany, nutritional value and utilisation of grain amaranth (Amaranthus spp.), one of the alternative crops discussed in the book Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops. The immediate objective of this paper is to present information gained as a result of a national project on grain amaranth.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: grain amaranth
  topic: keywords
subject: nutrition value
  topic: keywords
subject: utilisation
  topic: keywords
creator: Silva Grobelnik Mlakar
creator: Matjaž Turinek
creator: Manfred Jakop
creator: Martina Bavec
creator: Franc Bavec
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Silva Grobelnik Mlakar, Matjaž Turinek, Manfred Jakop, Martina Bavec, Franc Bavec https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 135
ending page: 145
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4011

Are consumers in Slovenia concerned about the mountain quality food
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description: Recently, several studies on Mountain quality food products (further referred to as MQFP) emerged EU wide, especially after the EU charter of MQFP was established. In Slovenia, the first studies on MQFP where implemented in the frame of the EU FP6 EuroMarc project, started in 2007. After the project scope, the importance of MQFP is much more extensive then only according to purchase and consumer perceptions, thus the developing of mountain food products is also the developing of mountain areas and therefore part of broader rural development issues. In the paper, the first consumer analyses are presented, with the aim to find out whether consumers are sensitive to such products at all and to find out whether there exist some positive synergies between consumers and area of origin. The consumer analyses were carried out on the basis of questionnaires, and the data is presented with the descriptive statistic. The results show that consumers have in general a very positive perception of MQFP, although they do not know what exactly the characteristics of MQFP should be. As regards the synergies between the area of origin and the purchasing of MQFP, the results differ according to the area the respondents come from (e.g. mountain, non-mountain areas).
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: mountain quality food product
  topic: keywords
subject: Slovenia
  topic: keywords
subject: consumers
  topic: keywords
creator: Darja Majkovič
creator: Andreja Borec
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Darja Majkovič, Andreja Borec https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 115
ending page: 124
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4009

Conservation of Rice Terraces in Japan - Roles of the Sakaori Rice Terrace Conservation Association
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description: Since the 1960s, many farming fields have been left abandoned in Japan. However, rice terrace conservation activities have been spreading extensively in recent years as many people have reconfirmed the multi-functionality of rice terraces in Japan. This paper introduces rice terraces in the Sakaori District of Gifu Prefecture in Japan, and describes the current state of conservation activities as well as challenges ahead that people will face in preserving rice terraces in Japan. It is shown that the efforts and contributions of the Sakaori Rice Terrace Conservation Association members are the primary driving force for conservation and development of the rice terraces in the Sakaori District. However, it is also noteworthy that the farming workforce supporting the Sakaori Rice Terrace Conservation Association is continually diminishing and that the aging of this workforce is causing serious problems as well.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: rice terrace (tanada)
  topic: keywords
subject: farming villages
  topic: keywords
subject: the Sakaori Rice Terrace Conservation Association
  topic: keywords
subject: rice terrace ownership system
  topic: keywords
creator: Koji Kobayashi
creator: Chisato Harada
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Koji Kobayashi, Chisato Harada https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 91
ending page: 100
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4007

Health Resorts and Their Importance for the Development of Less Developed Areas in Slovenia
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description: In the paper is presenting the importance of health resorts for the development of less development areas in Slovenia. Health resorts are one of the oldest kinds of tourist resorts and started to develop in Slovenia already in 18th and in the beginning of 19t h centuries. The main reasons for the first tourists’ visits were connected with bathing in thermal waters, drinking of healing water, socializing of the higher social classes and entertainment. Later, the health resorts became centres of highly qualified medical rehabilitation based on the basis of using of natural remedies and modern medical treatments. The so called classical health resorts prevailed in Slovenia until the mid-1980s. The beginning of the 1990s marked an important turnabout in the development of health resorts in Slovenia. With the construction of modern swimming pools, some health resorts have started to use thermal water for fun and “experience”. The so called “thermal rivieras” or “thermal parks” have emerged with covered or open pools, which are open throughout the year. The reorientation to mass tourism based on recreation, healthy lifestyle, wellness etc., as well as spending of holidays in apartment accommodation have significantly increased the tourist visits in the so called recreation health resorts. These are usually located in less developed areas of the country, which means their importance is even greater for the employment of the inhabitants and the spatial and functional development of rural areas. In the case study author is orientated especially on the development of the health resorts in the Posotelje region (in NE Slovenia).
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: tourism
  topic: keywords
subject: health resort
  topic: keywords
subject: spa
  topic: keywords
subject: less developed areas
  topic: keywords
subject: Slovenia
  topic: keywords
creator: Uroš Horvat
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Uroš Horvat https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 147
ending page: 159
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4012

New Challenges for the Organic Farmers in India – Tourism, Spices and Herbs
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description: Organic Farming can offer the Indian farmers the possibility to get an added value to their products. Those operating in the Ponda region/Goa benefit from an historical background and highly preserved biodiversity that may entitle them in the future for a GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) project which will prevent these scenic landscapes to be destroyed. The spice plantations are a live Natural Sciences and History lesson for everybody and an attraction for the tourists who find here a pleasant environment, rich flora and fauna, rural tourism, ayurvedic medical care and an array of leisure activities in contact with Nature.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: organic farming
  topic: keywords
subject: spice plantations
  topic: keywords
subject: sustainable development
  topic: keywords
subject: rural tourism
  topic: keywords
subject: India
  topic: keywords
creator: Ana Firmino
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Ana Firmino https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 101
ending page: 113
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4008

Organic Farming: A Solution to Agriculture Crisis or a “New” Trend to Healthy Eating? An Overview of French and British Farmers
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description: In recent years, the market for organic farming has significantly increased in response to concerns over food quality and environmental matters. Organic food is quite attractive for consumers and is often associated to quality, healthy and natural products in opposition to the more processed and artificial conventional food. Yet, farmers are less enthusiastic about this concept. This paper, issued from a survey with dairy farmers in two dairy areas in France (January 2000) and the UK (July 2002), review farmers attitude towards organic farming. Only a minority of farmers were in favour of organic farming while the others had concerns about organic farming as its concept goes against their belief: a farmer must produce food for the nation
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: farm diversification
  topic: keywords
subject: pluriactivity
  topic: keywords
subject: organic agriculture
  topic: keywords
subject: dairying
  topic: keywords
creator: Annabelle Boulay
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Annabelle Boulay https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 125
ending page: 134
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.4010

Agricultural Households in Mountain Areas in Pre- and Post-accession Slovenia
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description: This paper analyses structural changes in agriculture and agricultural households in the mountainous areas of the Gorenjska region in Slovenia. The focus is on agricultural multifunctional roles, agricultural and agricultural households’ structural changes pre- and post-accession of Slovenia to the European Union (EU) on the basis of datasets obtained by two in-depth surveys from 2001 and 2007. The analyses confirm adjustments of farm households to the use of subsidies and new regulations, and diversification of agricultural households’ incomes. Short-term and long-term strategies of farm households vary depending on farms’ natural factor endowments for agriculture, farm size and structures of farm households, availability of agricultural land and their rental values, diversification of incomes with self-employment and employment outside the farm household.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: mountainous areas
  topic: keywords
subject: agricultural structures
  topic: keywords
subject: income diversification
  topic: keywords
subject: household strategies
  topic: keywords
subject: multifunctional development
  topic: keywords
subject: Gorenjska
  topic: keywords
subject: Slovenia
  topic: keywords
subject: European Union
  topic: keywords
creator: Štefan Bojnec
creator: Kristina Knific
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Štefan Bojnec, Kristina Knific https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 33
ending page: 42
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.3799

Negative Impacts of Forest Fires on Ecological Balance and Environmental Sustainability: Case of Turkey
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description: Forests are a vital element in the Earth’s ecological balance, economy, biodiversity, water resources and air purity. On the other hand, forests are confronted with various threats – one of them being fires. Its distinctive geographical features provide Turkey with rich plant diversity along with an imbalance in the dispersion of forested land. 27% of Turkey’s surface area is covered by forests, most of which are concentrated on the coastal lands and their hinterlands. 2.135 forest fires were recorded in Turkey in 2008, resulting in a loss of 29.749 ha of forest. Although this figure translates into a decrease of 25% in the number of fires, the amount of destroyed forestland increased by 155% with respect to the previous year. This paper questions the incendiary causes and negative effects of fires in the case of Turkey.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: ecological balance
  topic: keywords
subject: environmental sustainability
  topic: keywords
subject: forest fires
  topic: keywords
subject: Turkey
  topic: keywords
creator: Muzaffer Bakirci
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Muzaffer Bakirci https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-06-15
publication date: 2010-06-15
starting page: 15
ending page: 32
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.1.3794

Tourism and Authenticity in the Czech Villages of the Romanian Banat
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description: In the 1820s, several thousand Czechs moved to the Carpathian Mountains region near the Danube river. They founded six villages. Strict ethnic endogamy helped preserve their cultural distinction. Nowadays these villages are visited by tourists from the Czech Republic. Visits are motivated by the search for both “traditional” rural landscape and lifestyle. The paper analyses the ways of how tourists perceive the rural landscape and lifestyle, how their perceptions vary and how they influence their behaviour. It is assumed that there is a sentiment for traditional, pre-modern world. This sentiment is used for tourism promotion there. Therefore the “harmonic cultural landscape” does not only have ecological and cultural value, but its image becomes a commodity in the tourism industry.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: tourism
  topic: keywords
subject: authenticity
  topic: keywords
subject: Banat
  topic: keywords
subject: myth
  topic: keywords
subject: landscape character
  topic: keywords
creator: Karina Hoření
creator: Radoslava Krylová
creator: Zbyněk Ulčák
creator: Pavel Klvač
rights: Copyright (c) 2010 Karina Hoření, Radoslava Krylová, Zbyněk Ulčák, Pavel Klvač https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2010-12-31
publication date: 2010-12-31
starting page: 141
ending page: 147
doi: 10.18690/rg.5.2.4035

Light pollution in Maribor
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description: Light pollution represents a new form of environmental pollution which is the result of excessive use of artificial lighting at night. The light pollution is the emission of light from the light sources that increases the natural illumination of the environment. Light pollution causes to human vision distraction illumination and a feeling of glare, it threatens the safety in traffic due to the glare, endangers the natural balance, disrupts the professional or hobby an astronomical observation and unnecessarily consumes power. In article are presented results of measurements of the light pollution, with the Sky Quality Metres in the area of the city of Maribor. Presented are also the results of the analyses of the light pollution roses and resources consumed for public lighting in the area of the municipality of Maribor.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: light pollution
  topic: keywords
subject: Maribor
  topic: keywords
subject: environmental protection
  topic: keywords
creator: Igor Žiberna
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Igor Žiberna https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2016-12-31
publication date: 2016-12-31
starting page: 119
ending page: 130
doi: 10.18690/rg.11.2.3982

Industrial tourism as a chance for the diversification of the tourism of the Pécs-Mecsek region
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description: The present article intends to reveal the industrial tourism potential of the Pécs-Mecsek region in Hungary where we believe there is an adequate potential of the present industrial heritage but only a limited or rather poor utilisation is realised in the research area in this respect. The possible utilisation of the industrial heritage would be useful since the area is facing a stagnating tourism industry and position losses in the latter period so the authors believe that the chance for the renewal of tourism product development could also be provided by the industrial heritage tourism in the analysed region.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: industrial heritage
  topic: keywords
subject: Pécs-Mecsek
  topic: keywords
subject: tourism diversification
  topic: keywords
subject: thematic route
  topic: keywords
subject: product innovation
  topic: keywords
subject: culture
  topic: keywords
subject: functional change
  topic: keywords
creator: Réka Pintér
creator: János Csapó
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Réka Pinté, János Csapó https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2016-12-31
publication date: 2016-12-31
starting page: 57
ending page: 70
doi: 10.18690/rg.11.2.3966

New reality - basis for questions of applied economic geography?
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description: Der Autor beschreibt die neuen Perspektiven der Wirtschaftsgeographie entsprechend der neuen sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Situation in der modernen Gesellschaft. Zu den notwendigen und aktuellen Themen gehören Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung, soziale Unterschiede, insbesondere zwischen reichen und armen Menschen und reichen und armen Regionen. Mit den neuen Ansätzen werden auch neue Instrumente benötigt, wie z.B. ein neues Verständnis des Begriffs Raum.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: applied geography
  topic: keywords
subject: space
  topic: keywords
subject: cultural turn
  topic: keywords
creator: Jörg Maier
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Jörg Maier https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2016-12-31
publication date: 2016-12-31
starting page: 7
ending page: 16
doi: 10.18690/rg.11.2.3961

Evaluation of the project Pilsen – European capital of culture 2015
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description: The paper deals with the evaluation of the project Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015. It is based on a few empiric research studies that were implemented after the project was finished. It presents the city of Pilsen and the project of the European Capital of Culture form its initiation to implementation. It deals with the benefits of the project from the point of view of attendance, investment, tourism, and impacts on the economic development. It also brings the evaluation of the project Pilsen - European Capital of Culture 2015 as seen by the city´s residents.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: European Capital of Culture
  topic: keywords
subject: Pilsen
  topic: keywords
subject: evaluation research
  topic: keywords
creator: Jiří Ježek
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Jiří Ježek https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2016-12-31
publication date: 2016-12-31
starting page: 81
ending page: 94
doi: 10.18690/rg.11.2.3980

Industrial heritage, cultural resources of current industries and creative pioneers – utilizing Industrial Culture in Central Europe
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description: The paper deals with the framework conditions of Industrial Culture and the specific challenges in former industrialised towns outside agglomeration areas. To illustrate the use of Industrial Culture the paper gives a short Austrian example and finally discuss the main points about preservation and reactivation of industrial heritage.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: industrial heritage
  topic: keywords
subject: industrial culture
  topic: keywords
subject: tourism
  topic: keywords
subject: Austria
  topic: keywords
creator: Jörn Harfst
creator: Judith Pizzera
creator: Danko Simic
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Jörn Harfst, Judith Pizzera, Danko Simic https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2016-12-31
publication date: 2016-12-31
starting page: 47
ending page: 56
doi: 10.18690/rg.11.2.3965

3D-CO2-modelling for waste management in Styria/Austria
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description: The paper in hand focuses on a calculation model which had been developed for calculating the CO2 production of a garbage truck during a waste collection tour. The challenge is the integration of not only the distance and loading weight but also the different petrol consumption and therefore CO2 production in regard to the topography of the whole collection tour. Additionally the increase of waste load at each stop during the whole collection tour has to be taken into account for the calculation. The model has been developed on basis of Excel. In order to get the real data from the collection tours these had been accompanied. There not only the whole tour but also all waste bins and stops for loading the waste had been registered. Both GPS (Global Positioning System) and RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) had been used. The huge amount of data had to be scrubbed. This process of amending or removing data in a database that is incorrect, incomplete, improperly formatted, or duplicated was an important step to have reliable data for further calculation processes. The identification of the CO2 production during a waste collection tour including the topography and continuous revenue load had not been done so far and allows the identification of tour segments with lower but mainly higher or very high ecological impact. However, this is the basis for further discussions about options for optimizing the actual tours and habits of waste collection. That approach is part of a more comprehensive investigation of waste collection tours with general focus on economic, ecologic and social potentials for optimization.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: waste management
  topic: keywords
subject: CO2
  topic: keywords
subject: production of trucks
  topic: keywords
subject: Styria
  topic: keywords
subject: Austria
  topic: keywords
creator: Wolfgang Fischer
creator: Danko Simic
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Wolfgang Fischer, Danko Simic https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2016-12-31
publication date: 2016-12-31
starting page: 35
ending page: 46
doi: 10.18690/rg.11.2.3963

Contribution to the perception of the social structure of a town in the case of the town Lenart v Slovenskih goricah
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description: The social structure of a town illustrates the layout of elements and features with social content. It is usually presented with social indicators of the population of a said town; that is by age, ethical and religious affiliation, education, economic circumstances and similar social characteristics. Characteristics of such impressions means that they are made on the basics of statistical data and according to the domicile principle. However, the city is a dynamic formation; it cannot be explored just by taking into account the place of residence of the population. In social geography and urban sociology there is the realization, that members of the same or similar social characteristics are territorially and functionally interconnected. Functional interconnection means that they work and act (thus “operate”) together, in a similar way, at the same locations and at the same time. The word “operate” refers to the satisfaction of the basic human needs, such as living, working, care and provisions, education, recreation and communication. Functional interconnection therefore relates to similar habits regarding supply of provisions at the same locations, going to the same or similar stores, similar recreation habits, and usage of same or similar recreational areas and so on. This creates emerging areas (in large cities) or individual objects (in small towns) which are frequented by people of specific social characteristics. This social sediment can be seen in the function, form, and position within the city, perhaps even in size. The paper shows the results of social structure of a small town based on the places, where specific social groups satisfy their needs.
subject: Scientific Articles
  topic: section
subject: social geography
  topic: keywords
subject: urban geography
  topic: keywords
subject: place
  topic: keywords
subject: social group
  topic: keywords
subject: Lenart
  topic: keywords
creator: Vladimir Drozg
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Vladimir Drozg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2016-12-31
publication date: 2016-12-31
starting page: 131
ending page: 150
doi: 10.18690/rg.11.2.3983