Local inhabitants' opinion about quality of life inside and outside the Triglav National Park

Zurc, Jana; Udovč, Andrej

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“…However, they often have only an indirect relationship with the NP. In another karstic national park, the Triglav NP in Slovenia, a similar survey demonstrated that people who live inside the NP are less satisfied with their quality of life than those who live outside the park (37% versus 51.3%, [91]). However, as the previous authors pointed out, these differences can be explained by the fact that the people living outside the park live generally in larger settlements.…”

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“…In the case of Slovak Karst NP or Aggtelek NP or many other karstic NPs, smaller rural settlements are indeed predominant; thus, the opinion of local residents often reflects their situation of living in a village and not the direct impact of living in an NP. As a result, in similar surveys, local residents usually mention better employment possibilities, better rural development policy, better services (schools, health) and better road connections (or public transport) as their most important wishes [9,91]. People living in NPs situated along country borders often have a feeling of remoteness, even if the area is not so far from larger cities [9]; this feeling is often mentioned by the residents of the Slovak Karst NP as well [75].…”

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Behavioural Survey of Local Inhabitants’ Views and Attitudes about Slovak Karst National Park in Slovakia

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Park-people relationships are crucial for the effective operation of national parks (NPs). According to this new paradigm, protected areas are increasingly considered as instruments for regional development, particularly in marginal regions. However, park-people relationships often comprise conflicts. We tried to understand park-people relationships through the views and attitudes of local people living in or around the area of the Slovak Karst NP, which is found in a marginal, less developed region within Slovakia. We carried out a questionnaire survey and applied multidimensional statistical methods for the results. We identified four attitude dimensions and six local people clusters. Clusters were compared in terms of socio-demographic characteristics, views on NP tasks, attitudes towards the NP, tourism and nature, as well as migration intentions. We found that 45% of the sampled population had positive attitudes towards the NP and nature, 29.5% were neutral and 25.5% had somewhat negative feelings. Results showed that the personal economic situation, the relationship with tourism, age, education level and profession all influence the attitude of local people towards the NP. As for the socio-economic development of the region, we found that till now, the Slovak Karst NP had only a limited role. Nonetheless, understanding the views and attitudes of local people may help to refine the NP strategy. Results suggest that NP management should strengthen the interaction with local communities and improve resource efficiency through a participatory approach to preserve natural values, improve the quality of life and stop outward migration from the region.

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Behavioural Survey of Local Inhabitants’ Views and Attitudes about Slovak Karst National Park in Slovakia

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“…The questions above have been studied in several protected areas around the world using questionnaire surveys [43,46,[49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59]. Thus, we also decided to use this methodology, i.e., to conduct a questionnaire survey to explore these questions in the case of ANP.…”

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Empirical Investigation of the Motivation and Perception of Tourists Visiting the Apuseni Nature Park (Romania) and the Relationship of Tourism and Natural Resources

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As part of an international project, national parks and nature parks established in karst regions are examined, with a primary focus on how local residents, visitors and influential figures (i.e., park managers, mayors) perceive the advantages and disadvantages of a specific park. The study area in this paper is the Apuseni Nature Park (Romania). The main natural resources of this park are: the karst (morphology and hydrology), the forests and the landscape. In order to explore the perception and motivation of tourists visiting the park, a field survey using a convenience sampling strategy was conducted in 2019 and 2021 at eleven sites in the park. The results show that among the motivations, the “search for relaxation” option is the most frequently selected (43%), but “interest in caves” (34%) and “interest in karst terrains” (29%) were also relatively popular. In terms of public support for potential developments, one positive result of the questionnaire is that developments involving sustainability and nature conservation (visitor centre, education trails and viewpoints) enjoy significantly more support than developments that put a strain on the environment (adventure parks and expansion of entertainment facilities). The awareness of geotourism should be improved, but even at the current level it can be said that geotourists are an important segment of the park’s visitors. A careful development of tourism can be recommended for the park, but it must ensure that the principles of sustainability are taken into account during the developments. Given the environmental and economic challenges, strengthening the organization of the park is suggested in order to better protect the threatened natural resources.

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“…From the standpoint of development, protected areas incorporate environmental, cultural, social and human potential which, according to the protection mode, have certain direct and/or indirect applied value as well as the value of "unused". Protected areas should be understood not only as areas of protection but also as areas of great and in Slovenia not yet recognized and poorly used potential (Lampič & Mrak, 2008;Zurc & Udovč, 2009).…”

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Rural areas in the European Union (27 member states) make up 91% of the territory and over 56% of the population (European Commission, 2008). They include a great variety of cultures, landscapes, natural environments, and economic activities that shape different rural identities. Farming and forestry remain crucial for land use and the management of natural resources in the EU's rural areas, and as a platform for economic diversification in rural communities. In Slovenia as well, rural areas represent a significant part of its space and society. Slovenia is one of the smallest European countries, sharing borders with Italy, Austria and Croatia. 2,050,189 people live in a land area of 20,273 km 2 , for an average population density of 101,1 inhabitants per km 2 (January 1st 2011). In 2010, the country's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was 17,560€. Slovenia's location between the Alps, the Dinaric mountains, the Adriatic Sea and the Pannonian Plain is the reason for the country's diverse climate: there is a continental climate in central Slovenia, an Alpine climate in the northwest, and a sub-Mediterranean climate in the coastal area and its hinterlands. Consequently, landscapes and agricultural production conditions are also diverse, as are the cultural identities of individual rural areas. Based on the 2002 population census, rural areas make up more than 90% of the territory and are inhabited by 58% of the total population (Perpar, 2007). The Slovenian countryside is highly heterogenous, distinguished by various natural conditions and obstacles, and diversified demographic, economic, and social structures (Perpar & Kovačič, 2002). In recent decades rural areas have been exposed to many different changes and challenges, and have had to cope with a range of economic and societal needs, some of them new. Agricultural and forestry activities make rural areas the most important providers of food, and important contributors to the production of fibers and construction materials. Furthermore, rural areas are increasingly important as centers of energy production, from biomass and other renewable sources such as water resources, and have rich biodiversity and highly varied natural environments. They are also important from an economic aspect since new economic sectors are now developing in rural areas, such as rural tourism and other activities linked to their natural and cultural assets. But they are relatively isolated areas, removed from the centers of decision-making, economically and socially heterogeneous, largely dependent on natural resources, highly sensitive to exogenous modernization dynamics through linkages with urban areas, with often a kind of collective www.intechopen.com Rural Development-Contemporary Issues and Practices 284 sense of lasting crisis and a deterministic and fatalistic vision of the future. At the same time, rural areas are a specific type of complex system, a social-ecological system shaped by the relationships between ecological and human subsystems (Ambrosio-Albalá & Bastiaense...

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Local inhabitants' opinion about quality of life inside and outside the Triglav National Park

Cited by 4 publications

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Behavioural Survey of Local Inhabitants’ Views and Attitudes about Slovak Karst National Park in Slovakia

Behavioural Survey of Local Inhabitants’ Views and Attitudes about Slovak Karst National Park in Slovakia

Empirical Investigation of the Motivation and Perception of Tourists Visiting the Apuseni Nature Park (Romania) and the Relationship of Tourism and Natural Resources

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