Spatial and functional changes in built-up areas in selected slovene rural settlements after 1991

Abstract

Densely and dispersedly settled areas in our sample of rural settlements are at a ratio of 1 to 3. In the period from 1992 to 2005 the index of change indicates that in all types of settlements, construction in dispersedly settled areas grew more rapidly than in densely settled areas (photograph: Maja Topole). Razmerje med strnjeno in nestrnjeno poseljenimi povr{inami v na{em vzorcu pode`elskih naselij je 1 : 3. V opazovanem obdobju je bila relativna rast novogradenj najvi{ja v nestrnjeno poseljenih delih naselij (fotografija: Maja Topole). ABSTRACT: We determined changes in the settled areas of rural settlements by means of aerial photos and orthophotos, statistical data, and data obtained through field research. The expert sample comprised 14 rural settlements with 500 to 1100 inhabitants from a variety of Slovene natural and statistical regions which in the past ten-year period have shown positive growth in the number of inhabitants, jobs, and houses. We identified how the following categories changed in settled areas in the period from 1991 to 2005: residential areas, areas with central functions (supply, service, and business), traffic areas and green and other open spaces. Most apparent were differences among the types of settlements. We related land use to the relief and type of settlement, to the geographical location of the settlement, to changes in its structure, and to trends in the number of jobs and extent of commuting. Contents

Qualitative changes in the entrepreneurial sector in emerging territorial systems – Craiova case study

“…The development of the entrepreneurial sector is heavily influenced by the socio-economic climate where the decision to set up a venture is made, and the differences between urban areas, rural areas, areas of urban influence and severely underprivileged areas across a territory are obvious (Topole et al 2006;Urbanc and Breg 2005).…”

Landscape transformation in the low karst plain of Bela krajina (SE Slovenia) over the last 220 years

“…Fields, pastures and meadows have a very limited extent and have not existed in the study area since 1986 (since the landscape have even more abandoned). In comparison with the two previously described periods, this is a time in which the landscape lost its diversity (Topole et al 2006).…”

Daily commuting – similarities and differences between Serbia and Slovenia

“…The number of work places in municipality is strongly related with daily commuting of workers in both countries. Many rural settlements, studied by Topole et al, showed surplus of the economically active population over the number of jobs which brought the increased in the levels of commuting by residents (Topole et al 2006). In Serbia 22% of economically active population was involved in commuting in year 2002, while 54% in Slovenia (Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 2002; Internet 1).…”