Typology of Slovenia’s Alpine Region with Emphasis on Land Use and Changes in Land Use

The article presents the elaboration and contents of the typology of Slovenia’s alpine region. The smallest spatial unit of the study is the cadastral municipality (total 150), for which I assembled numerous data on land use and changes in land use, surface elements, and sociogeographical factors. T...

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Main Author: Franci Petek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2005-12-01
Series:Acta Geographica Slovenica
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Online Access:https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/1227
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description The article presents the elaboration and contents of the typology of Slovenia’s alpine region. The smallest spatial unit of the study is the cadastral municipality (total 150), for which I assembled numerous data on land use and changes in land use, surface elements, and sociogeographical factors. To illustrate regional differences in landscape elements, I first divided Slovenia’s alpine region into six mezzo-regions. In establishing land use and land use changes, and their correlation with surface elements and sociogeographical characteristics, I determined that the cadastral municipalities within each of the defined mezzo-regions do not necessarily have similar properties but may rather have similar properties with neighbouring cadastral municipalities in other mezzo-regions. This knowledge and numerous data layers were the basis for the elaboration of a synthetical typology of Slovenia’s alpine region. With the help of the hierarchical method of classification into groups and factor analyses, seven types (groups) of cadastral municipalities of the alpine region appeared whose borders did not match with the defined mezzo-regions.
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spelling doaj.art-254d27dd30814b26948fb09dbb1440152022-12-22T02:46:21ZengZRC SAZU, Založba ZRCActa Geographica Slovenica1581-66131581-83142005-12-01451335210.3986/AGS45102958Typology of Slovenia’s Alpine Region with Emphasis on Land Use and Changes in Land UseFranci PetekThe article presents the elaboration and contents of the typology of Slovenia’s alpine region. The smallest spatial unit of the study is the cadastral municipality (total 150), for which I assembled numerous data on land use and changes in land use, surface elements, and sociogeographical factors. To illustrate regional differences in landscape elements, I first divided Slovenia’s alpine region into six mezzo-regions. In establishing land use and land use changes, and their correlation with surface elements and sociogeographical characteristics, I determined that the cadastral municipalities within each of the defined mezzo-regions do not necessarily have similar properties but may rather have similar properties with neighbouring cadastral municipalities in other mezzo-regions. This knowledge and numerous data layers were the basis for the elaboration of a synthetical typology of Slovenia’s alpine region. With the help of the hierarchical method of classification into groups and factor analyses, seven types (groups) of cadastral municipalities of the alpine region appeared whose borders did not match with the defined mezzo-regions.https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/1227land useland use changessurface elementssociogeographical factorslandscape typologyalpine regionslovenia
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Typology of Slovenia’s Alpine Region with Emphasis on Land Use and Changes in Land Use
Acta Geographica Slovenica
land use
land use changes
surface elements
sociogeographical factors
landscape typology
alpine region
slovenia
title Typology of Slovenia’s Alpine Region with Emphasis on Land Use and Changes in Land Use
title_full Typology of Slovenia’s Alpine Region with Emphasis on Land Use and Changes in Land Use
title_fullStr Typology of Slovenia’s Alpine Region with Emphasis on Land Use and Changes in Land Use
title_full_unstemmed Typology of Slovenia’s Alpine Region with Emphasis on Land Use and Changes in Land Use
title_short Typology of Slovenia’s Alpine Region with Emphasis on Land Use and Changes in Land Use
title_sort typology of slovenia s alpine region with emphasis on land use and changes in land use
topic land use
land use changes
surface elements
sociogeographical factors
landscape typology
alpine region
slovenia
url https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/1227
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