Operational insights related to mapping and analysing rural place (dis)amenities

Gregorčič, Tim (avtor), Kropivšek, Lena (avtor), Potočnik Slavič, Irma (avtor)

This study employs collaborative mapping to identify the amenities and disamenities associated with living and working in the Slovenian rural areas, with a focus on the Košana Valley and the Upper Pivka as a case study. We conceptualize an amenity as a spatial quality or characteristic that enhances the attractiveness of a location for rural habitation and work, determined not solely by quantitative measures but also shaped by individual perceptions and mental representations. The survey on (dis)amenities was conducted over three consecutive years with a single target group comprising 109 geography students. In total, 670 amenities (classified in 10 categories) and 521 disamenities (classified in 11 categories), were geolocated, described, assigned a value and documented photographically. A systematically designed methodological approach—encompassing the preparation of ArcGIS Online data base, prefieldwork preparation, fieldwork execution, and post-processing with both exploratory and explanatory analyses —enabled the application of advanced and more complex cluster spatial analyses. Key outcomes are interpreted in terms of: (1) practical relevance for use by local authorities, decision-makers, land use planners, and the general public), (2) didactic potential of collective mapping; and (3) methodological implications for the analysis and visualization of collective mapping data.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: amenity, disamenity, collective mapping, Košana Valley, Upper Pivka, Slovenia
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Datum objave: 01.01.2025
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 59-84
• Številčenje: No. 85
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-177966
• UDK: 711.3+528:004(497.471)
• ISSN pri članku: 2303-8950
• DOI: 10.35666/23038950.2025.52.59
• COBISS.SI-ID: 263883267

Avtorske pravice

Licenca CC BY 4.0 je navedena na spletni strani revije.

• Datum objave v RUL: 14.01.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Geographical review
• Skrajšan naslov: Geogr. rev.
• Založnik: Geographical Society in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo
• ISSN: 2303-8950
• COBISS.SI-ID: 22411784

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: ugodnost, obremenitev, kolektivno kartiranje, Košanska dolina, Zgornja Pivka, Slovenija