In this master’s thesis, we examined the designation of permanently protected agricultural land (TVKZ) based on the 2017 Regulations on the Conditions for Designating Permanently Protected Agricultural Land. We developed a detailed spatial model in the ArcGIS Pro software tool, based on the criteria of current legislation, expert guidelines, and an analysis of relevant spatial data layers. We developed and tested the model in the municipality of Škocjan as an example of a local community in Slovenia. We overlaid, evaluated, and scored the selected spatial data, and excluded ineligible areas based on the conditions specified in the Regulations. The objective of the study was to compare the total areas of TVKZ from the existing national technical basis with the results obtained using the new spatial model. The proposed model enables the verification and identification of potential TVKZ areas for the selected local community. It is designed as a generally applicable and transferable spatial model that, when using appropriate input data, can also be applied to determine TVKZ in other local communities in Slovenia. The result of this master’s thesis is a transferable GIS model and a proposal for classifying land into TVKZ areas, other agricultural land, and potentially suitable agricultural land. Finally, we compared the results regarding land areas with the national expert basis for the TVKZ proposal (2026).
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