20.500.12556/RUL-165052 Conflicts as catalysts for change in rural areas As the number of functions performed by rural areas increase, so too do the number of different users of rural areas. Where several functions overlap (such as agricultural, environmental protection, conservation, residential, recreational), we see the emergence of more or less attractive intersections (areas, points, lines). At the most attractive of these the interests of several actors and their activities overlap. However, due to different power relations between actors, such interactions are not equitable, which can lead to conflicts of interest. Conflicts are not necessarily negative; indeed, they can serve as catalysts for change. In the article we examine three conflicts in a rural area (Municipality of Izola, SW Slovenia). Through newspaper content analysis, we obtained data on conflicts in rural parts of the Municipality of Izola between 2008 and 2014. We supplemented the data with 13 in-depth interviews with relevant actors. The results showed that all three conflicts have positive characteristics; however, only one of them was a catalyst for change that accelerated the resolution of a long-standing problem in a new, more effective way. agricultural geography rural areas development of rural areas Slovenia agrarna geografija podeželje razvoj podeželja Slovenija true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2024-11-21 12:35:12 2024-11-21 12:35:16 2024-11-22 03:58:06 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 Str. 211-222 Vol. 78 2020 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2020-01-01 91:711.3(497.4) 0743-0167 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.06.024 20653571 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016719308174?dgcid=coauthor 1 4901ec2e-a7fc-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=195994 RAZ_Gustin_Spela_2020.pdf RAZ_Gustin_Spela_2020.pdf 1 3399D572CDE407D3CCFE1FCEEB5177A5 8b3cafeb7fb08828b728aa921894f0232b1f3967669d748d78533dc01928d952 a89f50df-a7fc-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=195996 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0