The dimploma thesis focuses on the issue of the development of demographically endangered settlements in the Municipality of Tolmin. The region has been dealing with the issue of out-migration for an extended period of time. Consequently the development of the region has been stalled. During our field work, five different stakeholders were surveyed in the region, thus enabling a comprehensive picture on what caused the issue to form. Furthermore the diploma thesis sheds a light in to possible solutions in dealing with situation in the demographically endangered regions. Numerous factors determine the development of the Tolmin region. The mountainous terrain influenced the development of the farming. Moreover the fact that the region was, through history, always facing the border meant that the authorities did not put special emphasis on its development. Consequently the industrialization and the development of infrastructure that comes with it ocured at a later point, which led to low employment opportunities and as a result generated emigration from the region. Recently local government opened institutions, whose main goal is to encourage development of region and to improve quality of life for people living in this region.
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