Changes in (sustainable) development of Slovenian small towns

Vintar Mally, Katja (author), Bobovnik, Nejc (author), Kimovec, Lea (author), Lampič, Barbara (author)

Considering the settlement pattern in Slovenia, small towns with a population of 5,000 to 15,000 are very important for balanced regional and local development, especially for the achievement of sustainable development goals. This paper presents findings from a study of the level of sustainability in 32 Slovenian small towns, as assessed using a set of twelve economic, social, and environmental indicators of sustainable development. A comparison of the results for the years 2002 and 2018 shows that over the past two decades, Slovenian small towns have for the most part successfully advanced towards the goals of sustainable development. The small towns that lag behind in these efforts were identified, as were the development areas where sustainability trends are less favorable.

• Language: English
• Keywords: small towns, sustainable development, sustainable development indicators, rural areas, Slovenia
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication date: 01.01.2022
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 87-103
• Numbering: Vol. 14, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-136666
• UDC: 911.375:502.131.1(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 1803-8417
• DOI: 10.2478/euco-2022-0005
• COBISS.SI-ID: 104401411
• Publication date in RUL: 13.05.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: European Countryside
• Shortened title: Eur. Countrys.
• Publisher: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Mendelova univerzita v Brně
• ISSN: 1803-8417
• COBISS.SI-ID: 6922105

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• License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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• Licensing start date: 13.05.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Glede na poselitveni vzorec v Sloveniji so mala mesta, ki imajo od 5000 do 15.000 prebivalcev, zelo pomembna za skladnejši regionalni in lokalni razvoj, zlasti še za doseganje ciljev trajnostnega razvoja. V prispevku so predstavljeni rezultati preučitve stopnje trajnosti v 32 slovenskih malih mestih, ki smo jo ocenili z uporabo nabora dvanajstih ekonomskih, socialnih in okoljskih kazalnikov trajnostnega razvoja. Primerjava rezultatov za leti 2002 in 2018 kaže, da so se slovenska mala mesta v zadnjih dveh desetletjih večinoma uspešno približevala ciljem trajnostnega razvoja, ob tem pa smo prepoznali tako mala mesta, ki v teh prizadevanjih zaostajajo, kot tudi razvojna področja, na katerih so trendi z vidika trajnosti neugodni.

• Keywords: mala mesta, trajnostni razvoj, kazalniki trajnostnega razvoja, podeželje, Slovenija

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P6-0229
• Name: Trajnostni regionalni razvoj Slovenije