The doctoral dissertation presents the topic of (changing) spatial and environmental values of the inhabitants of Slovenia and their connection with trends in spatial planning. It is based on social changes in recent decades and their impact on changes in value orientation. We are talking about the enforcement of post-materialist values, which is also reflected in spatial planning trends through the influence of spatial and environmental values.
In the first part of the dissertation, which focuses on current changes in spatial and environmental values of the inhabitants of Slovenia, the most prominent values in the field of space and the environment turn out to be: supranational closure or localist orientation, aversion to immigration, immobility, preference for car transport, domocentricity, biophilia, high environmental awareness, and anti-urbanism. We are talking about quite traditional values, but from certain aspects we also notice certain shifts towards more post-materialistic values and greater individuality, while the most obvious intertemporal change is the strengthening of differentiation within the population.
In the second part, the research connects value orientation with trends in spatial planning. Here we determine: the impact of changes in value orientation on the more active involvement of residents in spatial planning, its partial subjection to value orientation (as it partly considers the desires of inhabitants) and its potential role in changing value orientation (inclusion of spatial and environmental awareness).
In the final part, spatial and environmental values and spatial planning are viewed as two key foundations for the implementation of sustainable development. Here, the findings show the possibility of its slow further implementation, at least in some areas.
In the end, we can emphasize that, besides scientific findings, the dissertation also highlights the importance of raising spatial and environmental awareness for guiding socio-spatial development, and above all, demonstrates the extraordinary topicality of the discussed topics.
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