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Research paper thumbnail of Report on the balance between planning and the market relating to sustainable and resilient development of suburban areas: Deliverable 5.6

At present urban sprawl is considered to be the main threat to sustainable urban development by m... more At present urban sprawl is considered to be the main threat to sustainable urban development by most urban planners. As a trend that was first been observed in North America after the Second World War, it was not seen as a threat to urban development until the 1980s. It was then, with the evolution of the concept of sustainability, that the attitude of planners, most professionals and the wider public changed. In Europe, these problems were faced somewhat later – they became a focus of planners' concern and research late in the 1990s and particularly in the 2000s. The European Environment Agency (EEA) issued several important documents raising public awareness about the threats that sprawl presented to the environment, the most important being the 2006 report "Urban sprawl in Europe – The ignored challenge". Cities, as a rule, expand as they grow. To explain why urban sprawl is a threat, urban growth and expansion should be differentiated. Urban growth is, generally, p...

Research paper thumbnail of Confronting Suburbanization in Ljubljana

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd eBooks, Nov 7, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Trajnostni prostorski razvoj R Slovenije: od centralnosti krajev k omrežju krajev

Dela, Dec 1, 2005

Temeljni raziskovalni projekt izhaja iz teoretskih konceptualizacij procesov globalizacije, težen... more Temeljni raziskovalni projekt izhaja iz teoretskih konceptualizacij procesov globalizacije, teženj po trajnostnem razvoju ter racionalizaciji slovenskega prostorskega sistema. Tako globalizacijski procesi kot evropski integracijski procesi "ogrožajo" uveljavljene nacionalne prostorske sisteme, ki so s svojo centralistično hierarhijo ovira integracijskim procesom in uvajanju nove trajnostne razvojne paradigme. Na osnovi spoznanj o opisanih globalnih družbeno-prostorskih procesih postavljamo temeljno raziskovalno hipotezo, da je za uveljavitev novih razvojnih paradigem potreben prehod iz centralističnega in hierarhiziranega prostorskega sistema, ki temelji na logiki centralnosti krajev, v nehierarhični omrežni prostorski sistem. Če analiziramo prostorski sistem Slovenije, ugotavljamo, da se v zadnjem desetletju le-ta centralizira z zgoščanjem odločanja in dogajanja na nacionalni ravni. Ta model družbeno-prostorske organizacije, ki na ravni prostorskega sistema ohranja staro hierarhično logiko, lahko sicer razumemo kot preventivno upravno-sistemsko odločitev v luči osamosvojitvenih procesov, a se hkrati moramo zavedati, da je dolgoročno razvojno gledano eden temeljnih generatorjev prostorsko neuravnoteženega razvoja RS oz. generator nove postmoderne perifernosti oz. izključenosti in zagat pri operacionalizaciji načel trajnostnega razvoja. To se kaže v poglabljanju medregionalnih razlik glede kvalitete življenja med osrednjo in obmejnimi, perifernimi regijami.Ob tem pa proces širjenja poselitvenih površin v obliki razpršene gradnje predstavlja enega najpomembnejših problemov, povezanih z razvojem mest v Evropi. Temeljni namen raziskovalnega projekta je odgovoriti na vprašanje, kakšne spremembe prostorskega sistema bi omogočile, da bi dosegli sinergijo relativno dobre informacijske razvitosti, raznovrstnih prostorskih in okoljskih kakovosti ter razvojnih potencialov RS. Problematika se povezuje z novo prostorsko zakonodajo in pripravo novih prostorskih dokumentov, še posebej pa njihovo izvedbo. V aplikativnem delu je vključen vzorčni primer Ljubljanske urbane regije, s prikazom trajnostnih vzorcev razvoja in možnostmi njihove realizacije s pomočjo instrumentov prostorske politike. Nosilec naloge je Drago Kos, FDV Univerze v Ljubljani, soizvajalki pa Mojca Šašek Divjak, Urbanistični inštitut RS in Nataša Pichler-Milanovič, FF Univerze v Ljubljani.

Research paper thumbnail of Primerjalne ali konkurenčne prednosti Ljubljane v procesu evropskih integracij

Research paper thumbnail of Competitive advantages of Central European cities in the cross-border region Alpe-Adria

Research paper thumbnail of Interurbane transformacije v srednji in vzhodni Evropi

Research paper thumbnail of The image of Ljubljana: Problems, needs and questions on development

Research paper thumbnail of Podobe Ljubljane: problemi, potrebe in razvojna vprašanja

Research paper thumbnail of Kako reševati vzroke in posledice (ne)načrtnega širjenja poselitvenih območij v Sloveniji in v združeni Evropi

Dela, Dec 1, 2005

Naloga spada v sklop ciljnega raziskovalnega projekta »Konkurenčnost Slovenije 2001-2006« in sice... more Naloga spada v sklop ciljnega raziskovalnega projekta »Konkurenčnost Slovenije 2001-2006« in sicer v težišče 5. Namen naloge je združiti domače in prenesti ustrezne tuje izkušnje, informacije in znanja potrebne za nadaljnje usmerjanje načrtnega in nadzorovanega razvoja poselitvenih površin v mestih in drugih naseljih v širših mestnih območjih. Obenem je tudi namen naloge posredovati slovenske izkušnje, dobre prakse in novejše (vzdržne/trajnostne) rešitve (zakonodaja, strategija, pravila prostorskega razvoja, itn.) na nadnacionalno raven, ter sodelovati pri izoblikovanju smernic in priporočil na EU ravni, za preprečevanje »nevzdržnih« vzorcev v nadaljnjem razvoju poselitvenih površin v mestih in drugih naselij v širšem območju evropskih mest. Naloga prinaša »vodič politike« na področju obvladovanja in usmerjanja nadaljnjega širjenja mestnih območij na (nad)nacionlani, regonalni in lokalni ravni. Hkrati prinaša soočanje s tujimi rešitvami in praksami pri reševanju problemov (»vzročno-posledični vzorci«) v procesu prostorskega širjenja mestnih območij ter izhodišča za oblikovanje nekaterih podrobnejših pravil v Prostorskem redu Slovenije (PRS) na državni in lokalni (občinski) ravni. Naloga se navezuje in predstavlja nadaljevanje CRP naloge (V5-0723) «Ne)načrtno širjenje mestnega območja: izziv za trajnosti razvoj, urejanje in načrtovanje prostora »

Research paper thumbnail of Sprawl in the Post-Socialist City: The Changing Economic and Institutional Context of Central and Eastern European Cities

Blackwell Publishing Ltd eBooks, Apr 15, 2008

Sprawl in the Post-Socialist City: The Changing Economic and Institutional Context of Central and... more Sprawl in the Post-Socialist City: The Changing Economic and Institutional Context of Central and Eastern European Cities-Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscapes, Land-Use Change & Policy-Pichler-Milanovič-Wiley Online Library

Research paper thumbnail of Urban sprawl: European patterns, environmental degradation and sustainable development (URBS PANDENS - EVK4-CT-2001-00052) (5. OP EU 2002-2005)

Dela, Dec 1, 2005

Proces (ne)načrtnega širjenje mestnega območja (»urban sprawl«) je ena od najpomembnejših spremem... more Proces (ne)načrtnega širjenje mestnega območja (»urban sprawl«) je ena od najpomembnejših sprememb rabe prostora v drugi polovici 20. stoletja v Evropi. Čeprav še posebej prevladuje v ZDA, »urban sprawl« pospešeno zmanjšuje tudi kvaliteto življenja in povzroča negativne vplive na okolje, gospodarsko in socialno zgradbo evropskih mest in širših urbanih območjih. Te nevarnosti, njihovo medsebojna sinergija in nasprotujoči si interesi pri njihovem razreševanju, predstavljajo skupen izziv v vseh evropskih državah in v združeni Evropi. Glede na takšne okoliščine si projekt URBS PANDENS prizadeva za celovito ocenjevanje vplivov različnih predpisov, ukrepov, in instrumentov na proces (ne)nenačrtnega širjenje mestnih območij na (nad)nacionalni, regionalni in lokalni ravni. Projekt podaja enotno oceno okoljskih, gospodarskih, socialnih in političnih vidikov v procesu (ne)načrtnega širjenja mest v izbranih državah članic EU. Na študijskih primerov vzorčnih mest (Liverpool, Stockholm, Leipzig/Halle, Dunaj, Varšava, Ljubljana in Atene) so uporabljene sodobne, kvalitativno oblikovane (algoritamske) metode t.i. »kvalitativne diferencialne enačbe« (QDE). Poleg znanstvenih rezultatov, ki bodo objavljeni v izbranih znanstvenih in strokovnih revijah in kot samostojna knjiga, bo pripravljen tudi »vodič politike« namenjen načrtovalcem prostora v izbranih vzorčnih mest, kot tudi tistim iz drugih evropskih mest ki se soočajo s problemi širjenja mestnega območja, da glede na »tipične vzorce«, oblikujejo smernice, ukrepe in inštrumente za nadaljnji trajnostni prostorski razvoj evropskih mest.

Research paper thumbnail of 295 Functional Regions Defined by Urban Centres of (Inter)National Importance-The Case of Slovenia

The main focus of this paper has been to determine the functional regions in the heterogeneous ar... more The main focus of this paper has been to determine the functional regions in the heterogeneous area of Slovenia defined by integrated urban system at the (inter)national level. The notion of polycentric urban development is taken from the local and regional perspective based on the principle of proximity where cooperation, exchanges and networks among cities can contribute to the development of integrated urban systems to overcome the legacy of the inherited urban structures. Delineation of Slovenia into functional regions is based on labour market approach, where daily labour commuting has been considered as the main factor, which determines connectivity/relation between predefined local urban centres and municipalities in the functional regions. The urban centres of national and international importance in Slovenia have been determined mainly according to the number of inhabitants and their role in the polycentric urban system of Slovenia according to the Spatial Development Strategy of Slovenia (SPRS 2004).

Research paper thumbnail of Green infrastructure and urban resilience in Central Europe: A solution for environmental and spatial challenges in the inner-city of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Urbani izziv, 2015

The paper focuses on developing the green infrastructure concept in the emerging strategies of ur... more The paper focuses on developing the green infrastructure concept in the emerging strategies of urban resilience and sustainability in response to the multiple challenges facing European cities, including Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. In this context resilience is concerned with politically challenging questions about assumptions of equilibrium and the ability of humans to control the environment. Urban resilience can provide a common framework for multidisciplinary action by municipalities and other stakeholders, highlighting the impact of planning urban ecosystems with the development of green infrastructure to meet environmental and spatial challenges. This paper identifies some of these strategies and activities in Ljubljana on the basis of research conducted under the EU FP7 TURAS project (2011-2016). In the inner-city neighbourhood of Tabor, there is already a broad range of collaborative planning and community participation activities (both top-down and bottom-up) towards developing (public and private) green infrastructure. This diverse locality has been identified as a "bridging" area where urban resiliency strategies for green infrastructure development are considered as a tool for implementing urban revitalisation projects in order to sustain viability and improve the quality of life for local residents and other citizens in times of limited financial resources. The research in Tabor shows that developing green infrastructure in keeping with the urban resilience concept is not sufficiently integrated in official spatial planning and municipal action due mainly to institutional and social obstacles.

Research paper thumbnail of Inter-urban transformation in Central and Eastern Europe

Research paper thumbnail of Širjenje mestnega območja v Evropi: trajnostni razvoj, "(anti)urbane kulture" in "hibridne krajine/tvorbe

Dela, 2007

Članek sloni na rezultatih mednarodnega projekta iz 5. Okvirnega programa EU pod naslovom URBS PA... more Članek sloni na rezultatih mednarodnega projekta iz 5. Okvirnega programa EU pod naslovom URBS PANDENS: Urban Sprawl: European Patterns, Environmental Degradation and Sustainable Development (EVK4-CT-2001-00052) sofinanciran iz sredstev EU. Namen projekta je splošno razumevanje o naravi in razsežnosti procesa širjenja mestnega območja ter ugotovitve specifičnih evropskih vzorcev in vzorčno-posledičnih odnosov v procesu širjenja mestnega območja na primeru vzorčnih mest. Projekt združuje ustrezne izkušnje, informacije in znanja potrebne za nadaljnje usmerjanje trajnostnega razvoja poselitve na ravni EU.

Research paper thumbnail of Urban Land Use Management in Ljubljana: From Competitiveness to Sustainability-or vice versa?

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Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia, is the largest town with approx. 250.000 inhabitants, lo... more Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia, is the largest town with approx. 250.000 inhabitants, located at the crossroads between Central Europe, the Mediterranean, and the SouthEast Europe. Ljubljana has been exposed since 1990s to the international challenges of globalization, Europeanisation and inter and intra-city transformation. As a result of successful macroeconomic reforms and sectoral policies (1992-2004), the City Municipality of Ljubljana (NUTS 5) and Central Slovenian statistical NUTS 3 region (or Ljubljana urban region) became the most important locations of economic activities in Slovenia, and one of the most competitive urban areas in Central Europe-while at the same time preserving social cohesion, environment and the quality of life for local citizens. Since year 2003 local authorities including the City Municipality of Ljubljana have been also obliged by the new Spatial Management and Planning Acts (2002, 2007) to formulate and adopt their own long-term spatial development strategies, and detailed land-use plans according to the sustainable development paradigm but also to market demands of capital investors and landowners. The overall objectives of these spatial development strategies are to facilitate future development of Ljubljana as "competitive and sustainable Central European capital city in an enlarged Europe''. The successful implementation of different strategies and land use plans will depend upon the ability of local leaders to encourage active involvement of professionals, local communities, inhabitants as well as cooperation and partnership between different public and private institutions and other stakeholders in other to achieve complex goals of city competitiveness and sustainability-but also to accommodate the new demands for energy efficiency, low carbon cities, and the lack of capital investments at the time of global financial austerity.

Research paper thumbnail of Functional Regions Defined by Urban Centres of (Inter) National Importance–The Case of Slovenia

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Samo Drobne, Miha Konjar, Anka Lisec, Nataša Pichler Milanović and Alma Zavodnik Lamovšek (Sen. L... more Samo Drobne, Miha Konjar, Anka Lisec, Nataša Pichler Milanović and Alma Zavodnik Lamovšek (Sen. Lect. Samo Drobne, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Jamova 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia, samo.drobne@fgg.uni-lj.si) (Miha Konjar, University of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Smart Cities-Ranking of European medium-sized cities

Objective 2.1 Defining smart city 2.2 Operationalizing smart city 3 Methodology 3.1 Selecting cit... more Objective 2.1 Defining smart city 2.2 Operationalizing smart city 3 Methodology 3.1 Selecting cities 3.2 Identifying indicators and data sources 3.3 Standardizing and aggregating data 4 Results and dissemination 4.1 Performance of 70 cities 4.2 City profiles 4.3 Dissemination 4.4 Outlook 5 Annex

Research paper thumbnail of Towards better territorial governance in Europe; a guide for practitioners, policy and decision makers based on contributions from the ESPON TANGO Project

Guides help you do things. You turn to them when you need to find out how to solve a problem. The... more Guides help you do things. You turn to them when you need to find out how to solve a problem. They are a form of knowledge transfer, written by experts but in a way that is accessible and helpful to a wide group of users. This Guide was written by the researchers on the ESPON applied research study of Territorial Approaches to New Governance (TANGO). It aims to help those persons and institutions that are delivering territorial governance across Europe. Who is the guide for? This guide is targeted at three groups of potential users. These are: • Practitioners, i.e. private or public professionals that are engaged in territorial governance activities at different scales and/or cohesion policy programmes or projects in Europe. • Policy makers, i.e. public executives and officials in charge of territorial governance at various administrative levels. They may also have the responsibility to implement cohesion policy at the EU level (e.g. officials of the European Commission) or at natio...

Research paper thumbnail of ESPON TANGO: Territorial Approaches for New Governance. Applied Research 2013/1/21, Final Report Version 20/12/2013

This report presents the final results of an Applied Research Project conducted within the framew... more This report presents the final results of an Applied Research Project conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2013 Programme, partly financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The partnership behind the ESPON Programme consists of the EU Commission and the Member States of the EU27, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Each partner is represented in the ESPON Monitoring Committee. This report does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the Monitoring Committee. Information on the ESPON Programme and projects can be found on www.espon.eu The web site provides the possibility to download and examine the most recent documents produced by finalised and ongoing ESPON projects.

Research paper thumbnail of Report on the balance between planning and the market relating to sustainable and resilient development of suburban areas: Deliverable 5.6

At present urban sprawl is considered to be the main threat to sustainable urban development by m... more At present urban sprawl is considered to be the main threat to sustainable urban development by most urban planners. As a trend that was first been observed in North America after the Second World War, it was not seen as a threat to urban development until the 1980s. It was then, with the evolution of the concept of sustainability, that the attitude of planners, most professionals and the wider public changed. In Europe, these problems were faced somewhat later – they became a focus of planners' concern and research late in the 1990s and particularly in the 2000s. The European Environment Agency (EEA) issued several important documents raising public awareness about the threats that sprawl presented to the environment, the most important being the 2006 report "Urban sprawl in Europe – The ignored challenge". Cities, as a rule, expand as they grow. To explain why urban sprawl is a threat, urban growth and expansion should be differentiated. Urban growth is, generally, p...

Research paper thumbnail of Confronting Suburbanization in Ljubljana

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd eBooks, Nov 7, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Trajnostni prostorski razvoj R Slovenije: od centralnosti krajev k omrežju krajev

Dela, Dec 1, 2005

Temeljni raziskovalni projekt izhaja iz teoretskih konceptualizacij procesov globalizacije, težen... more Temeljni raziskovalni projekt izhaja iz teoretskih konceptualizacij procesov globalizacije, teženj po trajnostnem razvoju ter racionalizaciji slovenskega prostorskega sistema. Tako globalizacijski procesi kot evropski integracijski procesi "ogrožajo" uveljavljene nacionalne prostorske sisteme, ki so s svojo centralistično hierarhijo ovira integracijskim procesom in uvajanju nove trajnostne razvojne paradigme. Na osnovi spoznanj o opisanih globalnih družbeno-prostorskih procesih postavljamo temeljno raziskovalno hipotezo, da je za uveljavitev novih razvojnih paradigem potreben prehod iz centralističnega in hierarhiziranega prostorskega sistema, ki temelji na logiki centralnosti krajev, v nehierarhični omrežni prostorski sistem. Če analiziramo prostorski sistem Slovenije, ugotavljamo, da se v zadnjem desetletju le-ta centralizira z zgoščanjem odločanja in dogajanja na nacionalni ravni. Ta model družbeno-prostorske organizacije, ki na ravni prostorskega sistema ohranja staro hierarhično logiko, lahko sicer razumemo kot preventivno upravno-sistemsko odločitev v luči osamosvojitvenih procesov, a se hkrati moramo zavedati, da je dolgoročno razvojno gledano eden temeljnih generatorjev prostorsko neuravnoteženega razvoja RS oz. generator nove postmoderne perifernosti oz. izključenosti in zagat pri operacionalizaciji načel trajnostnega razvoja. To se kaže v poglabljanju medregionalnih razlik glede kvalitete življenja med osrednjo in obmejnimi, perifernimi regijami.Ob tem pa proces širjenja poselitvenih površin v obliki razpršene gradnje predstavlja enega najpomembnejših problemov, povezanih z razvojem mest v Evropi. Temeljni namen raziskovalnega projekta je odgovoriti na vprašanje, kakšne spremembe prostorskega sistema bi omogočile, da bi dosegli sinergijo relativno dobre informacijske razvitosti, raznovrstnih prostorskih in okoljskih kakovosti ter razvojnih potencialov RS. Problematika se povezuje z novo prostorsko zakonodajo in pripravo novih prostorskih dokumentov, še posebej pa njihovo izvedbo. V aplikativnem delu je vključen vzorčni primer Ljubljanske urbane regije, s prikazom trajnostnih vzorcev razvoja in možnostmi njihove realizacije s pomočjo instrumentov prostorske politike. Nosilec naloge je Drago Kos, FDV Univerze v Ljubljani, soizvajalki pa Mojca Šašek Divjak, Urbanistični inštitut RS in Nataša Pichler-Milanovič, FF Univerze v Ljubljani.

Research paper thumbnail of Primerjalne ali konkurenčne prednosti Ljubljane v procesu evropskih integracij

Research paper thumbnail of Competitive advantages of Central European cities in the cross-border region Alpe-Adria

Research paper thumbnail of Interurbane transformacije v srednji in vzhodni Evropi

Research paper thumbnail of The image of Ljubljana: Problems, needs and questions on development

Research paper thumbnail of Podobe Ljubljane: problemi, potrebe in razvojna vprašanja

Research paper thumbnail of Kako reševati vzroke in posledice (ne)načrtnega širjenja poselitvenih območij v Sloveniji in v združeni Evropi

Dela, Dec 1, 2005

Naloga spada v sklop ciljnega raziskovalnega projekta »Konkurenčnost Slovenije 2001-2006« in sice... more Naloga spada v sklop ciljnega raziskovalnega projekta »Konkurenčnost Slovenije 2001-2006« in sicer v težišče 5. Namen naloge je združiti domače in prenesti ustrezne tuje izkušnje, informacije in znanja potrebne za nadaljnje usmerjanje načrtnega in nadzorovanega razvoja poselitvenih površin v mestih in drugih naseljih v širših mestnih območjih. Obenem je tudi namen naloge posredovati slovenske izkušnje, dobre prakse in novejše (vzdržne/trajnostne) rešitve (zakonodaja, strategija, pravila prostorskega razvoja, itn.) na nadnacionalno raven, ter sodelovati pri izoblikovanju smernic in priporočil na EU ravni, za preprečevanje »nevzdržnih« vzorcev v nadaljnjem razvoju poselitvenih površin v mestih in drugih naselij v širšem območju evropskih mest. Naloga prinaša »vodič politike« na področju obvladovanja in usmerjanja nadaljnjega širjenja mestnih območij na (nad)nacionlani, regonalni in lokalni ravni. Hkrati prinaša soočanje s tujimi rešitvami in praksami pri reševanju problemov (»vzročno-posledični vzorci«) v procesu prostorskega širjenja mestnih območij ter izhodišča za oblikovanje nekaterih podrobnejših pravil v Prostorskem redu Slovenije (PRS) na državni in lokalni (občinski) ravni. Naloga se navezuje in predstavlja nadaljevanje CRP naloge (V5-0723) «Ne)načrtno širjenje mestnega območja: izziv za trajnosti razvoj, urejanje in načrtovanje prostora »

Research paper thumbnail of Sprawl in the Post-Socialist City: The Changing Economic and Institutional Context of Central and Eastern European Cities

Blackwell Publishing Ltd eBooks, Apr 15, 2008

Sprawl in the Post-Socialist City: The Changing Economic and Institutional Context of Central and... more Sprawl in the Post-Socialist City: The Changing Economic and Institutional Context of Central and Eastern European Cities-Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscapes, Land-Use Change & Policy-Pichler-Milanovič-Wiley Online Library

Research paper thumbnail of Urban sprawl: European patterns, environmental degradation and sustainable development (URBS PANDENS - EVK4-CT-2001-00052) (5. OP EU 2002-2005)

Dela, Dec 1, 2005

Proces (ne)načrtnega širjenje mestnega območja (»urban sprawl«) je ena od najpomembnejših spremem... more Proces (ne)načrtnega širjenje mestnega območja (»urban sprawl«) je ena od najpomembnejših sprememb rabe prostora v drugi polovici 20. stoletja v Evropi. Čeprav še posebej prevladuje v ZDA, »urban sprawl« pospešeno zmanjšuje tudi kvaliteto življenja in povzroča negativne vplive na okolje, gospodarsko in socialno zgradbo evropskih mest in širših urbanih območjih. Te nevarnosti, njihovo medsebojna sinergija in nasprotujoči si interesi pri njihovem razreševanju, predstavljajo skupen izziv v vseh evropskih državah in v združeni Evropi. Glede na takšne okoliščine si projekt URBS PANDENS prizadeva za celovito ocenjevanje vplivov različnih predpisov, ukrepov, in instrumentov na proces (ne)nenačrtnega širjenje mestnih območij na (nad)nacionalni, regionalni in lokalni ravni. Projekt podaja enotno oceno okoljskih, gospodarskih, socialnih in političnih vidikov v procesu (ne)načrtnega širjenja mest v izbranih državah članic EU. Na študijskih primerov vzorčnih mest (Liverpool, Stockholm, Leipzig/Halle, Dunaj, Varšava, Ljubljana in Atene) so uporabljene sodobne, kvalitativno oblikovane (algoritamske) metode t.i. »kvalitativne diferencialne enačbe« (QDE). Poleg znanstvenih rezultatov, ki bodo objavljeni v izbranih znanstvenih in strokovnih revijah in kot samostojna knjiga, bo pripravljen tudi »vodič politike« namenjen načrtovalcem prostora v izbranih vzorčnih mest, kot tudi tistim iz drugih evropskih mest ki se soočajo s problemi širjenja mestnega območja, da glede na »tipične vzorce«, oblikujejo smernice, ukrepe in inštrumente za nadaljnji trajnostni prostorski razvoj evropskih mest.

Research paper thumbnail of 295 Functional Regions Defined by Urban Centres of (Inter)National Importance-The Case of Slovenia

The main focus of this paper has been to determine the functional regions in the heterogeneous ar... more The main focus of this paper has been to determine the functional regions in the heterogeneous area of Slovenia defined by integrated urban system at the (inter)national level. The notion of polycentric urban development is taken from the local and regional perspective based on the principle of proximity where cooperation, exchanges and networks among cities can contribute to the development of integrated urban systems to overcome the legacy of the inherited urban structures. Delineation of Slovenia into functional regions is based on labour market approach, where daily labour commuting has been considered as the main factor, which determines connectivity/relation between predefined local urban centres and municipalities in the functional regions. The urban centres of national and international importance in Slovenia have been determined mainly according to the number of inhabitants and their role in the polycentric urban system of Slovenia according to the Spatial Development Strategy of Slovenia (SPRS 2004).

Research paper thumbnail of Green infrastructure and urban resilience in Central Europe: A solution for environmental and spatial challenges in the inner-city of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Urbani izziv, 2015

The paper focuses on developing the green infrastructure concept in the emerging strategies of ur... more The paper focuses on developing the green infrastructure concept in the emerging strategies of urban resilience and sustainability in response to the multiple challenges facing European cities, including Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. In this context resilience is concerned with politically challenging questions about assumptions of equilibrium and the ability of humans to control the environment. Urban resilience can provide a common framework for multidisciplinary action by municipalities and other stakeholders, highlighting the impact of planning urban ecosystems with the development of green infrastructure to meet environmental and spatial challenges. This paper identifies some of these strategies and activities in Ljubljana on the basis of research conducted under the EU FP7 TURAS project (2011-2016). In the inner-city neighbourhood of Tabor, there is already a broad range of collaborative planning and community participation activities (both top-down and bottom-up) towards developing (public and private) green infrastructure. This diverse locality has been identified as a "bridging" area where urban resiliency strategies for green infrastructure development are considered as a tool for implementing urban revitalisation projects in order to sustain viability and improve the quality of life for local residents and other citizens in times of limited financial resources. The research in Tabor shows that developing green infrastructure in keeping with the urban resilience concept is not sufficiently integrated in official spatial planning and municipal action due mainly to institutional and social obstacles.

Research paper thumbnail of Inter-urban transformation in Central and Eastern Europe

Research paper thumbnail of Širjenje mestnega območja v Evropi: trajnostni razvoj, "(anti)urbane kulture" in "hibridne krajine/tvorbe

Dela, 2007

Članek sloni na rezultatih mednarodnega projekta iz 5. Okvirnega programa EU pod naslovom URBS PA... more Članek sloni na rezultatih mednarodnega projekta iz 5. Okvirnega programa EU pod naslovom URBS PANDENS: Urban Sprawl: European Patterns, Environmental Degradation and Sustainable Development (EVK4-CT-2001-00052) sofinanciran iz sredstev EU. Namen projekta je splošno razumevanje o naravi in razsežnosti procesa širjenja mestnega območja ter ugotovitve specifičnih evropskih vzorcev in vzorčno-posledičnih odnosov v procesu širjenja mestnega območja na primeru vzorčnih mest. Projekt združuje ustrezne izkušnje, informacije in znanja potrebne za nadaljnje usmerjanje trajnostnega razvoja poselitve na ravni EU.

Research paper thumbnail of Urban Land Use Management in Ljubljana: From Competitiveness to Sustainability-or vice versa?

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Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia, is the largest town with approx. 250.000 inhabitants, lo... more Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia, is the largest town with approx. 250.000 inhabitants, located at the crossroads between Central Europe, the Mediterranean, and the SouthEast Europe. Ljubljana has been exposed since 1990s to the international challenges of globalization, Europeanisation and inter and intra-city transformation. As a result of successful macroeconomic reforms and sectoral policies (1992-2004), the City Municipality of Ljubljana (NUTS 5) and Central Slovenian statistical NUTS 3 region (or Ljubljana urban region) became the most important locations of economic activities in Slovenia, and one of the most competitive urban areas in Central Europe-while at the same time preserving social cohesion, environment and the quality of life for local citizens. Since year 2003 local authorities including the City Municipality of Ljubljana have been also obliged by the new Spatial Management and Planning Acts (2002, 2007) to formulate and adopt their own long-term spatial development strategies, and detailed land-use plans according to the sustainable development paradigm but also to market demands of capital investors and landowners. The overall objectives of these spatial development strategies are to facilitate future development of Ljubljana as "competitive and sustainable Central European capital city in an enlarged Europe''. The successful implementation of different strategies and land use plans will depend upon the ability of local leaders to encourage active involvement of professionals, local communities, inhabitants as well as cooperation and partnership between different public and private institutions and other stakeholders in other to achieve complex goals of city competitiveness and sustainability-but also to accommodate the new demands for energy efficiency, low carbon cities, and the lack of capital investments at the time of global financial austerity.

Research paper thumbnail of Functional Regions Defined by Urban Centres of (Inter) National Importance–The Case of Slovenia

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Samo Drobne, Miha Konjar, Anka Lisec, Nataša Pichler Milanović and Alma Zavodnik Lamovšek (Sen. L... more Samo Drobne, Miha Konjar, Anka Lisec, Nataša Pichler Milanović and Alma Zavodnik Lamovšek (Sen. Lect. Samo Drobne, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Jamova 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia, samo.drobne@fgg.uni-lj.si) (Miha Konjar, University of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Smart Cities-Ranking of European medium-sized cities

Objective 2.1 Defining smart city 2.2 Operationalizing smart city 3 Methodology 3.1 Selecting cit... more Objective 2.1 Defining smart city 2.2 Operationalizing smart city 3 Methodology 3.1 Selecting cities 3.2 Identifying indicators and data sources 3.3 Standardizing and aggregating data 4 Results and dissemination 4.1 Performance of 70 cities 4.2 City profiles 4.3 Dissemination 4.4 Outlook 5 Annex

Research paper thumbnail of Towards better territorial governance in Europe; a guide for practitioners, policy and decision makers based on contributions from the ESPON TANGO Project

Guides help you do things. You turn to them when you need to find out how to solve a problem. The... more Guides help you do things. You turn to them when you need to find out how to solve a problem. They are a form of knowledge transfer, written by experts but in a way that is accessible and helpful to a wide group of users. This Guide was written by the researchers on the ESPON applied research study of Territorial Approaches to New Governance (TANGO). It aims to help those persons and institutions that are delivering territorial governance across Europe. Who is the guide for? This guide is targeted at three groups of potential users. These are: • Practitioners, i.e. private or public professionals that are engaged in territorial governance activities at different scales and/or cohesion policy programmes or projects in Europe. • Policy makers, i.e. public executives and officials in charge of territorial governance at various administrative levels. They may also have the responsibility to implement cohesion policy at the EU level (e.g. officials of the European Commission) or at natio...

Research paper thumbnail of ESPON TANGO: Territorial Approaches for New Governance. Applied Research 2013/1/21, Final Report Version 20/12/2013

This report presents the final results of an Applied Research Project conducted within the framew... more This report presents the final results of an Applied Research Project conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2013 Programme, partly financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The partnership behind the ESPON Programme consists of the EU Commission and the Member States of the EU27, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Each partner is represented in the ESPON Monitoring Committee. This report does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the Monitoring Committee. Information on the ESPON Programme and projects can be found on www.espon.eu The web site provides the possibility to download and examine the most recent documents produced by finalised and ongoing ESPON projects.