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Tourism development and green horizons in protected areas of Croatia and Slovenia: synthesis and perspectives

This chapter discusses different management approaches and recommendations for administration of protected areas, where tourism is recognised as one of the most important management challenges—depending on the situation, it can be either a curse or a blessing. Therefore, the goal of this chapter is to compare methods of management of protected areas in Croatia and Slovenia, with an emphasis on tourism. The systems of administering protected areas in both countries show some similarities, but also have major differences. In Slovenia, the system is relatively decentralised, especially for protected areas that are of a lower category of protection. This is the result of a bottom-up approach. In Croatia, the top-down approach, mainly characterised by centralised management, prevails—especially in the case of management of national parks and nature parks. Differences in management approaches influence the level to which a given protected area is included in the tourism supply, which is consequentially reflected in forms of tourism as well as differential spatial influences.

protected area ; management approaches ; tourism development ; Croatia ; Slovenia

Znanstvena knjiga nastala je temelju rezultata istraživanja na znanstveno-istraživačkom projektu "Komparativna analiza prostornog razvoja turizma u zaštićenim područjima Hrvatske i Slovenije" u sklopu zajedničke hrvatsko-slovenske znanstveno-tehnološke suradnje (partner iz Hrvatske: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Geografski odsjek, partner iz Slovenije: Univerza na Primorskem, Fakulteta za humanistične študije, Oddelek za geografijo, Koper - voditelji: prof. dr. sc. Vuk Tvrtko Opačić izv. prof. dr. sc. Miha Koderman; MZO, ARRS).