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The interrelation between development, management, and management issues in Plitvice Lakes National Park

The implementation of the first management system for Plitvice Lakes coincided with the founding of the Park and its associated management body in 1949. Since then, the area of the Park has been managed by various public institutions, founded for the purpose of preserving its natural and cultural value. The area’s development as a tourism destination has resulted in many developmental missteps, as well as management issues and other challenges. The problems associated with managing protected areas can be seen by analysing the goals that have been achieved by past management bodies, as well as by observing how the current management body is working toward its stated goals (which is not done enough). In terms of development, it is important to emphasise how development policy has largely encouraged hotels and hospitality businesses, while other sorts of businesses lag behind. This has significantly reduced the potential positive effects on the greater community as well as the return of important services of the ecosystem and geosystem to the environment itself. Concordantly, management goals are insufficiently oriented toward the fundamental role of national parks, conservation, and evaluation of natural components in the area.

national park, management of protected areas, environment, tourism, geography, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

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).