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Are conservation and restoration of rivers real dilemmas of the contemporary word?

Landscape and ecological peculiarities of certain Croatian rivers determine their specific position in the European watercourse network. The primary aim of this paper is to emphasise their comparative values in the international context and the importance of the current moment in which decisions are taking place on their further destiny in the context of protection - energy recovery. The paper also proposes acceptable relationship towards rivers, as a starting point of any national water management strategy. In the attempts to maximise energy recovery from renewable energy sources, river exploitation pressures are getting increasingly stronger, which causes significant and irreversible changes in their morphology and spatial physiology. This is followed by social conflicts of short - and long - term interests, the confrontation of which should be based on an integrated approach, taking into account diverse horizontal (different social groupings) and vertical (long-term) interests, and on analysing the related material and immaterial values.

riparian landscape; nature; value; conservation; river landscape

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