Naslov
STRAVAL case study: Croatia - selected site: Plitvice Lakes national park

Urednik/ci
Obelić, Bogomil ; Krajcar Bronić, Ines

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija knjige
Uredničke knjige, monografija, znanstvena

Izdavač
Marie Curie Actions ; IRSES Project STRAVAL

Grad
Barcelona

Godina
2013

Stranica
61

ISBN
9788461629909

Ključne riječi
Plitvice Lakes ; karst ; EU-FP7 project STRAVAL

Sažetak
STRAVAL objectives: When a natural or monumental site is declared as a protected area such as World Cultural Site, National Historic Monument, Biosphere Reserve, Natural Space or National Park, a strong impact undergoes in the region. This declaration involves a large public and private investment which often affects only the site itself or immediate surroundings. The direct impact is reduced by marginalization of more distant areas, which in many cases, present unquestionable heritage values, susceptible of being valorised and recovered in order to further generate financial resources to promote economic, social and regional development. The protected sites act as a powerful magnet promoting economic and social bookmarking of remote places, if that marginal area is valorised properly. Such valorisation generates knowledge and good practices that can be transferred to natural or monumental sites which have received some form of protection either at national or international level in order to avoid the marginalization of surrounding areas. One of the STRAVAL objectives is transfer of the best practices among three sites chosen for the project, in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, on the basis of concrete examples of good practices identified in the EU-28. These examples in project STRAVAL are the Vall de Boi (Pyrenees) in Spain and the Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia. THE IMPACT OF PLITVICE LAKES NATIONAL PARK: There are many examples of the consequences of valorisation works in monuments and/or natural areas in Europe. One of the most significant cases, in Croatia, is the recognition of the Plitvice Lakes National Park. This National Park, inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage list, must comply with the requirement of acting as a powerful magnet for tourist attraction, affecting not only the Park itself, but also a wider geographical circle which must be studied to enhance and create new local development opportunities. This can be an excellent case study of good practices, useful for the transfer of knowledge from EU member countries to Latin America. The book consists of several chapters: Introduction to the Plitvice Lakes National Park (including Climate characteristics, Flora and fauna, History, Tourism and economic development, Protection of the natioanl Park, Investigations at the Plitvice Lakes area), Geology of the Plitvice Lakes, Hydrogeological risk assessment of the catchment area, Tufa and lake sediment formation, Geochronology, Recent lake sediments, and Natioanl Park as an example of good practices.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika, Geologija, Kemija

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