Naslov
Social Context of Devastation in Protected Areas: A Case Study of the Plitvice Lakes National Park

Autori
Popović, Toni ; Bušljeta Tonković, Anita ; Relja, Renata

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
6th Moravian Conference on Rural Research EURORURAL '18 Book of Abstracts / Zapletalova, Jana ; Vaishar, Antonin, Št'astna, Milada - Brno : Mendel University in Brno, 2018, 33-33

ISBN
978-80-7509-567-1

Skup
6th Moravian Conference on Rural Research EURORURAL '18

Mjesto i datum
Brno, Češka Republika, 03.09.2018. - 07.09.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
social context, devastation, case study, Plitvice Lakes National Park

Sažetak
Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes National Park has become a national case of poor management in 2017, due to wastewater resulting from the arrival of one and a half million visitors a year. Plitvice Lakes are in the situation where UNESCO considers putting them on the list of endangered heritage sites. The case study method is used to investigate the social context of their devastation. Such context is permeated by the failure to protect the natural environment at the national level, and the local arbitrariness, grasping actions and wild apartmanization. The results are obtained using the desk method, newspaper analysis and interviews with local development actors (representatives of government, entrepreneurs and NGOs). The discussion is based on the “Plitvice paradox”: lakes are called "The Devil's Garden" for the wild and preserved rural landscape but endangered by massive use without systematic nature protection.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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