1. The correlation between demographic development and land-use changes in SloveniaUroš Horvat, Igor Žiberna, 2020, original scientific article Abstract: The paper focuses on determining the degree of correlation between land-use changes and demographic development in Slovenia. The authors conclude that there is still insufficient evidence in the literature for a correlation between these two processes, because quantitative studies addressing these links are very rare and mostly cover small and specific areas. In the case of Slovenia, Spearman’s correlation coefficients are quite low, which confirms that land-use change processes are complex and not dependent solely on individual demographic and socioeconomic factors. Despite the low correlation coefficients, our findings indicate that changes in land use are significantly influenced by changes in age structure and population growth. In areas with population growth the share of arable land is shrinking, whereas in areas with depopulation and a rising aging index the share of partially overgrown land is growing. In the following analysis, the authors focus their analysis on a case study of the Mura and Central Slovenia statistical regions, which lie on opposite poles with regard to development, and thus show differing trends in land-use changes. Keywords: land use, geography, agricultural land, arable land, afforestation, demography, age structure, Slovenia Published in DKUM: 23.01.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 3
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2. Lowland forest fragment characteristics and anthropogenic disturbances determine alien plant species richness and compositionMirjana Šipek, Nina Šajna, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: Loss of habitat and biological invasion are the main threats to biodiversity. In intensive agricultural or urban landscapes, forest fragments, even if they are small and isolated represent biodiversity refugia. Environmental variables such as landscape structure, abiotic conditions and anthropogenic disturbance affect the biodiversity of the fragments. In this study, we explored plant species richness in 48 forest fragments embedded in predominantly agricultural landscapes on the alluvial plains of the Mura and Drava rivers in NE Slovenia. We determined several forest fragment characteristics such as perimeter, area, shape complexity, length and proportion of edge shared with adjacent land-cover types and anthropogenic disturbance indicated by the presence of footpaths and waste disposed in fragments. The abiotic condition of these fragments was assessed by Ellenberg indicator values. We built generalized linear models and ordination analyses to assess the importance of environmental variables for the richness and composition of alien plant species and other ecologically meaningful plant groups. Shape complexity had a consistent positive effect on the richness of native and alien plants species. Major drivers of alien plant composition in forest fragments included adjacent land-cover and urbanization level. An increasing proportion of arable land along the forest fragment perimeter negatively affected the richness of alien plants, while the effect of urban areas was positive. Our results confirmed that forest fragments in the rural-urban matrix represent biodiversity refugia and support native plant species; however, they are not resistant to invasions; instead invasion depends on the land-cover type in the surroundings of a given forest fragment. Keywords: agricultural land, urban area, settlements, fragment size, fragment shape complexity, ornamental plants Published in DKUM: 29.11.2024; Views: 0; Downloads: 1
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3. Impacts of different factors on seepage and land uplift due to compressed-air injectionZang Yongge, Sun Dongmei, Feng Ping, Stephan Semprich, 2017, original scientific article Abstract: In this study, using an in-situ, air-flow test in Essen, the impacts of different factors on multiphase flow and land uplift during and after compressed-air injection were investigated using numerical simulations. A loosely coupled, two-phase flow and geo-mechanical modeling approach, linking two numerical codes (TOUGH2/EOS3 and FLAC3D) was employed to simulate the in-situ, air-flow test for comparing the simulated and measured results. As the compressed air is injected, it flows upwards and laterally, and the vertical effective stress near and above the injection zones decreases owing to the pore pressure increasing here, causing an expansion of the soil skeleton in the corresponding zones. The land uplift, induced mainly by support actions from lower deformed soils, is relevant to the distribution of the porosity increments in the soil interior, and it increases rapidly during air injection. After the compressed-air injection stops, the land uplift decreases gradually to zero due to the overpressure dissipation. With a combination of intensive rainfall, the land uplift is slightly greater near the borehole, but it is significantly greater at a distance from the borehole than the land uplift with no or low rainfall, but the air-injection rate remains almost unchanged due to the unchangeable pore pressure near the injection region. As the intrinsic permeability increases or the air entry pressure decreases in the injected strata, both the land uplift and the air injection rate increase, but the time required for the land uplift to become zero is slightly advanced with either a small permeability or a high air entry pressure. Keywords: loosely coupled two-phase flow and geo-mechanical model, in-situ, air-flow test, compressed-air injection, multiphase flow, land uplift, air loss Published in DKUM: 18.06.2018; Views: 1192; Downloads: 143
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4. Management of soil as a natural resource in the Savinjska statistical region in SloveniaMilena Petauer, 2010, review article Abstract: Animals, plants and microorganisms could not exist without soil, because without it life on Earth would not be possible. Thus we should always be concerned with preserving the soil condition. This should be a personal, a municipal, as well as a national concern. Nevertheless, the role of soil is not sufficiently incorporated into the planning of sustainable development of the Savinjska statistical region, therefore more active approaches are needed in the field of soil management and protection (education, research, raising public awareness, soil protection programs, soil related educational excursions, etc.). Keywords: pedogeography, natural resources, soil pollution, land use, Slovenia Published in DKUM: 29.03.2018; Views: 1265; Downloads: 150
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5. Restraints and opportunities of the Romanian rural areasVasile Surd, 2010, review article Abstract: Although Romania disposes of an extremely valuable agricultural land, it has proved to be insufficient and irrationally exploited in the last two decades, as a direct consequence of the programme for returning the agricultural areas to the former individual landowners. The lack of technological agricultural means for cultivating the land, its excessive allotment, as well as the rather inappropriate involvement of the political factor in the decision making process and the invasion of imported agricultural products have generated a continuous process of degradation of the rural life as a whole and certain repercussions on the food safety. Currently, more than 50% of the Romanian agricultural area is not being cultivated, while the state imports more than 70% of alimentary products every year. Keywords: urban-rural space, rural state, rural policy infrastructure, agricultural land, Romania Published in DKUM: 29.03.2018; Views: 1066; Downloads: 80
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6. Remote sensing data and their use in topoclimatic studyMiroslav Vysoudil, 2007, original scientific article Abstract: This work demonstrates the potential of using current digital satellite raster data to study a topoclimate. Also presented are digital vector data. All data have been provided by the Canadian Center for Remote Sensing in Ottawa within the scope of the solution for the project titled “Environmental Consequences of Local Climatic Effects” (A Case Study: British Columbia). The model region represents the southwest part of British Columbia located between Vancouver and the Okanagan basin. The most valuable components of a topoclimatic research are altimetric data assisting in the calculation of a DEM, multi-spectral images assigned to appropriate land cover categories, and thermal images. Subsequent integration of the DPZ and vector data provides a powerful tool for solving tasks leading to a topoclimate description, potential climatic effects and in wider implications even for studies of their impacts on the living environment. Keywords: topoclimate, remote sensing, thermal imagery, land cover, DEM Published in DKUM: 05.03.2018; Views: 1872; Downloads: 119
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7. POVEZAVA MED WORD ARTOM IN LANDARTOM ZNOTRAJ KONCEPTUALIZMAMatej Zupanič, 2016, undergraduate thesis Abstract: Diplomsko delo z naslovom Povezava med word artom in land artom znotraj konceptualizma zajema predstavitev konceptualizma z vidika njenih pestrih pojavnih oblik in predstavnikov ter predstavitev lastnega projekta.
V teoretičnem delu je poudarek namenjen likovnima izrazoma word art ter land art, od njune splošne pojavnosti, preko zavestne uporabe in umestitve znotraj umetnosti 20. stoletja, pa vse do njune dokončne potrditve znotraj umetniške smeri konceptualizma.
V praktičnem delu je predstavljen lastni projekt, ki sloni na analizi značilnosti word arta ter land arta, povezanega v konceptualno umetniško delo, imenovano Otok. Predstavljeno je v obliki besednega napisa, postavljenega na otok sredi reke Ledave. Skozi opis postopka lastnega ustvarjalnega izraza je razvidna osebna konceptualna ustvarjalna izkušnja ter videnje specifičnosti zapisa, umeščenega v krajino. Keywords: word art, land art, otok, beseda, konceptualizem Published in DKUM: 21.09.2016; Views: 1211; Downloads: 137
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8. ODNOS PRAVIL EU DO PRISTOPOV "LAND SHARING" IN "LAND SPARING"Metka Bauer, 2016, undergraduate thesis Abstract: Prihodnost Evropske unije in njena preskrba s hrano je v veliki meri odvisna od zdravja njenih naravnih ekosistemov. V skladu z načelom trajnostnega razvoja, se poskuša doseči preudarna raba vseh naravnih dobrin in sprememba v načinu ter obsegu uporabe zemljišč, kar močno vpliva na biotsko raznovrstnost in podobo evropske krajine. Predpisi za doseganje ciljev se dotikajo mnogo področij, ki so medsebojno povezana. Diplomsko delo je omejeno na kmetijski in okoljski sektor, ki imata tudi največji in neposreden vpliv pri oblikovanju zakonodaje in katerima je posvečeno tudi največ pozornosti.
Za rešitev problematike degradacije ekosistemov in potrebe po zagotavljanju zadostne preskrbe s hrano, sta predstavljena dva koncepta »land sharing« in »land sparing«, ki obravnavata različen pristop glede rabe zemljišč. Na podlagi analize predpisov Evropske unije je preučena naklonjenost obema konceptoma in s tem smer razvoja okoljske in kmetijske politike. Keywords: Land sharing, land sparing, biotska raznovrstnost, trajnostni razvoj, raba zemljišč, kmetijstvo, okolje. Published in DKUM: 20.09.2016; Views: 1101; Downloads: 85
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9. Odločba SEU v zadevi Land Berlin proti Ellen Mirjam Sapir in njen vpliv na razlago pravil o mednarodni pristojnosti v Bruseljski uredbi IaNataša Klančnik, 2015, undergraduate thesis Abstract: Diplomsko delo obravnava nujnost avtonomne razlage pojma civilne in gospodarske zadeve po prvem odstavku člena 1 Uredbe št. 1215/2012 o pristojnosti in priznavanju ter izvrševanju sodnih odločb v civilnih in gospodarskih zadevah, vendar samo za primere, kjer se na eni strani pojavlja oseba javnega prava. Predstavljene so sodne odločbe Sodišča Evropske unije, med katere sodi tudi odločba Land Berlin proti Ellen Mirjam Sapir, ki je izrednega pomena glede določanja mednarodne pristojnosti po Uredbi št. 1215/2012, v kateri je Sodišče Evropske unije odstopilo od dosedanje sodne prakse. Pod pojem civilne in gospodarske zadeve uvršča tudi institut neupravičene obogatitve ter s tem neposredno širi zgoraj omenjen pojem. Keywords: Uredba št. 1215/2012, avtonomna razlaga, civilna in gospodarska zadeva, neupravičena obogatitev, zadeva Land Berlin proti Ellen Mirjam Sapir. Published in DKUM: 12.05.2016; Views: 1676; Downloads: 240
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