Upgrading the Network of High Mountain Shelter as A Method of Restoring of Demographically Endangered Settlements in the Slovenian Alps

Čerpes Ilka (), Pandol Nina () and Fikfak Alenka ()
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Čerpes Ilka: Faculty of architecture, University of Ljubljana, Zoisova cesta 12, Ljubljana
Pandol Nina: Faculty of architecture, University of Ljubljana, Zoisova cesta 12, Ljubljana
Fikfak Alenka: Faculty of architecture, University of Ljubljana, Zoisova cesta 12, Ljubljana

European Countryside, 2014, vol. 6, issue 3, 225-242

Abstract: The paper focuses on the interdependence between the development of demographically endangered settlements and the frequency of mountain accidents in the Triglav National Park in the Slovenian Alps. Using statistical data analyses of the Mountain Rescue Association of Slovenia, field surveys and spatial information of the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia, conclusions were reached, which redefined the existing settlement pattern of alpine shelters and mountain pastures, to encourage safe mountaineering and the development of tourism. The upgraded network of Alpine posts is designed as an upgrade of the existing system of providing safety for the visitors to the high mountain regions of the Triglav National Park. At the same time, it offers a new format of tourist services as an opportunity to develop local economies in demographically endangered environments. The dual function (rescue services and tourism) reduces investment and maintenance costs and increases the efficiency in the exploitation of the network of paths and Alpine posts, hence it is feasible also in demographically endangered areas. It is one of the operational tools for stopping further decline in population.

Keywords: demographically endangered settlements; mountain accidents; Triglav National Park; hiking; tourist development; Alpine settlement; Alpine huts and shelters; demografsko ogrožena naselja; nesreče v gorah; Triglavski narodni park; pohodništvo; turistični razvoj; alpsko naselje; nove oblike gorskih poselitvenih vzorcev; gorske koče in zavetišča (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2014-0012

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