Linking socio-economic development and environmental pressures
Corrélation ; Développement durable ; Développement régional ; Développement économique ; Environnement
Correlation ; Economic development ; Environment ; Regional development ; Sustainable development
Sustainable development paradigm requires new approaches to the study of linkages between socio-economic development and its accompanying environmental pressures. To this end, a three-level regional geographic model of interactions has been
developed. This new index attempts to evaluate the level of general balance of development in each country or region, upgrading well established human development index by an environmental aspect (i.e. ecological footprint) and consequently strongly
Développement spatial durable et nouvelles tendances du développement urbain de Ljubljana
Développement durable ; Développement urbain ; Géographie urbaine ; Ljubljana ; Organisation de l'espace ; Slovénie
Slovenia ; Spatial organization ; Sustainable development ; Urban development ; Urban geography
The main goal of the paper is to identify, analyse and evaluate the basic processus in spatial development in Ljubljana. In the first part of the paper the main theoretical and planning concepts of sustainable urban development as well as goals
and aims of Slovene spatial policy regarding urban development are presented. Characteristics and processes of recent urban development of Ljubljana are presented in five themes : inner urban development, derelict urban areas, areas of dispersed
Spatial and functional changes in recent urban development of Zagreb
Centre commercial ; Centre des affaires ; Croatie ; Développement urbain ; Géographie urbaine ; Hypermarché ; Logement ; Transport ; Zagreb
Business district ; Croatia ; Housing ; Hypermarket ; Shopping centre ; Transport ; Urban development ; Urban geography ; Zagreb
This article discusses the urban development of Zagreb in the transition period. It analyses four processes which have caused spatial and functional changes in the city's development within its administrative limits. These are : the process of a new
and more complex. In this connection the city has started to have more influence on the urban region's development. - (IKR)
La signification du secteur des services pour le développement de Ljubljana
Développement urbain ; Ljubljana ; Localisation ; Peuplement ; Secteur tertiaire ; Service ; Slovénie
Location ; Service ; Settlement ; Slovenia ; Tertiary sector ; Urban development
and local Slovene trends in definition and development of the service sector. Special emphasis is given to the development of services in Ljubljana, the structure of employment and ongoing trends in location of these activities. - (IKR)
Directives soutenables du développement spatial futur de Ljubljana
Développement durable ; Développement régional ; Ecologie urbaine ; Géographie urbaine ; Ljubljana ; Protection de l'environnement ; Slovénie
Environmental conservation ; Regional development ; Slovenia ; Sustainable development ; Urban ecology ; Urban geography
Environmental protection in the Ljubljana city municipality is one of three basic (beside economic and social), but unequally treated spheres of sustainable urban development. Compared to other European cities of similar size, Ljubljana
is not supposed to be among the most degraded urban areas. However, with some additions, the Spatial plan of the Ljubljana city municipality is a suitable expert scheme for more environmentally adjusted spatial development. Essential sustainable spatial challenges
Trois paradigmes du développement moderne des villes slovènes
Développement urbain ; Fractale ; Peuplement ; Slovénie ; Ville
Fractals ; Settlement ; Slovenia ; Town ; Urban development
This contribution discusses three paradigms of spatial development of Slovenian towns, namely : garden town, outskirts and fractal town. The intention of this approach was comparison of towns with each other, as well as familiarization
Développement durable ; Etalement urbain ; Europe ; Géographie urbaine
Europe ; Sustainable development ; Urban geography ; Urban sprawl
This paper has its origins in a comparative research project examining aspects of urban sprawl in Europe undertaken within the 5.FP EU. The project Urban Sprawl : European Patterns, Environmental Degradation and Sustainable Development (URBS PANDENS
EVK4-CT- 2001-00052) sought to understand recent trends in urban sprawl in a number of case study urban regions and to advise the European Commission on policy development with regard to the control, management and amélioration of the effects of urban