Vladimir Klemenčič

Cultural elements of integration and transformation of border regions: The case of Slovenia

Abstract Even before the recently accomplished process of independence, Slovenia was known to be one of the most typical of the border countries in Central Europe. This article deals with some basic theoretical and methodological problems on up-to-date border-research studies in this country, especially concerning topics of general political and regional geography and the specific features of the cultural geography of borderlands. In contrast with the changeability of the international-political framework and the dynamic of regional transformations, cultural elements seem to be much more persistent and stable, thus contributing to the maintenance and strengthening of cross-border cooperation. From the perspective of this situation, the role of national minorities on both sides of the border is considered.

Družbena/socialna geografija na Univerzi v Ljubljani v luči preteklega in sodobnega dogajanja v slovenski družbi

This treatise describes the development of social geography during ninety years of its existence at the University of Ljubljana. This development can be divided into three periods: (1) period of traditional geography; (2) period of fast industrialization in Slovenia and with it the connected processes of urbanization and deagrarization, manifested in dynamic changes in image and function of the Slovene landscape; and (3) period after independence of Slovenia characterized by attempts to introduce sustainable development.

Poskus opredelitve sodobnih problemov razvoja kulturne pokrajine slovenskega podeželja

This treatise attempts to de. ne contemporary problems in the development of the cultural landscape in the Slovenian countryside. These problems have been caused by different developments during three phases of socio-economic land use in Slovenia. Among the problems discussed are how to make good a de. ciency of land structure, how to deal with limited natural resources for modern farming, and how to hinder deepening of regional differentiation in the economic development of Slovenia, which is connected also with the decay ofthe cultural landscape in farming areas in the periphery.

Grenzüberschreitende raumwirksame Leitbilder dargestellt an Beispielen der Grenzräume Sloweniens in Jugoslawien

Zusammenfassung. — Sloweniens Grenzraume haben innerhalb Jugoslawiens eine spezifische Rolle. Die Offnung der Grenzen (in den sechsziger Jahren) hatte die wirtschaftlich starken Gebiete gefestigt, in uberwiegend peripheren jedoch Abwanderungen gefordert. Die polyzentrische Entwicklung, als eine Ansdrucksform der in Slowenieneigenartigen regionalen Politik, hatte in den siebziger Jahren zu einer Stabilisierung aller Grenzgebiete gefuhrt. Sie sind nun belebende Akteure der zweistaatlichen Beziehungen aber auch Trager inner jugoslawischer Entwicklung. Es haben sich dadurch drei Typen der Grenzraume gegrundet : die durch ihre Intensitat der grenzuberschreitenden Beziehungen bekannten transnationalen Grenzgebiete, die Grenzraume der inselartigen, besonders an Grenzubergangen lozierten Wirtschaftsballung und die Grenzraume die durch die vorhergegangene Depopulation zum Absterben verurteilt sind.