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Goriška Brda (Slovenia) – sustainable natural resource management for the prosperity of a rural area

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Favourable future perspectives for rural regions need a balanced enforcement of competitiveness and social cohesion. The Goriška Brda region (72 km2) is situated by the Slovenian-Italian border. Certain areas in Goriška Brda are subject to intensive land use change, mainly from forest and grassland into vineyards. Future challenges in water, soil and land management are closely connected with the researchers’ knowledge in dealing with the sustainable use of natural resources and the development of future socio-economic stability. An integrative combination of socio-economic analyses (e.g. SWOT) and environmental simulations (e.g., a SWAT model) will be made and confronted or upgraded with stakeholder experiences and knowledge, always in dynamic dialogue with regional policy, resulting in consensus.

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  1. Agronomy Department, Agricultural Land Management and Economics and Rural Development, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Marina Pintar, Andrej Udovč, Majda Černič Istenič, Matjaž Glavan & Irma Potočnik Slaviče

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  1. Landnutzungsforschung e.V. (ZALF), Zentrum für Agrarlandschafts- und, Eberswalder Str. 84, Müncheberg, 15374, Germany

    Hubert Wiggering

  2. Landnutzungsforschung e.V. (ZALF), Zentrum für Agrarlandschafts- und, Eberswalder Str. 84, Müncheberg, 15374, Germany

    Hans-Peter Ende

  3. Landnutzungsforschung e.V. (ZALF), Zentrum für Agrarlandschafts- und, Eberswalder Str. 84, Müncheberg, 15374, Germany

    Andrea Knierim

  4. Biotechnical Fac., University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana, 1111, Slovenia

    Marina Pintar

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Pintar, M., Udovč, A., Istenič, M.Č., Glavan, M., Slaviče, I.P. (2010). Goriška Brda (Slovenia) – sustainable natural resource management for the prosperity of a rural area. In: Wiggering, H., Ende, HP., Knierim, A., Pintar, M. (eds) Innovations in European Rural Landscapes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04172-3_4

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