Objectives and competences
Students:
- learn about Slovenia as EU member
- learn about the geo-strategic advantages of Slovenia
- analyse the natural potentials of Slovenia and their use in environment protection
- understand the connections and evaluate the importance of natural features for the development of Slovenia.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Geo-strategic advantages of Slovenia
2. Past and present natural resources of Slovenia
3. Regionalisations of Slovenia
4. Regions of Slovenia
5. Geographical advantages of particular regions
6. Degradation of Slovenian regions.
7. Sustainable environment protection in Slovenia
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures
- seminary work,
- field work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students:
- understand the specifics of Slovenian natural environment
- to make a synthesis of the opportunities for development of Slovenia, based on natural potentials
- learn about the sustainable ways of protecting the Slovenian environment.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Students:
- acquire the skills necessary to take action in their local environment
- identify the key advantages in regional development from the aspect of natural potentials.
Readings
Narava Slovenije. 2001. Mladinska knjiga.
Geografija Slovenije, 1999, Slovenska matica, Ljubljana.
Strategija prostorskega razvoja Slovenije, 2006, UMAR, Ljubljana.
Državni razvojni dokumenti (seznam posredovan na predavanjih).
Darko Ogrin, Dušan Plut, 2009: Aplikativna fizična geografija Slovenije. ISBN: 978-961-237-281-1
Pokrajine v Sloveniji, 1999. Kolektiv avtorjev. ZRC SAZU.
Vsako študijsko leto bo seznam študijske literature posodobljen./ The list of study literature will be updated each school year.
Prerequisits
Passed the exam from Hidrogeography and Geography of soil, vegetation and animals.
