Processes in Cultural Landscapes

Cultural landscapes reflect the historical relationship between people and their natural environment, which is constantly changing. In Europe, these landscapes are particularly important as Europe is known for its diverse traditional agricultural landscapes, which give a distinctive appearance and influence to life. We study cultural landscapes and their changes and development potential, in particular in terms of land use, the relationship between urban and rural landscapes and settlement patterns.

List of notable achievements in the last three years:

• Nared, J., Repolusk, P., Zavodnik Lamovšek, A., Foški, M., Mrak, G. Demografska analiza in projekcije za podeželska in urbana območja v Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, 2023.
• Trobec, A. Challenges in assessing the level of plant-based food self-sufficiency using publicly available data in the regional context of Slovenia. European Countryside 2022, 14(1).
• Ribeiro, D., Zorn, M. Sustainability and Slovenian karst landscapes: evaluation of a low karst plain. Sustainability 2021, 13(4).
• Gabrovec, M., Kumer, P., Ribeiro, D., Šmid Hribar, M. Land Use in Slovenia. V: Perko, D., Ciglič, R. in Zorn, M. The Geography of Slovenia: Small But Diverse. Springer, 2020.
• Ribeiro, D., Razpotnik Visković, N., Čarni, A. Landscape dynamics at borderlands: analysing land use changes from Southern Slovenia. Open geosciences 2020, 12(1).

List of research projects in the last three years:

• Geography of Slovenia - national research programme (2022-2027, leader: dr. Blaž Komac).
• Sustainable landscape management: From science to action (postdoctoral project, 2019-2023, leader: dr. Daniela Ribeiro).
• ECOVINEGOALS - ECOlogical VINEyards GOvernance and Activities for Landscape‘s Strategies (INTERREG, 2020 - 2022, leaders at the Institute: dr. Mateja Šmid Hribar, dr. Primož Pipan).

Gallery:

Picture 1: The Importance of Landscape Management for Preventing and Controlling Fires near the Settlement of Osp, where Areas Burned in the Summer of 2022 (Ribeiro, 2023).

Picture 2: Cultural Dolinas in the Karst Landscape in Bela Krajina (Ribeiro, 2019).

Picture 3: Analysis of Land Use Changes in the Last 200 Years in Adlešiči, Slovenia.

Picture 4: Cultural Landscape in Upper Jezersko (Mateja Šmid Hribar, 2019)