Open AccessEvaluating the development potential of farms on urban outskirts: methodology
Author(s) -
Nika Razpotnik Visković
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta geographica slovenica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.473
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1581-8314
pISSN - 1581-6613
DOI - 10.3986/ags.704
Subject(s) - vitality , geography , agriculture , environmental planning , urban planning , spatial planning , environmental resource management , regional science , civil engineering , environmental science , engineering , philosophy , theology , archaeology
This article presents a methodology for evaluating the development potential of farms on urban outskirts, which forms an important basis for long-term (spatial) planning of the development of Slovenian agriculture. It uses publically available spatial and statistical data, and analyzes and evaluates the characteristics of farms that show their future development potential and tendencies: vitality and stability, potential to expand, potential for conflicts, quality and structure of farmland, and effects of spatial planning and special protection measures on their development potential. This methodology is used to evaluate farms on urban outskirts, where development factors differ from those in areas with less favorable farming conditions.