Open AccessPatterns of using places for recreation and relaxation in peri-urban areas: The case of Lake Podpec, Slovenia
Author(s) -
Barbara Goličnik Marušić,
Nevenka Mihevc,
Manca Dremel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
urbani izziv
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1855-8399
pISSN - 0353-6483
DOI - 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2019-30-02-005
Subject(s) - recreation , geography , natural (archaeology) , context (archaeology) , environmental planning , occupancy , environmental resource management , carrying capacity , civil engineering , environmental science , ecology , engineering , archaeology , biology
The paper addresses the issues of place capacity for occupancyfor rest and recreation in the context of peri-urbanlandscapes of high natural or cultural values. It sets theseissues in the frame of bottom-up approaches, consideringqualitative-, small- and slow-data-oriented methods andtechniques, using observation & behaviour mapping. Itfocuses on designing the concept of a natural site’s carryingcapacity and evaluating an area’s carrying capacityfor specific use. It proceeds from a study conducted byGolicnik Marušic (2015), which showed the prudence ofaddressing the development and planning of green infrastructurefrom the perspective of user needs and habits.By including the concept of an area’s carrying capacity, italso incorporates the conservation aspect. Based on dataobtained through observation and mapping, the articlecomments on current use and users in terms of their age,use of a place, frequency of activities, and type of activitiesin the case of Lake Podpec, a popular recreational site atthe fringe of Ljubljana marsh, Slovenia.