The National report on urban development - Habitat III, outlines the current status and future challenges of urban space in Slovenia. Defines what can be considered as urban space in Slovenia and presents key urban development challenges and opportunities for maintaining and improvement of the living quality and and economic efficiency of urban areas. The main focus is on the challenges and good practices at the local and municipal level of urban centres. It contents the general description of the situation related to the main toics defined as »Demographic situation and challenges«, Planning of urban development«, »Environment and urban development«, »Urban management and legal framework«, »Urban economics«, and »Housing and services in urban areas«, followed by a description of the key challenges and guidelines for future development. It also presents examples from practice and relevant approaches that can contribute to the success of the addressed challenges.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 286496768The presentation entitled Spatial development of Slovenia and energy use deals with the relationship between the characteristics of the territory and of spatial development of Slovenia and the use of energy. The focus is on the settlement pattern characteristics, recent processes in this domain and consequences as regards the need for mobility. Connections between settlement area types and the use of primary energy, mobility and costs are shown. Characteristics of the Slovenian settlement system development, such as a low degree of urbanization and the dispersed settlement pattern, as well as some processes which have taken place in the last decade, such as suburbanization and an enhanced use of private cars for accessing the workplaces, services and other functions, can be denoted as very unfavourable from the point of view of energy efficiency and use. The event Let's calculate our energy and climate future where the above presentation was given is part of activites oriented toward preparation of an energy calculator for Slovenia as well as toward provision of input for climate and energy policies of the state. Around 70 participants attended the event: decision makers, experts, educational institutions, NGOs, media. Presentations were given by experts from various fields connectes with energy and climate challenges. A video as well as presentations can be accessed at http://www.en-lite.si/index.php/events/206-podnebnaprihodnost-posvet.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 2710979The travelling exibition entitled Climate change? So what!? has been designed in the project C3-Alps – Capitalizing climate change knowledge for adaptation in the Alpine Space as an awareness raising and knowledge transfer tool, aimed mainly at stakeholders in the two Slovenian pilot areas, that is the Gorenjska and Koroška statistical regions. The carrier of information is a physical structure – pop-up wall with panels which contain information about the main terms connected with climate change and adaptation (2 panels); examples of adaptation topics, approaches and tools (1), climate change adaptation policy and processes at the global level, in the EU and in Slovenia (2); pilot activites in Slovenia and results of a climate change vulnerability assessment for the Gorenjska region (2) and about the C3-Alps project (3). The wall was exhibited at the Slovenian Alpine Museum in Mojstrana, at the Kranj City Library in Kranj and the Youth Cultural Centre in Radlje ob Dravi. Exhibitions were accompanied by presentation and lectures. The content of the travelling exhibition as well as materials about the exhibitions, presentations and lectures are available from http://c3alps.uirs.si
F.18 Transfer of new know-how to direct users (seminars, fora, conferences)
COBISS.SI-ID: 2610883Personalized travel planning is a method to encourage people to think about the current travel behaviour and to consider for change. The approach became widely used in the UK in recent years as a very effective way of changing travel behaviour. It is based on a short structured interview of each (interested) resident or employee with an advisor. On the basis of the discussion a personalized package of information, incentives and other materials is prepared to encourage the use of more sustainable modes of travel. Within the project an advice was offered to employees of four faculties of University in Ljubljana situated in Bežigrad in 2013. Interviews with almost 150 of the 1200 employees were held. In 2014, 7500 students who live in dormitories in Ljubljana were invited. More than 2600 of them has received the travel advice. Personal travel planning procedure takes place in several steps. At the beginning, a week or two before the visit, the first information is sent informing the residents that in the next day someone will knocked on their door for a brief conversation about the travel habits. A personal visit of the advisers follows. A brief discussion only takes place with interested residents. During the discussion the advisors complete a form of the material that would be interested in who receives guidance. Within 10 days after the talk a personal package of materials is delivered. Within the project a number of materials are available to encourage walking, cycling and use of public transport. Particular emphasis of the project was on cycling. Therefore the following materials were prepared the: map of the area with marked trails, cycle paths, secure bicycle sheds and public bike scheme stations, leaflet about everyday cycling, brochure on the protection of bicycle against theft, brochure on safe cycling, leaflet cycling with children, arguments for cycling, a coupon for a free bike service, a voucher for a training course for basic bicycles repairs and various other promotional gifts. Within the two pilot projects in Ljubljana a change of travel habits of people receiving the advice was around 5%. Based on the advice more than 20% of the participants tested new modes of transport and occasionally also use them.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
COBISS.SI-ID: 2722243The Handbook on the Accessibility of Facilities in Public Use is one of the main results of the ZMOREMO project with which we investigated the accessibility of selected facilities in public use over the entire territory of the country. The handbook presents the spaces and structures for which accessibility was assessed, namely, parking space, pedestrian approach path, main entrance, information desk, stairs, lift, gradients, wheelchair lift and bathroom space. The presentations are structured as such that they include introductory explanations, the basic legislation and regulatory criteria, illustrations showing the correct solutions and examples indicating what is correct (green) or wrong (red). The presentations are made with the help of photographs which clearly show the appropriate design of spaces and furniture that enables barrier-free access, as well as with photographs showing the most commonly encountered barriers. The presentations on accessibility are described for persons suffering from mobility and sensory impairment.
F.24 Improvements to existing system-wide, normative and programme solutions, and methods
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