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FUNCTIONAL CONNECTED AREAS: SEA AND LAND
USES INTERACTION
FRANCI STEINMAN
∗
, PRIMOZ BANOVEC and LEON GOSAR
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
Jamova 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
∗
franci.steinman@fgg.uni-lj.si
To a great extent, the land use planning indirectly dictated and still dictates
the use of the sea in the narrow coastal belt (since these are the so-called
functionally connected lands). The discussion about the sea related issues will
have to focus also on the consequences brought by the authorized uses and the
applicable legislation on the individual (spatially defined) areas. Regarding
the recognized notion of the use of the sea and the water rights, it is first
necessary to record and present the actual state of the use of the sea, the
rights and the obligations associated to the obtained water rights arising from
the national regulations and regulations of the local communities, which relate
to an individual area of the authorized use or to the performance of activities.
The modeling approach used for the entire Slovenian coastline is presented.
In the article methodology will be presented by which a turn from qualitative
assessments (e.g. how the sea is problematic) to the suitable conceptual and
quantitative solutions could be performed. The proposed system of marine
area use cadastre integrates uses determined by different segments of legisla-
tion. With an application of modeling tools this works as a modulus in the
development of river basin management plan that includes also coastal zone.
1. Introduction
Historically speaking, coastal areas have always been the development focus
of human society and will even in the future remain one of the areas with
comparative development advantages in maritime countries. In the Republic
of Slovenia, the coastal area is (was) subject to strong development pres-
sures, manifested in constant population growth, urbanization and inten-
sive development of sea-related activities. There are however numerous
physical — water resource management and environmental conflicts, but
also economic — governance conflicts in use of the terrestrial and marine
environment and space.
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Non-harmonized approaches in sector develop-
ment plans of coastal urbanism, agriculture, industry, transport, tourism,
protection of cultural, and natural heritage, etc. are all reflected in over-
lapping conditions for use of the sea, coast, and adjacent land. The
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