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01 Jul 2019
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Description
This book is the first to give a comprehensive and detailed overview of the complete geography of Slovenia in English. Only very few countries, even considerably larger ones, can boast the landscape diversity found in Slovenia since the Alps, the Pannonian Basin, the Dinaric Alps, and the Mediterranean meet and interweave in this small corner of Central Europe, as do Germanic, Hungarian, Slavic, and Romance cultural influences.The book provides a systematical overview of physical and human geographical elements of Slovenia from landforms to cultural characteristics. Special attention is given to landscape diversity, to the presentation of Slovene landscape types and regions, to some particularities and interesting facts of Slovenia, and to the position of Slovenia in the World. The book also illustrates some other important geographical phenomena, processes and interactions between nature and society in nowadays Slovenia.This volume appeals to researchers as well as students in the field of regional geography. It can also serve as a source for complete background information as well as a field guide for Slovenia.
Contents
Chapter 1. Slovenia: A European Landscape Hotspot (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglic, Matija Zorn).- Part I: Physical geography.- Chapter 2. Rocks and Tectonic Structure of Slovenia(Mauro Hrvatin, Jure Ticar, Matija Zorn).- Chapter 3. Landforms of Slovenia (Matija Zorn, Mateja Ferk, Matej Lipar, Blaz Komac, Jure Ticar, Mauro Hrvatin).- Chapter 4. Waters of Slovenia(Mauro Hrvatin, Miha Pavsek, Maja Topole).- Chapter 5. Climate and weather of Slovenia (Blaz Komac, Miha Pavsek, Maja Topole).- Chapter 6. Soils of Slovenia (Matija Zorn, Mateja Breg Valjavec, Blaz Komac, Manca Volk Bahun, Mauro Hrvatin).- Chapter 7. Biodiversity of Slovenia (Urban Silc, Branko Vres, Tatjana Celik, Matjaz Gregoric).- Part II: Human geography.- Chapter 8. The History of Slovenia: Archaeological Evidence from Prehistory to the Slavs (Matija Turk, Anton Veluscek, Primoz Pavlin, Sneza Tecco Hvala, Lucija Grahek, Jana Horvat, Marjeta Sasel Kos, Zvezdana Modrijan, Andrej Pleterski).- Chapter 9. The History of Slovenia: The Middle Ages to the Present (Miha Kosi, Miha Preinfalk, Petra Svoljsak).- Chapter 10. Slovenia's Population (Drago Kladnik, Jani Kozina, Peter Repolusk).- Chapter 11. The Settlement System in Slovenia (David Bole, Marusa Goluza, Jernej Tiran, Peter Kumer, Maja Topole, Janez Nared).- Chapter 12. Slovenian Economy (Janez Nared, David Bole, Nika Razpotnik Viskovic, Jernej Tiran).- Chapter 13. Culture in Slovenia (Mimi Urbanc, Mateja Smid Hribar, Peter Kumer).- Part III: Regional geography.- Chapter 14. Slovenia's Landscapes (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglic).- Chapter 15. Slovenia's Regions (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglic).- Chapter 16. Slovenia on maps (Primoz Gasperic, Jerneja Fridl, Manca Volk Bahun).- Part IV: Human impact on environment.- Chapter 17. Natural hazards in Slovenia (Blaz Komac, Mateja Ferk, Primoz Pipan, Jure Ticar, Matija Zorn).- Chapter 18. Land use in Slovenia (Matej Gabrovec, Peter Kumer, Daniela Ribeiro, Mateja Smid Hribar).- Chapter 19. Regional development in Slovenia (Janez Nared).- Chapter 20. Human-induced degradation in Slovenia (Ales Smrekar, Mateja Breg Valjavec, Katarina Polajnar Horvat).- Chapter 21. Slovenia's Protected Areas (Ales Smrekar, Katarina Polajnar Horvat, Daniela Ribeiro).- Part V: Slovenia and the World.- Chapter 22. Slovenia: Comparisons (Drago Kladnik, Matjaz Gersic).- Chapter 23. Slovenia's records and outstanding features (Drago Perko, Matjaz Gersic).
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