<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In terms of spatial planning and environment protection procedures in Croatia, geomorphological features as a component of geodiversity are mostly considered marginally. They are considered locally in the scope of certain operations such as urban development, mining, or activities that are being assessed in the environment impact assessment procedures or spatial and strategical planning. Regarding the protection and the planning processes connected with it, geomorphological features should be considered in the right scale and with all of its values and services that are being provided to the environment on a landscape scale. In this paper, geodiversity and its role in landscape evolution will be connected and explained with the example of subgeomorphological region Ogulinsko-plašćanska Zavala, in the mountainous Dinaric karst part of Croatia. As it has been a region with long human and nature interaction, and a region with preserved natural and seminatural landscapes, it is a suitable area for such an analysis. In order to properly assess the geomorphological features as one of the determinants of landscape, the basis for environment impact assessment procedures and spatial planning procedures, geoecological analysis of geodiversity and landscape services occurrence and spatial distribution is carried out.</p></abstract>

In terms of spatial planning and environment protection procedures in Croatia, geomorphological features as a component of geodiversity are mostly considered marginally. They are considered locally in the scope of certain operations such as urban development, mining, or activities that are being assessed in the environment impact assessment procedures or spatial and strategical planning. Regarding the protection and the planning processes connected with it, geomorphological features should be considered in the right scale and with all of its values and services that are being provided to the environment on a landscape scale. In this paper, geodiversity and its role in landscape evolution will be connected and explained with the example of subgeomorphological region Ogulinsko-plašćanska Zavala, in the mountainous Dinaric karst part of Croatia. As it has been a region with long human and nature interaction, and a region with preserved natural and seminatural landscapes, it is a suitable area for such an analysis. In order to properly assess the geomorphological features as one of the determinants of landscape, the basis for environment impact assessment procedures and spatial planning procedures, geoecological analysis of geodiversity and landscape services occurrence and spatial distribution is carried out.

Geodiversity and Landscape Services in the Region of Ogulinsko-Plašćanska Zavala, Croatia

Faculty of Science, Department of Geography

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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In terms of spatial planning and environment protection procedures in Croatia, geomorphological features as a component of geodiversity are mostly considered...

Geodiversity and Landscape Services in the Region of Ogulinsko-Plašćanska Zavala, Croatia

Published Online: Jun 08, 2020

Page range: 130 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2020-0010

Keywords
landscape typology, geodiversity, relative relief assessment method

© 2020 Valerija Butorac et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Geodiversity and Landscape Services in the Region of Ogulinsko-Plašćanska Zavala, Croatia

Published Online: Jun 08, 2020

Page range: 130 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2020-0010

Keywordslandscape typology, geodiversity, relative relief assessment method

© 2020 Valerija Butorac et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
landscape typology, geodiversity, relative relief assessment method