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<p>The development of each spatial unit is determined by the capital, whether natural or socioeconomic, which it possesses. Natural capital is determined by the properties of individual natural components of the landscape, both abiotic and biotic sources. Socioeconomic capital is linked to a socioeconomic activities in the landscape. Capital creates certain prerequisites for the development of individual socioeconomic activities. Society does not always optimally use the offered potential, which is connected with the manifestation of various environmental problems. The paper focuses on the presentation of the methodical procedure of natural capital evaluation on the example of the village of Važec. The methodological procedure is based on an integrated approach to the landscape. It focuses on the assessment of both natural capital and limiting factors resulting from the development of socioeconomic activities, namely: – positive arising from the needs of nature and landscape protection, as well as from the protection of natural resources, – negative (stress factors) linked to the contamination of environmental components, which in retrospect in relation to socioeconomic activities act as hygienic limits.</p>
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The development of each spatial unit is determined by the capital, whether natural or socioeconomic, which it possesses. Natural capital is determined by the properties of individual natural components of the landscape, both abiotic and biotic sources. Socioeconomic capital is linked to a socioeconomic activities in the landscape. Capital creates certain prerequisites for the development of individual socioeconomic activities. Society does not always optimally use the offered potential, which is connected with the manifestation of various environmental problems. The paper focuses on the presentation of the methodical procedure of natural capital evaluation on the example of the village of Važec. The methodological procedure is based on an integrated approach to the landscape. It focuses on the assessment of both natural capital and limiting factors resulting from the development of socioeconomic activities, namely: – positive arising from the needs of nature and landscape protection, as well as from the protection of natural resources, – negative (stress factors) linked to the contamination of environmental components, which in retrospect in relation to socioeconomic activities act as hygienic limits.

Landscape as the Basic Potential of the Regional Development (Case Study: The Važec Village, Slovakia)

Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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The development of each spatial unit is determined by the capital, whether natural or socioeconomic, which it possesses. Natural capital is determined by the...

Landscape as the Basic Potential of the Regional Development (Case Study: The Važec Village, Slovakia)

Published Online: Dec 25, 2023

Page range: 301 - 309

Received: Sep 28, 2023

Accepted: Oct 16, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2023-0033

Keywords
natural capital, sustainable development, geosystem, regulation, Važec village

© 2023 Zita Izakovičová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Landscape as the Basic Potential of the Regional Development (Case Study: The Važec Village, Slovakia)

Published Online: Dec 25, 2023

Page range: 301 - 309

Received: Sep 28, 2023

Accepted: Oct 16, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2023-0033

Keywordsnatural capital, sustainable development, geosystem, regulation, Važec village

© 2023 Zita Izakovičová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
natural capital, sustainable development, geosystem, regulation, Važec village