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the interrelation between development, management, and management issues ...
existing management plans was used for the purposes of this chapter. Push
and pull factors were established, analysed, and compared to existing meth-
ods of managing protected areas, creating the basis for the integral man-
agement model presented later in the chapter.
The chapter analyses data from the area of Plitvice Lakes National Park,
accumulated from statistical, professional, and scientific publications, as
well as numerous cartographical and graphical elements. The key sources
of data for the research in this chapter, related to the Park, were: Population
Censuses of 1991, 2001, and 2011 (Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 1994; 2003;
2013); number of overnight stays; arrivals (visits); and other tourism sta-
tistical data from the internal database of the Park and the eVisitor sys-
tem (2019). Material from the aforementioned phases also represents data
on the status of the environment in the area of the Park, stemming from a
long line of previously-published research. Finally, two management plans
for the Park (from 2007 and 2018 respectively) served as important parts of
the base data for the analysis.
In the scope of the research, deep interviews with groups of experts
from the domain of management of national parks were carried out. The
fundamental theme in the interviews was establishing the efficiency of park
management via analysis of 14 specific goals from the management plans
of 2007 and 2018 and 18 management sub-plans of 2018. Eight experts from
different scientific fields (geology, geography, biology, economy, chemical
engineering, forestry, sociology, and architecture) were interviewed.
Fundamental characteristics of Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvice Lakes National Park lies in the mountainous part of the Republic
of Croatia (Fig. 1) and encompasses an area of 297 km2. The park contains
an exceptionally-sensitive natural phenomenon based on the process of
tufa formation1, for which it was named a UNESCO World Heritage site
in 1979.
1 Tufa is a result of development of strictly determined interactions between physi-
cal-chemical and biological characteristics of a unique karst water basin, in climate
conditions of the current interglacial and conditions of undisturbed natural balance
(Stilinović and Božičević, 1998).
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existing management plans was used for the purposes of this chapter. Push
and pull factors were established, analysed, and compared to existing meth-
ods of managing protected areas, creating the basis for the integral man-
agement model presented later in the chapter.
The chapter analyses data from the area of Plitvice Lakes National Park,
accumulated from statistical, professional, and scientific publications, as
well as numerous cartographical and graphical elements. The key sources
of data for the research in this chapter, related to the Park, were: Population
Censuses of 1991, 2001, and 2011 (Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 1994; 2003;
2013); number of overnight stays; arrivals (visits); and other tourism sta-
tistical data from the internal database of the Park and the eVisitor sys-
tem (2019). Material from the aforementioned phases also represents data
on the status of the environment in the area of the Park, stemming from a
long line of previously-published research. Finally, two management plans
for the Park (from 2007 and 2018 respectively) served as important parts of
the base data for the analysis.
In the scope of the research, deep interviews with groups of experts
from the domain of management of national parks were carried out. The
fundamental theme in the interviews was establishing the efficiency of park
management via analysis of 14 specific goals from the management plans
of 2007 and 2018 and 18 management sub-plans of 2018. Eight experts from
different scientific fields (geology, geography, biology, economy, chemical
engineering, forestry, sociology, and architecture) were interviewed.
Fundamental characteristics of Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvice Lakes National Park lies in the mountainous part of the Republic
of Croatia (Fig. 1) and encompasses an area of 297 km2. The park contains
an exceptionally-sensitive natural phenomenon based on the process of
tufa formation1, for which it was named a UNESCO World Heritage site
in 1979.
1 Tufa is a result of development of strictly determined interactions between physi-
cal-chemical and biological characteristics of a unique karst water basin, in climate
conditions of the current interglacial and conditions of undisturbed natural balance
(Stilinović and Božičević, 1998).
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