aDaptation strategies to spatial planning anD regional Development

21 Model Region
“Upper Gorenjska”
Tourism and multigenerational accessibility
The model region Upper
Gorenjska includes the
municipalities Bled, Bohinj,
Gorje and Kranjska Gora. It is
characterised by mountainous
terrain and such harsh conditions
have resulted in low density, with
larger settlements in the plains
and nuclear and dispersed ones
at higher altitudes.
Size: 779 km²
Inhabitants:21.616 (2011)
Density of Population: 28 Inh./km²
area area size size
seniors seniors per child per child
seniors seniors
workforce workforce
children children
population
population density
economic strength
unemployment
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Upper Gorenjska Upper Gorenjska (SLO) (SLO)
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seniors seniors per child per child
seniors seniors
workforce workforce
children children
population
population density
economic strength
unemployment
births births
apartment size size
household household size size
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Nidwalden Nidwalden (CH) (CH)
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Population pyramid for the model region, 2010
Label indicating “Routes for all generations”
Pilot Actions
Join us on Demochange routes – accessible to all generations
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seniors seniors per per child child
population population
Title: Tourist seniors seniors routes and
attractions for all ages.
Objective: workforce
Identification and
promotion of routes suitable for
all ages. children children
Description: Elderly visitors
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are often reluctant to visit
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interesting sites or to do walks
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because they don’t have
Škofja Škofja Loka Loka Hills Hills (SLO) (SLO)
adequate information regarding
accessibility. A list of potential
sites has been checked with
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local elderly
seniors
people and checked
seniors per per child child
population
out for both accessibility and
seniors seniors
attractiveness. Given that the
walks must be suitable for
workforce
people with specific needs, they
must be universally accessible.
children children
Booklets with descriptions and
maps of selected births births routes will apartment be size
available at local tourist household household size offices size
and promoted
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on the web pages
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of municipalities Seetal Seetal (CH) (CH) and tourist
offices under the title, “Routes
for all generations”
Transferability: Action is
transferrable to other (non-)
Alpine touristic areas,
municipalities or regions.
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Title: Guidelines for the
development of new tourism
products suitable for the elderly
Objective: Analysis of existing
tourist policy and adaptation of
tourism products.
Description: Demographic
changes are mentioned, yet
not widely recognized in the
national, regional and local
strategic (tourist) documents,
e.g. development programmes,
local master plans, as analysis
has shown. Therefore, based on
the analysis of existing tourism,
guidelines and recommendations
for new products in the fields
of culture, sport and recreation
and education have been
developed with particular
attention being paid to the
needs of the elderly. They have
been integrated into strategic
documents for municipalities
that provide guidelines to adapt
the offer to the exact needs and
expectations of elderly visitors.
Transferability: Action is
transferrable to other Alpine
regions.
economic economic strength strength
unemployment unemployment
apartment size
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population
population population density density
economic economic strength strength
unemployment unemployment
apartment size
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Responsible Project Partner:
Urban planning institute of the Republic
of Slovenia, Barbara Černič Mali,
barbara.cernic@uirs.si