No abstract
The Public–private partnership (PPP) is an important instrument in planning and implementation of public infrastructure projects, including urban projects that influence the dynamics of urban development. Implementation of development oriented urban projects is crucial for raising the quality of life and preserving the competitiveness of cities. City municipalities (The Local Self-Government Law (2007) defines a municipality as a city municipality if its city centre has at least 20,000 inhabitants, offers at least 15,000 jobs, and is the economic, cultural and administrative centre of the region. There are eleven city municipalities in Slovenia.) in Slovenia have adopted so-called Sustainable Urban Development Strategies (SUDS) that define the main goals of the desired development in the form of visions. Achieving these goals depends on the performance or ability to implement projects in practice. Municipalities are facing a number of challenges in this regard. One of the major issues is financing – due to fiscal constraints municipalities are unable to implement certain important projects with their own funds or are forced to extend the implementation timetables in accordance with their financial capabilities. One of the mechanisms for the development of such projects is PPP. The Public–Private Partnership Act (Public–Private Partnership Act, Official Gazette of the RS, no. 127/06, 2006.) was adopted in 2006 with the aim of enabling the use of private resources in the implementation of projects of public interest. In Slovenian practice, the PPP mechanism has not been fully implemented or has not produced the desired results in the development of urban space. On the basis of interviews conducted with representatives of city municipalities and investors, the article analyses the causes of present situation and proposes solutions for a wider expansion of PPPs.
In this paper, the legal regulation of packaging waste treatment in Slovenia is analyzed, in particular the legal position of packaging waste management company. For them the main question in regard of legal regulation of waste packaging treatment is what is the extent of their obligation: are they obliged to pick up all the packaging waste from the public services providers, even though that exceeds the quantity of packaging waste put on market by packaging waste management company.
The purpose of this article is to showcase opportunities for local communities to demonstrate self-sufficiency with respect to natural resources (gravel and sand) in the east of Slovenia. Limitations put in place for the exploitation of mineral resources by applicable regulations in the light of groundwater protection were analysed particularly in the context of mining undertaken in an area of shallow alluvium with a shallow groundwater table. It is essential that land disturbance (from mining activity) complies with the environmental limitations imposed by both EU and Slovenian law. The study highlights the factors directly indicating the inadequacy of the applicable regulations in Slovenia in relation to mining in areas of shallow groundwater; those limitations put in place the exploitation of mineral resources as unlawful works. This article outlines how such limitations negatively affect local communities’ self-sufficiency and the region with natural resources, specifically mineral resources. To this end, when selecting which alluvial plain to test, we focused on the area of the Drava and Ptuj Plain (Dravsko polje and Ptujsko polje) in Slovenia. The Drava River flows through the area in question across this alluvial plain. The artificially regulated power canal of the Zlatoličje hydroelectric power plant runs parallel to the river. Pursuant to environmental regulations, mineral resources can be exploited in these areas only up to two metres above the highest groundwater level. This criterion makes it almost impossible to pursue the additional exploitation of mineral resources in this area, as well as similar areas in the catchment area of the Danube River in Slovenia. We believe that in terms of the shared use of physical space it is necessary to change this limitation and link it directly to the percentage of exploited physical space and the application of relevant extraction technologies, which do not pollute groundwater either directly or indirectly. We also believe that the criterion put in place does not withstand expert judgment as the requirement for excavation to cease up to two metres above the highest groundwater level was not defined by means of the scientific method. The article analyses inconsistencies and puts forward measures for the ongoing eco-friendly and economically sustainable exploitation of mineral resources. As an alternative, we thus suggest implementing the EU Regulation via an act that would set out the necessary limitations, based on expert starting points arising from cartographic bases under consideration of the tetrahedral consensus-seeking methodology.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.