Edin Hrelja
Snježana Musa
Dane Pejnović
PROBLEMI ODRŽIVOG RAZVOJA PARKA PRIRODE BLIDINJA
DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2016.4.495
UDC: 338.484:502.131.1(497.6Blidinje)
Abstract: The subject of the paper are the current problems of sustainable development in Nature Park Blidinje. Within this framework, the following is discussed in more detail: geographical position and natural geographical features (as a potential, the starting basis for evaluation of its space resources), fundamental of its historical and geographical development (the method of the creative adaptation of society and disruption of the ecological balance in the past), protection, management and spatial planning (as one of the causes, instead of preventing the problem of sustainable development), contemporary functions and their spatial impact (carrying capacity as a factor in degradation of environment and landscape) and water quality as an indicator of environmental changes. The results show that the underlying cause of the recent problems of sustainable development is an uncontrolled urbanization (construction of tourist and residential facilities), mainly without regulatory base in a protected area since the mid-1990s. Facilities constructed in such manner are characterized by an irregular discharge of wastewater and sanitary water in the water permeable Quaternary sediments, which has far-reaching consequences for the environment due to the karst water circulation. According to the specific parameters, surface waters in the Park belong to the III and IV categories of water quality, while the excessive number of illegal microbiological contents is determined in some surface waters and groundwaters. The achieved level of contamination of surface water and karst aquifers, and the resulting health risks, impose the need of immediate undertaking of appropriate measures to redress the causes of this crucial problem.
Keywords: tourism, carrying capacity, sustainable development, Nature Park Blidnje