Geography of Slovenia

Drago Perko was born in 1961 in Kranj, Slovenia. In 1985 he received a bachelor’s degree in geography and sociology at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts. He received his master’s degree (1989) and doctorate (1993) in geography from the same institution. Since 1986 he has worked at the ZRC SAZU Anton Melik Geographical Institute. He served as the institute’s director from 1993 to 2018, and since 1994 he has headed the institute’s Department of Regional Geography.His research interests focus on regional geography, geographical typification and regionalization, landscape ecology, geographic information systems, digital thematic cartography, and geographical names. He heads projects, advises junior researchers, serves as the executive editor of the journal Acta geographica Slovenica, and is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Acta Geobalcanica, National Geographic Slovenija, and Geografski vestnik (Geographical Bulletin), and the coeditor ofseveral book series. Since 1995 he has been a member of the Slovenian Government Committee for the Standardization of Geographical Names. From 2006 to 2015 he was the national coordinator for geography at the Slovenian Research Agency. He has received several awards, including the ZRC SAZU Gold Medal in 1999, which is the highest recognition in the humanities in Slovenia.Rok Ciglič was born in 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2008 he received a bachelor’s degree in geography at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts, and he received his doctorate in geography from the same institution in 2013. In 2008 he started working for the ZRC SAZU Anton Melik Geographical Institute, and since 2014 he has headed the institute’s Department of Geographic Information Systems.His research interests focus on geographic information systems, landscape classification, and natural disasters. He is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Acta geographica Slovenica, Acta Geobalcanica, and Geografski vestnik (Geographical Bulletin). He is also the coeditor of the book series Naravne nesreče (Natural Disasters) and Geografski informacijski sistemi v Sloveniji (Geographic Information Systems in Slovenia). From 2008 to 2015 he was a member of the executive committee of the Ljubljana Geographical Society, where he was in charge of cartography and publishing. In 2010 he was awarded a grant from the international Society for Conservation GIS. In 2015 he received the Melik Award for Best Young Researcher from the Association of Slovenian Geographers. Matija Zorn was born in 1975 in Kranj, Slovenia. In 2001 he received a bachelor’s degree in geography and history at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts, and he received his doctorate in geography from the same institution in 2007. In 2001 he was employed by the ZRC SAZU Anton Melik Geographical Institute. He served as the institute’s assistant director from 2007 to 2018, and since 2018 he has been its director. Since 2008 he has headed the institute’s Department of Physical Geography.His research interests focus on physical geography, especially geomorphology and the geography of natural disasters, and he also works on land degradation, environmental history, and geographic information systems. Since 2011 he has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Management at the University of Primorska in Koper, Slovenia. Since 2012 he has held the position of visiting lecturer at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia. He heads projects, advises junior researchers, and is the coeditor of several book series. Since 2011 he has been the editor-in-chief of the journal Geografski vestnik (Geographical Bulletin) and chief editor for physical geography for the journal Acta geographica Slovenica. He has received several awards, including the ZRC SAZU Silver Medal in 2009.

• Chapter 1. Slovenia: A European Landscape Hotspot (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič, Matija Zorn).- Part I: Physical geography.- Chapter 2. Rocks and Tectonic Structure of Slovenia(Mauro Hrvatin, Jure Tičar, Matija Zorn).- Chapter 3. Landforms of Slovenia (Matija Zorn, Mateja Ferk, Matej Lipar, Blaž Komac, Jure Tičar, Mauro Hrvatin).- Chapter 4. Waters of Slovenia(Mauro Hrvatin, Miha Pavšek, Maja Topole).- Chapter 5. Climate and weather of Slovenia (Blaž Komac, Miha Pavšek, Maja Topole).- Chapter 6. Soils of Slovenia (Matija Zorn, Mateja Breg Valjavec, Blaž Komac, Manca Volk Bahun, Mauro Hrvatin).- Chapter 7. Biodiversity of Slovenia (Urban Šilc, Branko Vreš, Tatjana Čelik, Matjaž Gregorič).- Part II: Human geography.- Chapter 8. The History of Slovenia: Archaeological Evidence from Prehistory to the Slavs (Matija Turk, Anton Velušček, Primož Pavlin, Sneža Tecco Hvala, Lucija Grahek, Jana Horvat, Marjeta Šašel Kos, Zvezdana Modrijan, Andrej Pleterski).- Chapter 9. The History of Slovenia: The Middle Ages to the Present (Miha Kosi, Miha Preinfalk, Petra Svoljšak).- Chapter 10. Slovenia’s Population (Drago Kladnik, Jani Kozina, Peter Repolusk).- Chapter 11. The Settlement System in Slovenia (David Bole, Maruša Goluža, Jernej Tiran, Peter Kumer, Maja Topole, Janez Nared).- Chapter 12. Slovenian Economy (Janez Nared, David Bole, Nika Razpotnik Visković, Jernej Tiran).- Chapter 13. Culture in Slovenia (Mimi Urbanc, Mateja Šmid Hribar, Peter Kumer).- Part III: Regional geography.- Chapter 14. Slovenia’s Landscapes (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič).- Chapter 15. Slovenia’s Regions (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič).- Chapter 16. Slovenia on maps (Primož Gašperič, Jerneja Fridl, Manca Volk Bahun).- Part IV: Human impact on environment.- Chapter 17. Natural hazards in Slovenia (Blaž Komac, Mateja Ferk, Primož Pipan, Jure Tičar, Matija Zorn).- Chapter 18. Land use in Slovenia (Matej Gabrovec, Peter Kumer, Daniela Ribeiro, Mateja Šmid Hribar).- Chapter 19. Regional development in Slovenia (Janez Nared).- Chapter 20. Human-induced degradation in Slovenia (Aleš Smrekar, Mateja Breg Valjavec, Katarina Polajnar Horvat).- Chapter 21. Slovenia’s Protected Areas (Aleš Smrekar, Katarina Polajnar Horvat, Daniela Ribeiro).- Part V: Slovenia and the World.- Chapter 22. Slovenia: Comparisons (Drago Kladnik, Matjaž Geršič).- Chapter 23. Slovenia's records and outstanding features (Drago Perko, Matjaž Geršič).