GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SELNICA OB DRAVI MUNICIPALITY AND POSSIBILITIES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Namen dela je predstaviti geografske značilnosti občine Selnica ob Dravi in možnosti, ki jih ima za sonaravni trajnostni razvoj. Slovenija je raznolika država na stičišču alpskega, panonskega, dinarskega in sredozemskega sveta, zato se tukaj mešajo številne naravne in družbene, predvsem kulturne evropske karakteristike. Tudi občina Selnica ob Dravi, ustanovljena leta 1998, ni izjema, saj na njenem ozemlju prehaja hriboviti predalpski Kozjak v Dravsko dolino, njena geografska lega tik ob državni meji z Avstrijo pa določa nekatere njene specifičnosti, ki so povezane predvsem z na njenem ozemlju živečim prebivalstvom. Tukaj je stik različnih kultur, dveh jezikov, zaposlitvene možnosti so bile v preteklosti še bolj kakor danes povezane z bližino te germanske države. Občina Selnica ob Dravi ima številne razvojne priložnosti, ki temeljijo tako na naravnih kot tudi na družbenih značilnostih občine, v veliki meri pa njen prihodnji razvoj določajo prav trendi sodobnega sonaravno trajnostnega razvoja. Del ozemlja občine Selnica ob Dravi je vključen tudi v Naturo 2000, zavarovano območje, v katero so vpeta različna ekosistemska območja Evrope.The purpose of this diploma is to present geographic characteristics of Selnica ob Dravi municipality and possibilities for sustainable development. Slovenia is a versatile country and is positioned in Alpine, Pannonian, Dinaric and Mediterranean world. This is why numerous typical characteristic are mixed here: natural as well as social, particularly cultural european. The Selnica of Dravi municipality, founded in 1998, is not an exception either. In its territory it passes from the hilly Prealpine Kozjak to Drava valley and its position besides the Austrian border determines some of its specifics which are mainly in relation to its local population. It is the junction of different cultures, two languages and the employment possibilities were even more dependent on the proximity of this Germanic country in the past than they are today. Selnica ob Dravi municipality has many development opportunities which are based both on natural as well as social specifics of the community. However, the future development is also being determined by trends of the modern sustainable development. A certain area of the municipality\u27s territory is also part of the Natura 2000 protected area, which includes different ecosystem territories across Europe