Changes occured in Porestina landscape due to rapid urbanisation

Cilj rada je prikazati promjene nastale uslijed nagle urbanizacije u krajobrazu Poreštine. Grad Poreč i okolina – Poreština, u nekoliko godina bilježi brzi urbanistički razvoj. Grad se razvija kao turističko središte i izgradnja sve više zauzima prirodne prostore obale i zaleđa, a što su poljoprivredne površine i šume. Kako bi se očuvala slika grada i njegov povijesno-kulturni identitet, nužno je primijeniti sve moderne zelene tehnologije i na taj način odrediti pravi smjer razvoja grada uz praćenje kapaciteta nosivosti prostora.This paper’s objective is to depict the alterations provoked due to a rapid urbanization in the landscape of the Poreč region. In a couple of recent years, the City of Poreč and its environs – the Poreč area – is characterized by an accelerated urbanistic development. The City is being developed as a tourist and hospitality industry hub, while the construction industry increasingly occupies the natural littoral and hinterland areas, demarcated as agricultural lands and forests. As to maintain the City’s image and its historico-cultural identity, it is necessary to apply all the state-of-the-art green technologies, thus determining a right direction for City’s development while monitoring the environment load capacity