The Importance of the Concept of Tourism Carrying Capacity for Spatial Planning; Previous Research, Development and Methodological Approaches

U radu se prikazuje sustavni prikaz razvoja koncepta nosivosti, dosadašnja znanstvena istraživanja te istaknuta metodološka stajališta u smislu definiranja i ocjenjivanja nosivosti - sve u svrhu određivanja odnosa između koncepta nosivosti i prostornog planiranja. Postavlja se teza turističke nosivosti (jedne od tematskih razvojnih grana nosivosti) kao aktivne prostornoplanerske metode za planiranje, kontrolu i ocjenjivanje turističke aktivnosti.The aim of this paper is to set up a systematic review of the development of the concept of carrying capacity, to elucidate the methodological point of view in terms of the definition and evaluation of carrying capacity, and to determine the relation between tourism carrying capacity concept and spatial planning. A tourism carrying capacity thesis is also presented as an active method for planning, control and evaluation of tourism activity