The role of ecology in the development of slovenian society in the period from the end of the Second World War to the independence of Slovenia

Diplomsko delo obravnava razvoj industrije, kmetijstva in turizma Jugoslaviji po petinštiridesetem letu s poudarkom na vprašanju upoštevanja ekoloških vprašanj. Povojna ekonomsko-družbena obnova je bila hitra in agresivna do naravnega okolja, saj njena primarna skrb ni bila ohranjanje neokrnjene narave. Po eni strani je Slovenija ravninsko osiromašena, kar pomeni, da so prebivalstvo in dejavnosti prostorsko zgoščene. Pogoste ozke kotline in rečne doline pa same po sebi omejujejo naravno zmogljivost sprejemanja naravnih emisij in ovirajo samoočiščevanje. Po drugi strani pa je na veliko onesnaženost vplival nepremišljen in ekstenziven razvoj države, ki je temeljil predvsem na težki industriji. Težava jugoslovanske države je bila vladanje prepričanja, da je država prerevna, da bi reševanje okoljskih problemov postavila za prioritetno nalogo razvoja. Ekološka zavest si sicer je pridobila mesto v glavah prebivalk in prebivalcev Slovenije in konec osemdesetih let prejšnjega stoletja dobila tudi mesto v politični igri.The thesis examines the development of industry, agriculture and tourism in Yugoslavia after the Second world war with an emphasis on the question of taking ecological issues into account. Post-war economic and social reconstruction was fast and aggressive towards the natural environment, as its primary concern was not the preservation of pristine nature. Slovenia is flatly impoverished, which means that the population and activities are spatially concentrated. However, the frequent narrow basins and river valleys themselves limit the natural capacity to receive natural emissions and hinder self-purification. The heavy pollution was influenced by the reckless and extensive development of the country, which was based mainly on heavy industry. The problem of the Yugoslav state was that the government was convinced that the country was too poor to make solving environmental problems a priority development task. Ecological awareness gained a place in the minds of the inhabitants of Slovenia. And at the end of the 1980s it also became a part of the political game