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infrastructure covering 1,332 ha, and the industrial zone covering 960 ha,
with a total occupation of 15,000 people (Plut 1978, 47).
At the end of the 1970s, some analyses began to appear in Slovenia
starting to consider industrialization not only from the point of view of
economic efficiency, but also in the light of its possible negative conse-
quences for the living environment. In 1979, a study prepared by Dušan
Plut, inside the Environment Commission at the 1979 COMECOM
Council, emphasized the need for recognition and consideration of eco-
logical principles in social planning, and also for the future development
of the Koper littoral and the planned construction of an industrial zone:
In the future, it will be necessary to pay more attention to ecologi-
cal issues and take them into account to the same extent as all oth-
er components of social planning. All moments of planned develop-
ment must be considered and sectoral approaches coordinated. The
favouring of transport-industrial development and tourism without
proper care for ecologically equalizing areas (food, oxygen, water), the
accumulation of population and economy in the coastal zone while
neglecting the rural environment, the dysfunctional use of the coast-
al zone, the sea pollution and other spatial problems require a coordi-
nated approach. (Plut 1978, 47)
High-profile plans for the industrialization of the immediate hinter-
land were reconsidered inside a new intellectual framework during the
1980s, with greater ecological awareness and, above all, a lack of finan-
cial investment due to of the second period of Yugoslav inflation. Namely,
industrial production stagnated, while the Slovenian economy declined,
and the growth rates of the social product, industrial production, and in-
vestment in fixed assets were negative (Prinčič 2005, 1218–9).
In the context of the deep economic and financial crisis, the author-
ities eventually deviated from the planned facilities of heavy and pet-
rochemical industry, and economic development focused on industrial
manufacturing and especially tertiary activities related to the commer-
cial development of the Port. The Long-Term Plan of the Coastal Area for
the period from 1986 to 2000 clearly highlighted the new economic strat-
egy and the orientation towards renewed technological approaches, un-
der the influence of different social values:
A special role in the long-term industrial development on the
[Slovenian] Coast will be played by the organization and develop-
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infrastructure covering 1,332 ha, and the industrial zone covering 960 ha,
with a total occupation of 15,000 people (Plut 1978, 47).
At the end of the 1970s, some analyses began to appear in Slovenia
starting to consider industrialization not only from the point of view of
economic efficiency, but also in the light of its possible negative conse-
quences for the living environment. In 1979, a study prepared by Dušan
Plut, inside the Environment Commission at the 1979 COMECOM
Council, emphasized the need for recognition and consideration of eco-
logical principles in social planning, and also for the future development
of the Koper littoral and the planned construction of an industrial zone:
In the future, it will be necessary to pay more attention to ecologi-
cal issues and take them into account to the same extent as all oth-
er components of social planning. All moments of planned develop-
ment must be considered and sectoral approaches coordinated. The
favouring of transport-industrial development and tourism without
proper care for ecologically equalizing areas (food, oxygen, water), the
accumulation of population and economy in the coastal zone while
neglecting the rural environment, the dysfunctional use of the coast-
al zone, the sea pollution and other spatial problems require a coordi-
nated approach. (Plut 1978, 47)
High-profile plans for the industrialization of the immediate hinter-
land were reconsidered inside a new intellectual framework during the
1980s, with greater ecological awareness and, above all, a lack of finan-
cial investment due to of the second period of Yugoslav inflation. Namely,
industrial production stagnated, while the Slovenian economy declined,
and the growth rates of the social product, industrial production, and in-
vestment in fixed assets were negative (Prinčič 2005, 1218–9).
In the context of the deep economic and financial crisis, the author-
ities eventually deviated from the planned facilities of heavy and pet-
rochemical industry, and economic development focused on industrial
manufacturing and especially tertiary activities related to the commer-
cial development of the Port. The Long-Term Plan of the Coastal Area for
the period from 1986 to 2000 clearly highlighted the new economic strat-
egy and the orientation towards renewed technological approaches, un-
der the influence of different social values:
A special role in the long-term industrial development on the
[Slovenian] Coast will be played by the organization and develop-
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