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venian settlement system. Roma settlements (there are slightly 2016 conference of igu commission 33
more than one hundred of them in Slovenia) are structurally ghet-
toized areas, and their residents (mostly ethnic Roma) are a mar-
ginalized group (or community) of people. The initial problems are
the illegality of housing, lack of technical infrastructure and, there-
fore, poor living conditions. Ghettoized space causes problems in
the neighbourhood. The fundamental idea of the transformation
of Roma settlements is to adapt, modernize, and legalize them at
the existing locations (if possible) and by the specifically adapted
planning process. This addition to the technical (construction, in-
frastructure), legal ownership relations covering, in particular, the
so-called phase »opening of Roma settlements«. Experiences have
proven that this addition is essential to the success of the whole
process of legalization of Roma settlements and their integration in-
to the Slovene settlement system. Residents of Roma settlements
must gain experience of coexistence within the settlements and
outward, to establish channels of communication and in this spirit
also instrumentalize the settlement-space. Roma settlements need,
in addition to personal living space (house, yard), some econom-
ic spaces (garden, workshop, stables, etc.), perhaps a garden for
growing vegetables, including open and public space. Open space
as a place of joint (collective, village) ownership (transport, sports,
green spaces) and public space, represented by facilities of an edu-
cational, cultural, and sports nature. This contribution briefly analy-
ses the effectiveness of newer planned interventions, which adapts
ghettoized space and includes them into the Slovenian settlement
system. Deghettoization is, therefore, demarginalization.
Key words: Roma, Roma settlements, ghetto, demarginalization
Policy of Recognition of Bedouin Villages in Israel
and bio-cultural diversity
Avinoam Meir
Department of Geography and Environmental Development,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
The state of Israel has planned and initiated an urbanization pro-
cess among the Bedouin since the 1970s in which many were de-
tached from pastoral life in their territories and relocated to towns.
Consequently, grazing has been curtailed tremendously. This car-
more than one hundred of them in Slovenia) are structurally ghet-
toized areas, and their residents (mostly ethnic Roma) are a mar-
ginalized group (or community) of people. The initial problems are
the illegality of housing, lack of technical infrastructure and, there-
fore, poor living conditions. Ghettoized space causes problems in
the neighbourhood. The fundamental idea of the transformation
of Roma settlements is to adapt, modernize, and legalize them at
the existing locations (if possible) and by the specifically adapted
planning process. This addition to the technical (construction, in-
frastructure), legal ownership relations covering, in particular, the
so-called phase »opening of Roma settlements«. Experiences have
proven that this addition is essential to the success of the whole
process of legalization of Roma settlements and their integration in-
to the Slovene settlement system. Residents of Roma settlements
must gain experience of coexistence within the settlements and
outward, to establish channels of communication and in this spirit
also instrumentalize the settlement-space. Roma settlements need,
in addition to personal living space (house, yard), some econom-
ic spaces (garden, workshop, stables, etc.), perhaps a garden for
growing vegetables, including open and public space. Open space
as a place of joint (collective, village) ownership (transport, sports,
green spaces) and public space, represented by facilities of an edu-
cational, cultural, and sports nature. This contribution briefly analy-
ses the effectiveness of newer planned interventions, which adapts
ghettoized space and includes them into the Slovenian settlement
system. Deghettoization is, therefore, demarginalization.
Key words: Roma, Roma settlements, ghetto, demarginalization
Policy of Recognition of Bedouin Villages in Israel
and bio-cultural diversity
Avinoam Meir
Department of Geography and Environmental Development,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
The state of Israel has planned and initiated an urbanization pro-
cess among the Bedouin since the 1970s in which many were de-
tached from pastoral life in their territories and relocated to towns.
Consequently, grazing has been curtailed tremendously. This car-
