Methodological challenges in the research on second homes: lessons learned from the Alpine region, Slovenia and the Municipality of Kranjska Gora

Authors

  • Quentin Benoît Guillaume Drouet University of Savoie Mont Blanc, Research Unit EDYTEM – UMR 5204, Pôle Montagne – 5 bd de la Mer Caspienne, 73376 Le Bourget-du-Lac Cedex, France
  • Miha Koderman University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Geography, Titov trg 5, SI – 6000 Koper, Slovenia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7767-5522

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/GV95202

Keywords:

second homes, research methodology, research challenges, data quality, Municipality of Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Alpine Region, //, sekundarna počitniška bivališča, raziskovalna metodologija, raziskovalni izzivi, kakovost podatkov, Občina Kranjska Gora, Alpe

Abstract

The article examines selected methodological challenges in research on second homes, putting into perspective the transnational, national and local levels, with the cases of the Alpine region, Slovenia and the Municipality of Kranjska Gora. The heterogeneity of residential patterns, the dynamic of housing development and the disparities in the terminology limit comparisons at international level. National data on second homes in Slovenia are put in focus of a critical evaluation, as they surprisingly show a decreasing trend in the last two decades, and were recently abolished as a statistical category. The article also discusses the differences of official databases of second homes in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora and addresses potential suggestions for improvement of their quality.

Metodološki izzivi pri preučevanju sekundarnih počitniških bivališč: izkušnje iz alpske regije, Slovenije in Občine Kranjska Gora

V članku smo preučili izbrane metodološke izzive pri preučevanju sekundarnih počitniških bivališč, pri čemer smo se na primerih alpskega prostora, Slovenije in Občine Kranjska Gora osredinili na problematiko z mednarodne, državne in lokalne ravni. Raznoterost bivalnih vzorcev, dinamika stanovanjskega razvoja in razlike v terminologiji omejujejo natančne primerjave pojava na mednarodni ravni. Kritično so ovrednoteni državni podatki o sekundarnih počitniških bivališčih v Sloveniji, saj v zadnjih dveh desetletjih presenetljivo izkazujejo trend zmanjševanja, pred kratkim pa so bili ukinjeni kot statistična kategorija. Članek obravnava tudi razlike med uradnima zbirkama podatkov o počitniških bivališčih na območju Občine Kranjska Gora in razpravlja o možnih predlogih za izboljšanje njihove kakovosti.

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Drouet, Q. B. G., & Koderman, M. (2023). Methodological challenges in the research on second homes: lessons learned from the Alpine region, Slovenia and the Municipality of Kranjska Gora. Geografski Vestnik, 95(2), 33–68. https://doi.org/10.3986/GV95202

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