The Institute for Physical Planning of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County prepared the Spatial Identities of Rural Settlements in Gorski Kotar study, which defined guidelines for the planning of settlements.
The study analysed the settlements of Gorski Kotar where the greatest pressure from construction was observed. It was analysed what makes Gorski Kotar recognisable (identity factors), what kind of negative changes are taking place in the space (transformations), and examples of houses were featured in the Study, which are recognised as having a recognisable image of Gorski Kotar by their type, size, proportions, materials and design elements and form its spatial identity.
The result of extensive analyses are guidelines for settlement planning, which are defined as guidelines for preserving the image of the settlements and possible further development of the settlements, as well as guidelines for the design of buildings and arrangement of construction parcels of land.
At the final presentation, held in the house of Mance in Vrbovsko, the study was handed over to the heads and mayors of all nine Gorski LGUs, and the developed guidelines can be the basis for the creation of spatial plans for all nine of the local self-government units of Gorski Kotar.