The Geography of Slovenia [electronic resource] : Small But Diverse / edited by Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič, Matija Zorn.

Chapter 1. Slovenia: A European Landscape Hotspot (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič, Matija Zorn) -- Part I: Physical geography -- Chapter 2. Rocks and Tectonic Structure of Slovenia(Mauro Hrvatin, Jure Tičar, Matija Zorn) -- Chapter 3. Landforms of Slovenia (Matija Zorn, Mateja Ferk, Matej Lipar, Blaž Komac, Jure Tičar, Mauro Hrvatin) -- Chapter 4. Waters of Slovenia(Mauro Hrvatin, Miha Pavšek, Maja Topole) -- Chapter 5. Climate and weather of Slovenia (Blaž Komac, Miha Pavšek, Maja Topole) -- Chapter 6. Soils of Slovenia (Matija Zorn, Mateja Breg Valjavec, Blaž Komac, Manca Volk Bahun, Mauro Hrvatin) -- Chapter 7. Biodiversity of Slovenia (Urban Šilc, Branko Vreš, Tatjana Čelik, Matjaž Gregorič) -- Part II: Human geography -- Chapter 8. The History of Slovenia: Archaeological Evidence from Prehistory to the Slavs (Matija Turk, Anton Velušček, Primož Pavlin, Sneža Tecco Hvala, Lucija Grahek, Jana Horvat, Marjeta Šašel Kos, Zvezdana Modrijan, Andrej Pleterski) -- Chapter 9. The History of Slovenia: The Middle Ages to the Present (Miha Kosi, Miha Preinfalk, Petra Svoljšak) -- Chapter 10. Slovenia's Population (Drago Kladnik, Jani Kozina, Peter Repolusk) -- Chapter 11. The Settlement System in Slovenia (David Bole, Maruša Goluža, Jernej Tiran, Peter Kumer, Maja Topole, Janez Nared) -- Chapter 12. Slovenian Economy (Janez Nared, David Bole, Nika Razpotnik Visković, Jernej Tiran) -- Chapter 13. Culture in Slovenia (Mimi Urbanc, Mateja Šmid Hribar, Peter Kumer) -- Part III: Regional geography -- Chapter 14. Slovenia's Landscapes (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič) -- Chapter 15. Slovenia's Regions (Drago Perko, Rok Ciglič) -- Chapter 16. Slovenia on maps (Primož Gašperič, Jerneja Fridl, Manca Volk Bahun) -- Part IV: Human impact on environment -- Chapter 17. Natural hazards in Slovenia (Blaž Komac, Mateja Ferk, Primož Pipan, Jure Tičar, Matija Zorn) -- Chapter 18. Land use in Slovenia (Matej Gabrovec, Peter Kumer, Daniela Ribeiro, Mateja Šmid Hribar) -- Chapter 19. Regional development in Slovenia (Janez Nared) -- Chapter 20. Human-induced degradation in Slovenia (Aleš Smrekar, Mateja Breg Valjavec, Katarina Polajnar Horvat) -- Chapter 21. Slovenia's Protected Areas (Aleš Smrekar, Katarina Polajnar Horvat, Daniela Ribeiro) -- Part V: Slovenia and the World -- Chapter 22. Slovenia: Comparisons (Drago Kladnik, Matjaž Geršič) -- Chapter 23. Slovenia's records and outstanding features (Drago Perko, Matjaž Geršič).

This book is the first to give a comprehensive and detailed overview of the complete geography of Slovenia in English. Only very few countries, even considerably larger ones, can boast the landscape diversity found in Slovenia since the Alps, the Pannonian Basin, the Dinaric Alps, and the Mediterranean meet and interweave in this small corner of Central Europe, as do Germanic, Hungarian, Slavic, and Romance cultural influences. The book provides a systematical overview of physical and human geographical elements of Slovenia from landforms to cultural characteristics. Special attention is given to landscape diversity, to the presentation of Slovene landscape types and regions, to some particularities and interesting facts of Slovenia, and to the position of Slovenia in the World. The book also illustrates some other important geographical phenomena, processes and interactions between nature and society in nowadays Slovenia. This volume appeals to researchers as well as students in the field of regional geography. It can also serve as a source for complete background information as well as a field guide for Slovenia.