METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN THE RESEARCH
ON SECOND HOMES: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE
ALPINE REGION, SLOVENIA AND THE MUNICIP ALITY
OF KRANJSKA GORA
METODOLOŠKI IZZIVI PRI PREUČEV ANJU SEKUNDARNIH
POČITNIŠKIH BIV ALIŠČ: IZKUŠNJE IZ ALPSKE REGIJE,
SLOVENIJE IN OBČINE KRANJSKA GORA
AUTHORS/A VTORJA
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
quentin.drouet@univ-smb.fr
dr. Miha Koderman
University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Geography, Titov trg 5, SI – 6000 Koper, Slovenia
miha.koderman@fhs.upr.si, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7767-5522
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/GV95202
UDC/UDK: 338.488.2:643"385"(497.4Kranjska Gora)
COBISS: 1.02
ABSTRACT
Methodological challenges in the research on second homes: lessons learned from the Alpine region,
Slovenia and the Municipality of Kranjska Gora
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.
KEY WORDS
second homes, research methodology, research challenges, data quality, Municipality of Kranjska Gora, Slovenia,
Alpine Region
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