PUBLIC SURVEY ON CULTURAL HERITAGE OF PRCANJ , WAS AIMED AT TO RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE LOCAL POPULATION AS WELL AS INDICATING SOME CRUCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE COMMUNITY .
PRCANJ IS SITUATED IN THE BAY OF KOTOR , MONTENEGRO . THE TERRITORY OF PRCANJ IS A PART OF UNESCO ’ S NATURAL AND CULTURO - HISTORICAL REGION OF KOTOR INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST IN 1979 . NOWADAYS , DUE TO THE LACK OF REGULATIONS ON PROTECTION OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND THE TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENT OF ALL UNESCO ’ S AREA OF KOTOR , PRCANJ IN UNDER A BIG THREAT OF LOSING THE INTEGRITY OF INHERITED CULTURAL VALUES .
THE PUBLIC SURVEY , HELD ON MY INITIATIVE AS AN ARCHITECT AND A RESIDENT OF PRCANJ , DREW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE . THE FOCUS OF THE SURVEY AS ON EXAMINING THE RESIDENTS ’ OPINION AND VISION ABOUT EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE TOWN AND ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL-RECOGNISED TOURIST DESTINATION .
THE RESIDENTS ’ OPINIONS WERE SUPPOSED TO CONFIRM GENERAL VISION AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE COMMISSION OF UNESCO AND DEDICATED EXPERTS , THAT THE WAY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE REGION IS VERY HARMFUL TO THE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE OF UNESCO ’ S NATURAL AND CULTURO-HISTORICAL REGION OF KOTOR AND THAT THE IMPACT ON PARTICULAR CULTURAL HERITAGE NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED IN ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS .