THE AIM OF THE PUBLIC SURVEY PROJECT - PRCANJ ’ S CULTURAL HERITAGE
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The aim of the public survey project , PRCANJ ’ S CULTURAL HERITAGE , held on my personal initiative from 27th November to 7th December 2017 , over Google Forms platform , targeting resident population of Prcanj , was to raise public awareness about the importance of cultural heritage in the everyday life of local population , as well as to point to some very crucial problems for the community .
The territory of Prcanj is part of UNESCO ’ s Natural and Culturohistorical Region of Kotor inscribed in the World heritage list since 1979 . Nowadays , due to lack of regulations about the protection of the cultural landscape and the appalling development of the entire UNESCO ’ s area of Kotor , Prcanj is under a big threat of losing the integrity of its inherited cultural values .
The public survey I held , as an architect and resident of Prcanj , addressed solely the local population : the respondents were 65 , an amount which only covers 5.76 % of Prcanj ’ s total population ( 1128 people , according to 2011 census ). The people who responded to the anonymous questionnaire belong to diverse age groups ; the majority ages between 25-34 years ( 26.2 %) and are , in most cases , native residents with very different levels of formal education . Most of them ( 44.6 %), however , have a university qualification .
The focus of the survey was to recognize and express the residents ’ opinion and vision about their everyday life in town , the site ’ s future development and its touristic destination . The residents ’ thought was supposed to approve the general vision and suggestions of the UNESCO ’ s Commission and dedicated experts , who claim that the appalling development of the entire region is proving to have a devastating impact on the outstanding universal values of UNESCO Natural and Culturo- Historical Region of Kotor .