The Pan-European transport corridors as an important EU-policy instrumentconnect the European capitals providing integration of the European area.Slovenia's advantageous position at the crossroads of the Fifth and TenthTransport Corridor ensures excellent conditions for the integration of the country into the European transport system. The motorway construction inthese corridors is in its final phase and the missing railway link to Hungary has been completed. However, the infrastructure networks bring most benefits to major centres located along the corridors, which enable them a favourable connection with other major centres. Contrary to this, smaller centres in the hinterland, which are not connected with the corridors, mayget into an even worse competitive situation. The paper presents Slovenia's attempt to use an integrated approach in the transport infrastructure development planning, which includes not only the existing transport demandbut also developmental and protection aspects. The first problem to be solved is to find out, which principles should be used in order to choose the potential candidate alignment alternatives, which could reveal the best development effects. The second essential problem is how to select the best candidate alternative. The paper emphasizes the essential methodologicalnovelties, used in Slovenia in the search for these answers and supposed to ensure a selection in line with sustainable development principles. These methods are: formation and evaluation of scenarios and assessment of development effects on the basis of the land use model. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.
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