<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Small towns, compared to larger cities, are specific group of municipalities with weaker performance in many spheres of socio-economic development. The aim of the paper is to comprehensively evaluate development of twelve small towns in the region of East Slovakia over the centuries up to present. The paper deals with question how their demographic and economic developments have been reciprocally influenced under particular historical circumstances. Using various sources of statistical data and employing traditional historical, mathematical-statistical and cartographical methods, regularities and patterns were identified that enabled us to categorize small towns and evaluate their development trajectories and current roles in the settlement system. In the most cases, they are still valid nodes for their hinterlands even though their past situation has been unfavourable.</p></abstract>

Small towns, compared to larger cities, are specific group of municipalities with weaker performance in many spheres of socio-economic development. The aim of the paper is to comprehensively evaluate development of twelve small towns in the region of East Slovakia over the centuries up to present. The paper deals with question how their demographic and economic developments have been reciprocally influenced under particular historical circumstances. Using various sources of statistical data and employing traditional historical, mathematical-statistical and cartographical methods, regularities and patterns were identified that enabled us to categorize small towns and evaluate their development trajectories and current roles in the settlement system. In the most cases, they are still valid nodes for their hinterlands even though their past situation has been unfavourable.

Development Trajectories of Small Towns in East Slovakia

Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Jasenná 5, 040 01 Košice,

European Countryside

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Small towns, compared to larger cities, are specific group of municipalities with weaker performance in many spheres of socio-economic development. The aim of...

Development Trajectories of Small Towns in East Slovakia

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2016

Pages: 373 - 394

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2016-0026

Mots clés
small towns, East Slovakia, population, economy, commuting

© by Ladislav Novotný

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Development Trajectories of Small Towns in East Slovakia

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2016

Pages: 373 - 394

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2016-0026

Mots cléssmall towns, East Slovakia, population, economy, commuting

© by Ladislav Novotný

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
small towns, East Slovakia, population, economy, commuting