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Small towns as centres of rural micro-regions
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SYSNO ASEP 0324838 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title Small towns as centres of rural micro-regions Title Malá města jako střediska venkovských mikroregionů Author(s) Vaishar, Antonín (UGN-S) RID
Zapletalová, Jana (UGN-S) RIDSource Title European Countryside. - : Sciendo - ISSN 1803-8417
Roč. 1, č. 2 (2009), s. 70-81Number of pages 12 s. Publication form WWW - WWW Language eng - English Country PL - Poland Keywords small towns ; periphery ; Czechia Subject RIV AP - Urban, Regional and Transport Planning CEZ AV0Z30860518 - UGN-S (2005-2011) DOI 10.2478/v10091/009-0006-4 Annotation Small towns in peripheral regions are of our interest. Character of these towns is given by the remoteness and bad accessibility from regional centers, by the lack of investments, problems of human capital etc. Nevertheless, the peripheral small towns remain the definite centers of their hinterlands because of the lack of competition in majority of cases. The second demographic transition leads to ageing of rural population. Sub-urbanization and counter-urbanization impacts on the population shift from big and medium cities to the countryside. In the process of globalization, the countryside including small towns plays a role of bearer of the traditional way of life. Transferring the jobs from productive to non-productive branches endangers the countryside by losing jobs in industry. Increasing value of leisure, environment, space, security etc. offers new chances for small towns. Workplace Institute of Geonics Contact Lucie Gurková, lucie.gurkova@ugn.cas.cz, Tel.: 596 979 354 Year of Publishing 2009
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