In this paper the authors estimate the importance of the daily commuting from the village inhabitants of the Baranya County point of view, and analyse the regional differences of the working possibilities in differently located settlements. They use
settlement-level data to study the relation between the geographical location of the villages and the capability of the regional adjustment. The results show the importance of the accessibility of the different central settlements, and the role of the major
Ecology ; Hungary ; Settlement ; Sustainable development
In South-West Hungary, the sparsely populated small village region of Zselic is the location of small-scale sustainable settlement development project at the abandoned village site, Gyűrűfű. Over the past fifteen years, ecological design principles
such as permaculture dominated the re-settlement of the area by a small number of ecologically conscious city-dwellers-turned-villagers. - (AM)
This article explicates on the basis of case studies in Germany Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the impacts from ageing and migration processes on village structures and analyses the contributing factors of regressive settlement development
. The article deals with rural areas, rural settlements, regression, abandoned villages, demographic change and infrastructure. - (IfL)
Archaeology ; Geomorphology ; Karst ; Settlement history ; Slovenia
archaeological sites in caves Lisičja jama (Iron Age) and Koblarska jama (roughly late Copper and early Bronze Age). Until now, remains of prehistoric settlements have not been identified on the surface. With field investigation of karstic surface and application
of geographic information systems the authors are trying to define the potential for past settlement of the area. Another aspect of the research is concerned with systematical research of horizontal cave passages in the Koblarski hrib area. Through
Carpathian Mountains ; History ; Mental map ; Romania ; Settlement ; Urban network ; Urban system
The focus of the study is represented by so-called ’falutízesek’, the examination of which prove the fact that it is such a specific settlement structure of the Carpathian Basin, which could be traced back historically. This historical origin
of mental maps of the residents in ten different Szeklers’ settlements. - (AM)
The classification of 23 communes was carried out in terms of 10 demographic and settlement features treated as one meta-feature describing the synthetic (general) attributes of their spatial structure. The first part presents the stages of Kielce’s
urban development. The second part presents diversification of the demographic and settlement structure according to four classes. - (BJ)
Altitude ; China ; Concept ; Geographical information system ; Human occupation ; Relief ; Settlement ; Spatial distribution
In order to evaluate suitability of natural environment for human settlements in China, as an important factor influencing the distribution of population, relief degree of land surface (RLDS) is taken as an index for natural environment evaluation
of human settlements. Based on the concept and macro-scale digital elevation model datum and ARC/INFO software, the RLDS at a 10kmx10km grid size of China is extracted. The AA. depict the spatial distribution of RLDS by analyzing its ratio structure
Model ; Rurality ; Rurbanization ; Settlement system ; Slovak Republic ; Spatial analysis ; Urbanity
, (2) to suggest possible improvements that might be considered in the future,especially in terms of accounting not only for spatial composition component, but also spatial configuration component of settlement system concentration, and (3) to present
an exploratory analysis of settlement system spatial configuration at multiple scales in eight model areas in Slovakia based on two classic point pattern analysis methods, i.e. k-th order nearest neighbour index and Ripley's K function.- (BJ).
Car ; Correlation ; Czech Republic ; Public transport ; Settlement ; Spatial organization ; Transport
This article seeks a solution to the mutual association of transport and the complex hierarchy of selected Czech settlements. Evaluation of 144 centres of micro-regional and separately of 12 centres with meso-regional importance was based on public
In the paper the interrelation of Komló with its physical environment was investigated from a dual aspect. One the one hand the effects of the natural features on the development of the settlement were presented, and on the other hand
of buildings and the entire urban landscape through various factors. This paper discusses the impact of specific disasters or threats on changes in the architectural style of buildings and settlements. Special emphasis is placed on dangers or disasters
that threaten the buildings in the Ljubljana Marsh. This region has long been considered inappropriate for settlement. However, because it is close to Ljubljana, it has attracted settlement, despite demanding a special construction method. The Slovenian
to settlements in the Ljubljana Marsh and took them into account. Unfortunately, the economic situation did not allow him to protect this building from fire as well. - (IKR)
Cultural heritage ; Cultural studies ; Morocco ; Rural settlement ; Tourism ; Village
attractions of this settlement area, the traditional mud-walled citadels (kasbah, tighremt) and picturesque fortified villages (ksour), are increasingly falling into ruin and are no longer the defining elements of today´s landscapes. This article shows how