The examined period represents the final phase in the development of medieval settlement during which the network had come, in general, to the close and stabilized itself. In comparison with the state towards around the end of the 14th century
the number of small towns increased but many rural settlement disappeared, so that the settlement development in the period was negative. - (MS)
The study deals with several alternatives of perspective utilization and development of dispersed settlement in the individual mountain regions of Slovakia. It is aimed at both identification of dangerous factors and searching for the ways
of transformation and polyfunctional development of this settlement applicable within the physical-planning practice. - (MS)
The settlement environment is analized as a polygon of recreational activities. Three types of subenvironments are distinguished : historical nucleus and urban core, downtown, suburbs and urban fringe (including satelite settlements). The AA. deduce
Elucidation of the demographic trends in the settlements of the Bulgarian Danube coastal zone. Only the bigger towns Rousse, Vidin and Sibistra display a stable growth, while a modest population increase is observed in the ports of Lom, Kozlodry
, Svishtov and Toutrakon. All other settlements are rapidly loosing population (by emigration of high mortality of their old population). In result in the suburban zones the density of the population became very low. - (MB)
The attitude of the Czesch Republic population is evaluated by means of cluster and factor analyses in connection with special identification characteristics. The analyses of arguments for regional and settlement preferences have shown a marked
of a twin-settlement, where the well-developed core is encircled by the inner residential zone and industrial areas. The outer zone is of scattered spatial appearance at considerable distance. - (DLO), (JS)
is in the most favourable, while the SE is in the worst position. The socio-economic crisis of the eighties resulted in increased regional and settlement polarization. - (DLO), (JS)
An analysis is made of the factors influencing the environment, such as changes in land-use (development of secondary roads, parking sites, settlements, hotels and recreational grounds), outdoor life and transport development by road and rail