Socio-ekonomické trendy vývoja Žilinského kraja

Socioeconomic Trends of Development in the Žilina Region

Marcela Chreneková

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 16, Číslo (Issue) 1, 2012, p. 124-141, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2012.16.1.124-141

Abstract

Regional disparities in recent years, with the advent of the EU cohesion policy, became a frequent topic. However, few studies deal with the development of regions at a lower level than self-government regionss. The paper deals with the social and economic disparities between districts of Žilina region. Žilina region is diversified and in some districts in last 10-15 years has been in the socio-economic level a shift. For comparison of districts were selected indicators and their evaluation in the period 2001-2011. The data from The 2011 Population and Housing Census were used.

Keywords: social development, economic development, regional disparities, Žilina self-governing region (Slovakia)

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