Creation of Territorial Identity in the Chorvátsky Grob Municipality

Tvorba územnej identity v obci Chorvátsky Grob

Magdaléna Nemčíková, Veronika Kišová, Alfred Krogmann, Ján Veselovský

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 22, Číslo (Issue) 1, 2018, p. 360-369, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2018.22.1.360-369

Abstract

Changes in perceptions of individuals' relations or society to a specific territory have been carried out ever before, but their recent acceleration has been even more pronounced due to both globalization and European integration. In the paper we identify and briefly analyze the most important factors and processes that influence the formation of the territorial identity in the Chorvátsky Grob municipality in Slovakia. We also deal with the subjective dimension of territorial identity which we analyze through the questionnaire survey. The most significant impact on the dichotomy between the autochthonous (Chorvátsky Grob) and allochthone population (Čierna Voda) has the process of suburbanization since the municipality is a part of the suburban zone of Bratislava City. Negative impacts on local identity are caused not only by enormous increase in the number of incomers but also by the eccentric (separated) position of the residential construction in the local part of Čierna Voda.

Keywords: territorial identity, Chorvátsky Grob municipality, suburbanization, allochthone population

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