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Towns and “small” towns [PDF]

open access: yesUrbani Izziv, 1994
The hypothesis of the article is that small towns cannot be defined as a particular category of settlements since the only common denominator between them is the number of their inhabitants.
Ivan Stanič
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Management of small towns water supply, Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Delivering improved water services in small towns in low-income countries encompasses particular challenges. Often considered too large to be effectively community managed , small towns may also be too small, with too limited economies, to benefit
Braimah, Clifford Abdallah
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Cultural tourism as a tool for transformation in small and medium-sized towns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Tourism scholars regularly extol the merits of tourism as a tool for economic diversification in small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs), especially those with a narrow economic base, which witness chronic social problems like high unemployment and rapid
Ioannides, Dimitri,   +3 more
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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Urban Land Use Structure in Small Towns in China

open access: yesLand, 2022
This study analyzes the spatial and temporal characteristics of urban land use structure of more than 18,000 small towns in China by using the National Urban Land Use Survey Data between 2009 and 2013.
Yongqiang Sun, Yan Li, Jing Gao, Yan Yan
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Contribution à l’étude des petites villes françaises– Focus sur les petites villes thermales et leurs caractéristiques démographiques

open access: yesTerritoire en Mouvement, 2021
Since the 2000s, after an eclipse of almost 30 years, small towns have been making a comeback on the (geo)political and scientific scene. Several symposia have been organised on their subject and various articles have been published, particularly from ...
Marie-Eve Férérol
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Forming the urban planning traditions in the east of Europe: small towns of Volga Bulgaria [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
The article is devoted to the problem of originating towns in the east of medieval Europe. The authors particularly focus on the attributes of the medieval feudal town in the Volga-Kama region. The unclear criteria for the socio-historical interpretation
Nigamaev Albert, Kornilova Irina
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Structure of Demographic Types of Small Towns in Poland Spatial and Temporal Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The aim of this paper is to determine changes in the structure of demographic types of small towns in Poland between 2004 and 2013. It is assumed in the paper, following the Central Statistical Office of Poland, that small towns are urban settlements ...
Mirosław Mularczyk   +3 more
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A PREFIGURED CRISIS OF SMALL TOWNS – PART II (SMALL TOWNS vs. VILLAGES) [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the University of Petrosani: Economics, 2017
Part two of this paper presents the case study of the town Căzănești. The author considers that the analysed case reflect a delicate and essential issue at the level of the Romanian local public administration - namely the situation of small and poor ...
MELINDA CENUŞE
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Demographic Processes in Hungary and their Manifestation in Small Towns [PDF]

open access: yesRomanian Review of Regional Studies, 2007
Hungary, belonging more and more to the prestigious group of developed countries, can be characterised increasingly by the demographic characteristics of that type.
ANDRÁS TRÓCSÁNYI, GÁBOR PIRISI
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Evaluation of green space systems in small towns of Kyiv region

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2021
We analysed the current state of greening of small towns in the Kyiv region; small towns constitute 80% of all towns and cities in the region. A difference is shown to exist between the classification of green plantings that is used in Ukraine and the ...
Yukhnovskyi Vasyl Yu.   +2 more
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