The aim of the study is to compare the methodology of spatial model building of two very influential economists, Thünen and Krugman. Thünen is a representative nineteen century economist and Krugman represents the method of contemporary neoclassical mainstream economics. Thünen is mostly...

The polar projection presented here results from the need to have a uniform yet fairly simple method for recording the various phenomena and relations pertaining to land development. The contact infrastructure anisotropy and variable population and development density lead to socioeconomic space...

The region Walgau is located in the Austrian Federal State of Vorarlberg. The 21 municipalities started a three years development programme to develop common goals and to enhance the intercommunal cooperation. The region is characterized by a dispersed structure of settlement and differences...

The paper deals with attractiveness of small towns (from 3 to 20 thousand inhabitants) in the Czech Republic. It analyses development of the inhabitants of the small towns from the half of the 19th century until nowadays. It deals with their advance change and their role in a settlement system....

The paper deals with city marketing in the Slovak Republic, a relatively new approach to administration and development of municipalities and towns. The first effort to apply it originated in the second half of 90-ies of 20th century. The first more significant scientific works about town...

The paper deals with theoretical and application problems of city marketing. It is based on a series of researches which have been worked mainly in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Austria, Germany and in the Netherlands. At the same time it points out the specific conditions and sometimes...