Nová koncepce pojmů město a venkov o její význam pro geografii =A New conception of "towns" and "country villages and its importance to geography

Abstract

The classification of „towns“ and „country villages“ is of historical origin. The classification should reveal their dichotomy in terms of the economic, social and demographic development and the functions In the settlement pattern. The latest legal framework for the classification of settlements is stimulated in the People‘s Committees Acts, No. 31/1983 in CSR and No. 35/1983 in SSR. The authors describes vicious aspects of the development of towns and country villages in Czechoslovakia since 1918 till the present time, a complete list of towns defined by the legal regulation dated December 31, 1987 is annexed