Identifikácia a zmeny marginálnych regiónov na Slovensku (z aspektu sociálno-ekonomickej marginality)
Identification and Changes of Margined Regions in Slovakia (in Terms of Socio-economic Marginality)

Summary/Abstract: Divergence is the basic trend of regional development in Slovakia. In-creasing regional disparities multiply the adverse situation of margined and economically weaker regions. The aim of the article is to delimit marginal regions on the level of districts in terms of selected relevant indicators of socio-economic marginality, which reflect the level of economic development, living conditions of population and social climate of regional societies. The contribution of the article is in capturing of changes in their development, which took place in the years 2001 and 2011. From the point of view of Slovakia, these were very important periods in many aspects because it was when Slovakia became member of the EU (2004) and of Eurozone (2009) and, along with the rest of the world, suffered the con-sequences of the economic crisis (2008). The quoted and other events significantly affected regions and their changes. Increase of margined districts, deepening of their marginality and changes in spatial distribution were observed.

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