The Identification Process of the Urban Population in Relation to the Socio-cultural Features of Urban Districts: The Example of the City of Poprad, Slovak Republic
The Identification Process of the Urban Population in Relation to the Socio-cultural Features of Urban Districts: The Example of the City of Poprad, Slovak Republic

Summary/Abstract: Cultural diversity and identity are topical issues related to the development of human society within communities at different levels – from international to local ones. This study focuses on the city as a basic socio-cultural unit and on the observation of the basic aspects of the ties of cultural identification among members of urban society. The City of Poprad in Slovakia is a specific example. This city is a conurbation of five originally independent towns, each with their own history and with various degrees of economic and cultural development, which is the primary basis and determining factor of the relationship between the local community and its environment. In this context, the study follows the aspects of formation of local identity at a diachronic level. At the synchronic level, it observes the identity phenomenon in the new globalisation conditions of the present.

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