SREDNJI GRADOVI - MIT ILI STVARNOST?
MIDDLE TOWNS - MYTH OR REALITY?

Summary/Abstract: Middle towns are, basically a large family of towns in a system of towns. Their classification depends on whether a sensible agreement can be reached on what to call each group. If a more precise definition of middle towns is required, it can only be negative, i. e. they are neither small nor large towns. According to their functions, middle towns are very different and comprise a heterogeneous group of centres. They are heterogeneous by their morphological features and ambiental values, but also with regard to the level of their urban equipment. Without neglecting the fact that the economic, urban and social - and large cities complement each other, middle towns can offer, as their most important advantage, a number of conditions and values in which the connection with urban comfort and natural heritage has not been lost. In this group we may single out: (i) compactness and continuity of the urban tissue; (ii) adjustment of the urban structure to the conditions of the topographic position and natural values; (iii) mixed ways for taking possession of land plots.

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