Management of urban development

Ľubica Vitková, Jaroslav Coplák

SUMMARY In the introductory part, the authors reflect global tendencies in urban planning, especially highlighting its increasingly apparent shift towards management activity. In addition to the traditional role of urban planner who has been engaged predominantly as an expert and creator, now he has to work also as coordinator and mediator between the involved “actors” […]

SUMMARY Small and medium sized towns are the most common type of urban settlement in Slovakia. Therefore, finding ways for their sustainable development is one of the most urgent topics in contemporary Slovak urban planning theory and practice. The main tool of contemporary Slovak urban planning – the land use plan – regulates the development […]