The role of small and semi-medium-sized towns in solving the problems of regional development

• Main Author: Belova Anna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University 2011-03-01
• Series: Baltic Region
• Subjects: small and semimedium-sized towns; settlement system; population outflow; revitalising of small and semi-medium-sized towns; unified settlement system; regional development; regional centres
• Online Access: https://journals.kantiana.ru/upload/iblock/952/Anna%20Belova_111-117.pdf
• ISSN: 2079-8555; 2310-0524

The article focuses on the problems related to the disparities in the settlement system of the Kaliningrad region, the problems of small and semi-mediumsized towns, and the role of such towns in solving the regional development problems of the Kaliningrad region. The author analyses the Lithuanian experience of revitalizing small towns. The article outlines the ways to apply this experience to the Kaliningrad region.