SOCIO-PRIESTOROVÉ PREMENY VIDIECKYCH SÍDIEL NA SLOVENSKU V ZAČIATKOCH 21. STOROČIA – SOCIOLOGICKÁ REFLEXIA

The transformation of rural communities in Slovakia was also reflected in the architectural and urban design of rural settlements. Changes in the architectural and urban design of rural settlements reflect the ongoing socio-structural changes in rural communities. However, these socio-structural and architectural-urbanistic changes have different intensity and different forms in various regions of Slovakia. At present, local development transformations are not only conditional on the needs and ambitions of the local population, but also on the new "players" of development processes - the new homeowners, the stakeholder groups in the manufacturing sector and the service sector, such as investors (developers) in the area of housing. This is particularly intense in suburbanized areas of large cities. It brings a whole range of positive but also problematic social and spatial processes, forming rural space. In a number of cases, this also significantly changes the character and expression of rural settlements and rural landscapes.