Geografie 2001, 106, 251-269
The Development of services in small Moravian towns after the year 1990
A complex geographical analysis of twelve Moravian towns with less than 15 thousand inhabitants has been made. Within this analysis, the services fulfilling the following main functions have been evaluated: meeting the needs of inhabitants, solving the problems of workers dismissed from production, realization of town creating function and promoting cultural activities. An evaluation of towns has been made and the main barriers in service activities were identified. The level of services in each town depends, apart from the human factor, on the size of the local market, the status of the town in the settlement system and on each town's specific conditions. Nowadays, small towns are re-evaluating their visions of the future, where the role of services is important.
