Geographic context of applying for grants from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein and the use grant money in Lithuania in the framework of the 'European economic area (EEA)' and the 'Norway' programmes

The article presents a geographic analysis of applying for grants and allocation of funds in the framework of the 'European Economic Area' and 'Norway' programmes in the territory of Lithuania in 2004-2009. Priority sectors of cooperation are identified

HINDRANCES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LITHUANIAN COASTAL STRIP (ZONE)

In this article there are being analyzed the natural and social economic structures of Lithuanian coastal strip. The research is basedon survey about the hindrances and proposed suggestions for sustainable development. There are presented authors’ results aboutgeographic profile of Lithuania’s coastal region, degree of exploitation and processes of spatial planning, suggestions for improvementof sustainable development of coastal strip. There are distinguished the types of bad examples as institutional, projects related,shortage of financial issues, private housing and the types of good examples as legislative, institutional, projects related, NGOsrelated for exploitation and sustainable development of coastal strip.KEY WORDS: sustainable development, Lithuania, coastal strip (zone)

LIETUVOS TURIZMO SEKTORIAUS STRUKTŪRA IR TERITORINIAI SKIRTUMAI

Šiame straipsnyje tiriama Lietuvos turizmo sektoriaus struktūra, jos teritoriniai skirtumai, šių skirtumų kaita laike ir erdvėje. Sudarytaturizmo struktūrų (paslaugų) duomenų bazė, remiantis įvairiais 2006 ir 2010 m. statistiniais šaltiniais. Tyrimui atlikti taikytiekonominės geografijos tyrimo metodai. Nustatyta turizmo pagrindinio ir gretutinio sektorių struktūra ir teritoriniai skirtumai, turizmopaslaugų teritorinis pasiskirstymas regioniniame (apskričių) ir vietiniame (savivaldybių) lygmenyje. Taikyta Webb’o modeliomodifikacija, pagal kurią išskirti plėtros kriterijai.PAGRINDINIAI ŽODŽIAI: turizmo sektorius, turizmo pagrindinis ir gretutinis sektoriai, struktūra, teritoriniai skirtumai.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v9i1.60

TRANSPORTO IR TARPTAUTINĖS PREKYBOS TARP BALTIJOS ŠALIŲ IR TURKIJOS GEOGRAFIJA

Recently, the most intensive processes related to international trade and movement of population are between the countries and regions that have elaborated models of international cooperation. The intensity of movement depends on inter-governmental agreements and the level of developed transport systems. The synchronized and plannified transport systems ensure the movement of trends of population and trade. This mentioned movement leads towards the studies of transport geography and its object of research. Significant input in transport geography researches were accomplished by prof. Jean Paul Rodrigue, who researched different systems in transport geography, logistics and the territorial distribution of transportation of consignments (Hesse, Rodrigue, 2004). J. P. Rodrigue (2009) argued that changes in transport geography depend on social economic changes in society. The studies of international transportation of the consignments require complex approach of researchers and scientists.KEYWORDS: transport systems, transportation of consignments, import, export, transportation of passengers, the Baltic countries, Turkey, spatial interaction.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v12i1.69

NUO TAUTINĖS IKI TERITORINĖS TAPATYBĖS LIETUVOJE: SOCIALINIS GEOGRAFINIS POŽIŪRIS

In today’s globalized world, national identity and its transformation becomes an important object of research, most of which are discussing by philosophers, historians, journalists, sociologists, geographers, demographers. The identity or perception of identity is changing constantly. This type of research requires an interdisciplinary approach, an application of spatial and social dimensions in order to analyse the characteristics of identity in evolving economic, political and geopolitical conditions.KEY WORDS: national identity, territorial identity, youth, (e)migration, reasons for (e)migration, states, social migration networks.JEL CODES: J00, R00, O057.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v15i1.98

SMULKIOJO IR VIDUTINIO VERSLO STRUKTŪRA IR TERITORINĖ SKLAIDA LIETUVOS KURŠIŲ MARIŲ REGIONE

In the regional policy of Lithuania the Curonian lagoon coastal region is not distinguished as a separate territorial unit. Nevertheless, this territory is being analyzed in different regional context. Accoding to the samples of the EU regional policy, the authors of this article provided an assumption that the principles of solidarity and cohesion could be successfully implemented in the regional policy if the financial support will be allocated not for counties (regions) but according to specific problems in the regions on mezo and micro levels. The sample of that micro region can be recognized as the Curonian lagoon region (Lithuanian part).JEL KLASIFIKACIJA: D8, M2, O21, R1, Z18DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v15i1.976

DVIRAČIŲ DALIJIMOSI SISTEMOS ĮGYVENDINIMO GEOGRAFINĖS IR SOCIALINĖS DIMENSIJOS – KLAIPĖDOS MIESTO ATVEJIS

Dviračių dalijimosi sistema (DDS) skatina Klaipėdos miesto ir priemiesčių gyventojų darnų judumą, t. y. trumpu atstumu (3–5 km) po miestą keliauti nuomotais dviračiais. Tokia nauja keliavimo tradicija, ypač šiltuoju metų laiku, skatina kasdienio judumo poreikiams naudoti dviračius kaip keliavimo lengvaisiais automobiliais alternatyvą. Straipsnyje apžvelgti kitų šalių pavyzdžiai, skatinantys po miesto teritorijas keliauti dviračiais, išanalizuotos DDS įgyvendinimo socialinės ir geografinės dimensijos Klaipėdoje. Geografiniu požiūriu vertintos keliavimo dviračiais sąlygos, dviračių infrastruktūra, takų būklė. Aptarti miesto ir priemiesčių gyventojų apklausos dėl DDS vystymo, poreikio keliauti dviračiais rezultatai. Parengtas DDS stotelių geolokacijos planas atitinka gyventojų keliavimo po miestą dviračiais poreikį, skatinant darnaus judumo principų įgyvendinimą.PAGRINDINIAI ŽODŽIAI: dviračių dalijimosi sistema, geografinės ir socialinės sąlygos, gyventojų apklausa.JEL KLASIFIKACIJA: H00, I31, J18, L90.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v26i3.181

DARNIOS KLAIPĖDOS REGIONO PLĖTROS SMULKIOJO IR VIDUTINIO VERSLO DIMENSIJOS

Regioninė politika laikoma sėkmingu darnios plėtros siekio realizavimo pasirinkimu. Tačiau darni plėtra neįmanoma be atsakingos verslo elgsenos. Dominuojanti verslo forma yra smulkusis ir vidutinis verslas (SVV), tad pirmiausia šio verslo veiksmai gali lemti darnios plėtros spartą. Straipsnyje išskirtas teorinis SVV dimensijų kompleksas, kurio taikymą turėtų inicijuoti regiono valdžia. Deja, atlikta Klaipėdos regiono savivaldybių planavimo dokumentų analizė leidžia teigti, kad regiono savivaldybės negali būti vertinamos pažangios darnios plėtros kontekste. Savivaldybės SVV dimensijų taikymą vertina nevienodai. Analizuotuose dokumentuose planuojama keletas pavienių priemonių, tačiau dimensijos kompleksiškai neintegruojamos, kas leistų išlaikyti pusiausvyrą tarp esminių darnios plėtros sričių. Ypač neigiama tyrimo metu nustatyta tendencija, kad nė viename iš analizuotų planavimo dokumentų neintegruojamas SVV dimensijų kompleksas.PAGRINDINIAI ŽODŽIAI: smulkusis ir vidutinis verslas (SVV), dimensijos, darni plėtra, regionas.JEL KLASIFIKACIJA: D7, O21, R11, Z0DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v20i3.135

MOTION HANDBOOK: From Overtourism to Innovating Sustainable Solutions in the EU

Erasmus + Programme of the European Union. Project with reference: 2020-1-FI01-KA203-066543

Lithuania's tourism sector's structure and its territorial disparities

In this article there is a discussion about the role of human geography, methods of geographic researches and their application for tourism related researches that are based on aspects of tourism economy. According to the preview of previous researches, there was determined the insufficiency of tourism related researches in the field of human geography. Therefore, the author focuses on modifications and implementations of economic geographic and tourism economic methods of researches. There was determined the lack of tourism related researches in geographical context, i.e. analysing tourism services, the structure of tourism sector, determining the territorial disparities of tourism sector as well. All these aspects are enabling to perform the detail analysis of tourism development processes and, in the meantime, focusing more on territorial (spatial) component. In Lithuania, the structure of tourism sector and its territorial disparities are not researched sufficiently. Thus, there is a plenty of researches in tourism economy, marketing, sociology, management as well. Recently, the geographic approach of tourism sector's structure still remains unrevealed. The period of comparative research is for 2006 and 2010, and the data was collected from different sources of information that was checked and validated using official sources of tourism statistics of Lithuania. Analysing the structure of tourism sector, there were distinguished 13 main elements so called services of tourism sector, and the sector is divided in two parts: basic sector (including the main services related to hospitality) and satellite services (related to indirect servicing of visitors).Also, the application of Webb's model was implemented in methodologically modified manner. The research is based on assumption, that in the relevant territory the sustained structure of tourism sector has to be with the proportion of 1/3 and 2/3, i. e. the structure of tourism basic and tourism satellite sector is sustained for balanced development and territorial distribution of tourism services. According to this approach there is an outcome, that every territory is in different stage of development process and these differences are implying about the territorial disparities of tourism sector's structure. This outcome makes a rank of territories according to general tourism development within them. Thus, there was determined that in comparison the period of 2006 and 2010, a rather big amount of territories in frames of Webb's model, belongs to the criterion D, that indicates the stronger tourism basic sector structure in comparison to 2006. The impact of economic crisis in Lithuania, reduced the amount of SMEs, in tourism sector as well, but those which existed during the mentioned period, they reduced the scopes of their economic activities, but the tourism entities increased the quality of their providing services of hospitality