In my master's thesis, I researched the impact of the fragmentation of municipalities on spatial management using the example of industrial zones and shopping centers. I was interested in where, on which land and to what extent the industrial zones and shopping centers were located. I chose the Pomurje statistical region for the area under consideration, as it is the most fragmented into 27 municipalities (at the time of independence, there were only 4), which are small both in terms of area and number of inhabitants. After reviewing the literature on local self-government and its functioning in spatial planning, I found that the management ability of smaller municipalities is mostly worse, but it is not necessarily so. I further researched the municipalities and their municipal administrations of the Pomurska statistical region and found that they are all connected to joint municipal administrations or joint municipal inspectorates, the exception being the municipality of Murska Sobota. In the ArcGis program, I marked the surfaces of located industrial zones and shopping centers and with the help of historical satellite maps recordings, simultaneously checking on which land the zones and shopping centers are located. I found out that the new facilities were built on agricultural and forest land. Then, with the help of a study of the vulnerability, attractiveness and suitability of the space for the production zones, I made an analysis of the attractiveness, vulnerability and suitability of the space for the placement of zones and centers. I checked the suitability of already placed and planned areas for the placement of industrial zones and shopping centers. I found that the facilities located are mostly on unsuitable land, and the planned areas are also not on the most suitable land. Finally, I give measures for better management of space.
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