This article pays attention to the network of settlements and the territorial distribution of the residents in the most sparsely populated territories in Lithuania. Due to the population decline the sparsely populated territories are expanding. These changes influence the settlement system as the settlements are shrinking and the number of settlements without residents is growing. The survey underlines that the less inhabited ward is, the greater part of it is consisted of the smallest settlements (up to 50 inhabitants) and the greater part of residents lives in them. The objective of the article is to underline the peculiarities of the settlement network and to stress the tendencies of the settlement system change in the most sparsely territories in Lithuania. The most sparsely populated territories are defined as the wards in which the rural population density does not exceed 7.5 inhabitants per km2. The number of such wards in Lithuania in 2011 was 39. References 17. Figs 6. Table 1. In Lithuanian, summary in English.
This paper deals with public transport services in sparsely populated areas. The definition of the term transport services and possible approaches to its provision is given in the introduction. The term sparsely populated area is subsequently defined. The problems that arise during the organization of transport services in these areas are further defined. These problems lie primarily in the variations in the number of people in the thousands in the area in the off-tourist season and in the summer tourist season. This affects the organization of transport and the organization of transport services. This paper proposes the technological procedure and measures for improving transport services in sparsely populated areas outside and during the summer tourist season. The proposals are applied in a selected sparsely populated area in the territory of the National Park Šumava and the Šumava Protected Landscape Area in the Czech Republic.
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