<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The regional identity of inhabitants in typologically different regions, which differ mainly in terms of the continuity of their socio-historical development, is examined in this article using the example of two case study areas. An important dimension of the concept of any population’s regional identity is the phenomenon of the identification of inhabitants with their region, and this is subject to analysis in this paper. The research demonstrated that a stronger form of the identity phenomenon could be reported for the case study region in which socio-historical development had an uninterrupted continuity. The observed findings helped to confirm the importance of long-term processes in a region’s formation.</p></abstract>

The regional identity of inhabitants in typologically different regions, which differ mainly in terms of the continuity of their socio-historical development, is examined in this article using the example of two case study areas. An important dimension of the concept of any population’s regional identity is the phenomenon of the identification of inhabitants with their region, and this is subject to analysis in this paper. The research demonstrated that a stronger form of the identity phenomenon could be reported for the case study region in which socio-historical development had an uninterrupted continuity. The observed findings helped to confirm the importance of long-term processes in a region’s formation.

The Identification of Residents with their Region and the Continuity of Socio-Historical Development / Identifikace Obyvatel Se Svým Regionem A Kontinuita Socio-Historického Vývoje

Department of Human Geography and Regional Development Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Kranichova 8, 710 00 Ostrava-Slezská Ostrava, Czech Republic

Moravian Geographical Reports

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The regional identity of inhabitants in typologically different regions, which differ mainly in terms of the continuity of their socio-historical development,...

The Identification of Residents with their Region and the Continuity of Socio-Historical Development / Identifikace Obyvatel Se Svým Regionem A Kontinuita Socio-Historického Vývoje

Published Online: Dec 11, 2014

Page range: 53 - 64

Received: Feb 15, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2014-0018

Keywords
regional identity of inhabitants, socio-historical development, continuity, Jeseník region, Valašské Klobouky region, Czech Republic

© 2014

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Identification of Residents with their Region and the Continuity of Socio-Historical Development / Identifikace Obyvatel Se Svým Regionem A Kontinuita Socio-Historického Vývoje

Published Online: Dec 11, 2014

Page range: 53 - 64

Received: Feb 15, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2014-0018

Keywordsregional identity of inhabitants, socio-historical development, continuity, Jeseník region, Valašské Klobouky region, Czech Republic

© 2014

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
regional identity of inhabitants, socio-historical development, continuity, Jeseník region, Valašské Klobouky region, Czech Republic