Nekatera razmi ljanja o prostorskih integracijskih procesih : Some considerations on spatial integration processes

Although the fact is well known that space does not end at its administrative borders (municipalities, towns, regions, the state), it is still planned within territorial units defined by borders. As technological progress has made every space more accessible, and fast economic development brings about mutual conflicts between the various uses of space (for housing, industry, services, tourism, etc.), there are increasing requests for consideration and planning of the space/territory in a wider context, i.e., not only in the local, regional or national contexts, but in the European context as well.In globalisation and integration processes space is less and less treated and planned as a space for which vital location factors are significant (water, proximity of arable land, defence security), but it is more and more considered and planned through the prism of: spatial networking, territorial capital, space management, ecological and cultural resources, etc. Since the implementation of a number of policies (trade, transport, environment, etc.) is carried out within the framework of integration processes which have an impact on space transformation, we may, in a sense, talk also of spatial integration processes and of territorial cohesion policy. The above mentionedindicates that more significance should be given to space when making and implementing various policies.