Structure and planning of services development 25-SP-GP2-DL

Organisational and spatial structure of service activity. Place of services in the economic structure and the growing significance of the service sector in socio-economic development. Theoretical models of distribution of service facilities (central place theory, economic base theory, centre-periphery theory). Factors and rules of service location. Centrality and hierarchy of services. Structure and functions of service centres. Structural changes in the service sector and characteristics of so-called modern services: business environment services, electronic services.