摘要：In the first part, the article defines urbanization which means the decreasing difference in living standards between the urban and rural populations and the spatial and functional integration of cities with adjacent settlements influenced by economic interaction, the social mobility of the population, and/or communication systems. On the basis of sociogeographic, functional, structural, and physiognomic indicators, the article defines in the following sections the extent and principal characteristics of the influence of modern urbanization on the countryside and defines the role of suburbs in the Slovene space. The core of the research is devoted to the transformation and the developmental and structural problems of Slovene suburbs. In the conclusion, dilemmas for further development are indicated and some common goals of settlement policy in Slovenia are suggested.
关键词：urbanization; suburbanization; cities; suburbs; city regions; settlement regulation
