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MENDELNET 2013EVALUATION OF CURRENT STATE AND OPTIONSOF DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL MUNICIPALITIES IN URBANFUNCTIONAL REGION BANSKÁ ŠTIAVNICAŠkvarková J., Slabeciusová B.Department of Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University inBratislava, 842 15 Bratislava 4, Mlynská dolina, Pavilion B2, Slovak RepublicE-mail: skvarkova@fns.uniba.sk , slabeciusova@fns.uniba.skABSTRACTThis article reflects partial results of the research, which was carried out by the method of guidedinterviews with the mayors of rural municipalities and at the same time verified by field research.The guided interviews were made from July to September 2013 in all rural villages of functionalurban region Banská Štiavnica (FUR BŠ), situated in Central Slovakia. The main objective of thisarticle was to evaluate present situation of rural villages in the area of FUR BŠ using the list ofstrengths and weaknesses (LSW), sorted according to absolute number of answers in guidedinterviews, with proposed solutions of development. From the transcription of guided interviews, inwhich the questions were focused on expectations in terms of development, description of theadvantages and disadvantages of housing, micro-regional cooperation, development options, majorlimitations, most progressive areas, problem areas, the LSW was created. The LSW and all gainedinformation will be used for our further research. It is believed that only development at themunicipal level can ensure sustainability of the whole region.Key words: sustainable development, quality of life, region, rural municipality, guided interviewAcknowledgments: This article was written by courtesy of the grants GUK 13-294-00, VEGA2/0016/11.499 | P age