Genius loci as the inner regional-cohesion force which enables formation of the fractal-social structures

Abstract

Although the term “genius loci” has been known and used since ancient civilizations, it was considered almost unimportant in a technically industrialized and competitive world. However, the pursuit of a more dignified life for the human communities has again revealed its undeniable importance as an inner cohesion force, applied in partial territorial-social structures. In an integrating world, it may be a useful tool to transform historically created hierarchical structures into more humanly functional fractal structures. This possibility is documented in the study by regional examples from Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Keywords

• cohesion
• fractal structure
• genius loci
• kysuce region
• ostrava region
• stropkov