title: Development of the settlement system in the Lithuanian SSR: results, problems, and prospects.
abstract: "The authors analyze the factors, results, problems, and prospects of the development of a system of settlement in the Lithuanian SSR, a laboratory of sorts for settlement policy in the Soviet Union.  Particular attention is devoted to the formation of an inter-rayon settlement system integrating urban and rural settlements.  Several methodological and conceptual approaches to the study of settlement systems are examined in this context."
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Merchaytis
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Vaitekunas
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D008722:Methods; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012424:Rural Population; D012939:Social Planning; D012942:Social Sciences; D014586:USSR; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Development Planning; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Geography; Human Geography; Literature Review; Methodological Studies; Migration; Migration Policy; Migration, Internal; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Rural Spatial Distribution; Settlement And Resettlement; Social Policy; Social Sciences; Spatial Distribution; Theoretical Studies; Urban Spatial Distribution; Ussr