LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Centro-periferijos modelis; Modelis; Periferija; Periferijos regionai; Periferijos rodikliai; Regionas; Rodikliai; Teritorijos poliarizacija; Core-periphery model; Indicators; Model; Peripherality indicators; Periphery; Periphery regions; Regions; Territory polarization.
ENNowadays more and more attention is paid to the problems that accrue due to the uneven regional development. For this reason, issues connected with cohesion policy are topical in EU and in Lithuania as well. Therefore, the aim of this article is to contribute to the regional researches and to present the system of indicators that might help to underline the most sensitive states’ territories that are named as periphery regions. Starting with brief presentation of core-periphery model, later on the article concentrates on periphery phenomenon while underlying the most comprehensive periphery definition. Also, in the paper work is stressed the meaning of periphery region. The last part of the article gives an overview of the list of indicators for comprehensive periphery region research. This work differs from other similar works basted on periphery studies as the research in this paper work takes into account a number of different kind of indicators and looks at the periphery territories as to the complex of geographic, socioeconomic, demographic, cultural, political aspects. [From the publication]