Základní informace o dokumentu Lipská charta o udržitelných evropských městech | Jana Šilhanová, Robert Veselý
Basic Information about the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities, by Jana Šilhanová, Robert Veselý
At their informal conference in Leipzig, on 24 May 2007, the EU member states’ ministers responsible for urban, spatial and regional development adopted the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities. The document defines the common priorities of the urban development policy in its economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Based on the integrated approach to the development of cities as a whole, the policy is especially concerned with deprived/declining urban neighbourhoods. The integrated approach to sustainable development means that urban policy is to be guaranteed on the national scale; it should especially be applied by governments when utilizing the EU structural funds for urban renewal and development projects.
Evidence územně plánovací činnosti v ČR | Michal Artim, Zdenka Hladišová
Records of the Physical Planning Activities in the Czech Republic, by Zdenka Hladišová, Michal Artim
Cooperating with the Institute for Spatial Development, the Ministry for Regional Development’s Department of Physical Planning has been monitoring the activities of institutions involved in physical planning since 1995. The Institute for Spatial Development is entrusted with the filing of every piece of physical planning documentation and selected kinds of physical planning data, and is responsible for the evaluation of their elaboration. The main output of this filing is the continuously updated information in the Institute’s web site, through the iLAS and iKas applications.
Politika rozvoje venkova a rybářství v programovém období 2007–2013 v České republice | Marek Jetmar
A Rural and Fisheries Development Policy in the 2007–2013 Programming Period in the Czech Republic, by Marek Jetmar
The article comments on the prospective structural transformation of the Czech country supported by specific EU policies and resources in the 2007 to 2013 programming period. Tools and programme documents are described in the article, as is the hierarchy and relations among the interventions of various EU policies focused on rural development.
Rozhovor se starostou Kolína Jiřím Buřičem na téma odchod Armády ČR z města | Robert Veselý, Lubor FridrichAn Interview with Jiří Buřič, the Mayor of Kolín, about the Retirement of the Czech Army from the Town, by Robert Veselý, Lubor Fridrich
Since 1989, the number of locations where the Czech Army was stationed has been continually decreasing. Such withdrawal has almost always changed the ownership relations and created neglected town or village zones, often definable as military brownfields. Also, the cancellation of a garrison has frequently had a negative economic impact, reducing the orders for local deliverers of goods and services, decreasing the purchase power, and increasing the unemployment rate. The new situation requires a quest for new functions of the space and its integration into the organism and life of the settlement. This article starts a series of interviews we intend to lead with representatives of municipalities confronted with this phenomenon. Though Kolín, with a relatively small garrison and the presence of a strong developer, has had considerably better conditions than other locations, it is an interesting and valuable example.
O regionální politice a územním plánování | Milan DamborskýOn Regional Policy and Spatial Planning, by Milan Damborský
There is no specific public policy of spatial development in the Czech Republic. The objectives, tools and measures, comprised in such policy in other countries, are divided between the chapters of regional policy and physical planning. Yet obviously, the two are closely linked to each other, so it is worthwhile to deal with them jointly, instigating thus a discussion about possible creating a unified spatial development policy in the Czech Republic.
Regionální (ekonomická) diferenciace Bavorska, možnosti srovnání s Českou republikou | Milan KörnerRegional (Economic) Differentiation of Bavaria; A Possibility of Comparison with the Czech Republic, by Milan Körner
The article refers to the inefficient delimitation of the NUTS 3 units in the Czech Republic, intended to monitor the local economic standards and the resulting regional differences. This problem is becoming crucial in view of the need of a comprehensive (three-pillar) evaluation of the recent spatial developments in the Czech Republic. NUTS 3 is the “lowest” level for which GNP data can be obtained, corresponding to the 14 Regions of the Czech Republic. Yet units like these are too large, comprising big local differences. Bavaria, a country of a comparable area to that of the Czech Republic, is an example of a NUTS 3 delimitation through which a territorially detailed observation of regional differences is well possible (with 96 units in total; 25 cities and 71 “rural” districts). GNP observation at the level of Districts (NUTS 4 level) and separate observation of statutory cities is an approach worth considering and following in the Czech Republic.
Kritická infrastruktura a riziko mimořádné události | Josef ŘíhaCritical Infrastructure and the Incident Risk, by Josef Říha
Critical infrastructure is currently looking for its contents, structure, purpose, and political context. Suitable criteria for its identification and the assessment of potential risks are looked for and some of the first attempts of simulation and the creation of a model for a “system of systems” are appearing. The practicism of the crisis management is being moved into the sphere of the “science of safety”. These efforts are closely observed, with the actual situation considered as an unfinished and open strategy of safety risk.
Šance pro Brno: úvahy zkušeného urbanisty | Silvestr VágnerA Chance for Brno: Contemplations of an Experienced Urban Planner, by Silvestr Vágner
In the 19th century, reconstructions and the development of new zones of the city of Brno were regulated through building plans, while in the 20th, by master plans. A certain advantage of the building plan was its attention to the street network and block house-building. Master plans, conformable to the functionalism in urban planning, have always controlled the functional division of space only, delimiting the areas of transportation, housing, services, greenery and so on, but disregarding the building usage of such areas. If the building usage of specific areas is regulated by a variety of consecutive building plans, the overview of the links among these functional areas gets largely lost and, obviously, the opportunity to organize the functionally integrated zones is evidently disappearing. The article comments especially on the current debate about the displacement of Brno’s main railway station and the related problems of urban planning.
K sociologii a psychologii silniční bezpečnosti | Karel SchmeidlerOn the Sociology and Psychology of Traffic Safety, by Karel Schmeidler
The increase in individual car traffic and the growing usage of cars, together with various technical and human factors, result in the increasing number of accidents and uncoverable economic damage and human tragedy. More and more specialists in various branches are participating in the efforts to eliminate the rate of accidents. Besides traditional ways, such as technical improvements in vehicle construction and the involvement of telematics and electronic safety systems, new and revolutionary solutions, are being offered by scholars in humanities and social sciences.
Výzkum pro řešení regionálních disparit v oblasti bydlení | František Kuda, Vladimír Šmidák Přeshraniční management říčních krajin | Igor Kyselka, Ludmila Rohrerová, Robert Veselý
