
Amendment to Decree no. 500/2006, by Eva Fialová, Martin Tunka
Along with Act no. 350/2012, which alters Act no. 183/2006 on physical planning and the Building Code (Building Act), Decree no 500/2006 on documents of physical analysis, documents of physical planning and records of physical planning has been amended.
The Central Europe operational programme and its future
As one of the programmes of Target 3 (European Territorial Cooperation), the operational programme of transnational cooperation Central Europe has supported a total of 124 projects focusing on Central Europe’s higher competitiveness. With five calls in the 2007–2013 programme period the support was aimed at various priorities: facilitation of innovations in Central Europe, improvement of the accessibility of Central Europe, responsible use of the environment, increased competitiveness and increased attractiveness of towns and regions. Transnational partnership enabled participation of both public and private organizations from eight countries: Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. During the present programme period, financial means of 231 million € have been used for these projects of transnational cooperation. Project partners from the Czech Republic were able to use co-financing of 85% of the total budget. This share of the costs is covered from the resources of the European Regional Development Fund.
Preparation of operational programmes of cross-border cooperation from 2014 to 2020, by Vladimír Šourek
Programmes of cross-border cooperation have become an integral part of the support of development in common bordering regions. Their singularity is the fact that unlike other projects supported by the EU they are realized by cooperation of neighbouring countries. At the programming level they are managed by bodies of central administration of both countries, while at the project level at least two partners enter the project, of whom at least one must be based in the neighbouring country. Obviously, this makes it more difficult to administer the programme as well as the project. Nevertheless, the importance of these programmes is increasing. Their financial backing is considerably lower than that of other EU supported programmes within the 2007–2013 National Strategic Reference Framework, but the number of successfully completed projects, the effectiveness of the expense, the variety of supported purposes and their popularity in bordering regions are all reasons why cross-border programme partners will endeavour to maintain the continuity of these programmes in the 2014–2020 programme period.
Practical experience of the processing of indicators of sustainable spatial development, by Veronika Šindlerová, Jakub Vorel, Daniel Franke
In several European countries a systematic monitoring of the state and development of territory by means of quantitative indicators is an indispensable part of the process of physical planning. The objective of Application of the Principles of Sustainable Development in Physical Planning, a research project carried out in 2005–2006, was to transfer the experience of the use of indicators and propose a methodology for their application under the conditions of the Czech Republic. A specific outcome of this project was a set of indicators of sustainable spatial development. The aim of this article is to summarize briefly and comprehensively the practical knowledge of the preparation of input data and the elaboration of output indicator values for sustainable spatial development. The primary purpose of the project was its implementation within the second full update of the analysis of sustainable development on the territory of the town of Most and its administrative area.
The influence of the quality of the base digital elevation model on the results of spatial conflict modelling, by Jana Svobodová, Jaroslav Burian
This article deals with the problems of modelling spatial conflicts in the functional use of territory as part of physical planning, using characteristics derived from the Earth’s surface. Specifically, the topic is conflict modelling of functional areas for housing, sports and recreation with the inclination of slopes and the degree of sunshine on slopes, which can be considered very important from the viewpoint of comfort and the quality of life of inhabitants. The main objective of this article is to assess the impact of the quality of the base digital elevation model (DEM) on the results of modelling. It is probable that poor DEM will result in poor outcome of the analyses. As input data for the creation of DEM, in particular the contour lines from the DMÚ 25 data model were used. The results of the analyses show that if excellent DEM is used, locations with critical values under observation can be identified unambiguously. In the case of low quality base DEM, the delimitation of the necessary measures and the planning of prospective development of settlements can become problematic.
Optimal degree of spatial regulation in the opinion of the Building Offices in the Region of Liberec, by Jindřich Felcman
Based on a questionnaire survey of the staffs of the Building Offices in the Region of Liberec, this article refers to spatial regulation in development plans and the search for the ideal level of its specification. The respondents commented on ways of spatial regulation they consider suitable. The results of the survey indicate that spatial regulation should concentrate on specific urban units. The optimal degree of specification of the regulation should be adjusted according to identified demands for the protection of these units.
The background of the housing construction in the First Republic, part III: Znojmo, by Dana Novotná
In two previous articles I described some general conditions of the origin of the governmental policy which supported private housing construction in the era of the First Republic of Czechoslovakia. In more detail I focused on the city of Brno, then developing rapidly. All the examples I gave represented a successful mastering of the economic and social situation of the time and many pointed out interesting instances of architecture and urban planning. In the last part I describe problems builders were confronted with in the town of Znojmo. Also, I present a few buildings which are undoubtedly interesting although not considered extremely valuable in terms of urban planning or architecture on a nation-wide scale.