Czech Republic

The project objective is to describe and analyze changes in land use in Prague surround. Project focuses the transformation of agricultural, close to nature or a little changed lands into completely changed antropogened areas. From the view of land ecology and protection there are worying phenomen as a change in structure and function of area where town becomes. Into landscape, ratio change of so called greenfields and brownfields and with it connected impersonation and loss of spatial intimity, ratio increase of permanently fixed area, many oh artefacts in lanscape and another. First results of the project that aims not just to describe the development of Prague suburban area but also...

Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic (HCCZ) is a national association of active cities, towns and regions in the Czech Republic that are implementing the WHO Healthy Cities Project, an international initiative under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO). 
HCCZ supports the member cities and their local HCP partners in their efforts to obtain subsidies, and helps obtain funds for the activities outlined in the City Health Development Plans. Since 2001, the Association has been issuing supporting statements on individual grant applications of the cities, and arranging for consultations and assistance by the grantors during the preparation of the projects.
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The aim of this project is to provide municipalities with information regarding obligations that arise from legislative amendments that have been newly adopted or are currently under preparation, and to show examples of possible ways of solving such issues in the Czech Republic and abroad, as well as possible sources of funding in this area. The main target group for this project is representatives of small municipalities (levels I and II), which currently have insufficient access to environmental information. Thematically focused seminars are seen by municipal representatives as a suitable means of obtaining such information. This project is based on the concept of environmental...

The aim of the project is to analyse re-urbanisation potentials and obstacles of inner-city residential areas and to develop instruments, incentives and strategies for an appropriate and long-term use of these areas taking into consideration changing demographic preconditions. lease describe.

Re-urbanisation is meant to be a comprehensive, socially integrative strategy aimed at the development of the housing and living conditions in the entire core city, in particular its historical residential areas adjacent the city centres. While the traditional approach towards urban regeneration and renewal was still focussed on urban growth, at present the ongoing demographic changes (low...