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Transformation of suburban villages
Ferenc, Jonáš ; Kyselka, Mojmír (referee) ; Šilhánková, Vladimíra (referee) ; Balabánová, Pavla (referee) ; Koutný, Jan (advisor)
The thesis discusses suburban villages (and, indirectly, also villages that are even further away from urban areas), their current character, and their changes over the course of history. Most Bohemian, Moravian and Silesian municipalities struggle with persistent issues, such as the decline of their primarily agrarian function (and the unattractiveness of this lifestyle for the younger generations), changes in demographic composition (the exodus of natives to cities, and their replacement by “weekenders“), the lower purchase power of rural areas (due to lower wages in agriculture and the lack of other job opportunities), insufficient traffic infrastructure, unclear property relations, the loss of their own identity due to the closeness of a core city, and uncontrolled suburbanisation which transforms both villages and their environment. The end effects of these issues are depopulation of rural areas, ageing of current inhabitants and unfavourable prospects for the future. On the other hand, the situation in neighbouring Bavaria seems to be the exact opposite. Bavaria hasn't experienced collectivisation, and a communist dictatorship hasn't cut the ties of local inhabitants towards their lands and properties which have been in their families for centuries. Many issues encountered in the Czech Republic are therefore unknown here, and villages that happen to be near urban areas tend to grow in a natural way while retaining their original rural and local identities. The superior infrastructure network enables better mobility of the populace, which allows the people to commute longer distances. However, they can still spend their time in their actual place of residence, and they often proudly consider themselves a part of the local social life and of the local community – not of the core city. Therefore the goal of the thesis is to compare Czech and Bavarian villages in terms of sustainable development, using specific examples, to analyse which elements are better in which system, and to compare whether it is possible to apply the principles of sustainability which are used in Bavaria to the sustainable development of Czech countryside.
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Transformation of suburban villages
Ferenc, Jonáš ; Kyselka, Mojmír (referee) ; Šilhánková, Vladimíra (referee) ; Balabánová, Pavla (referee) ; Koutný, Jan (advisor)
The thesis discusses suburban villages (and, indirectly, also villages that are even further away from urban areas), their current character, and their changes over the course of history. Most Bohemian, Moravian and Silesian municipalities struggle with persistent issues, such as the decline of their primarily agrarian function (and the unattractiveness of this lifestyle for the younger generations), changes in demographic composition (the exodus of natives to cities, and their replacement by “weekenders“), the lower purchase power of rural areas (due to lower wages in agriculture and the lack of other job opportunities), insufficient traffic infrastructure, unclear property relations, the loss of their own identity due to the closeness of a core city, and uncontrolled suburbanisation which transforms both villages and their environment. The end effects of these issues are depopulation of rural areas, ageing of current inhabitants and unfavourable prospects for the future. On the other hand, the situation in neighbouring Bavaria seems to be the exact opposite. Bavaria hasn't experienced collectivisation, and a communist dictatorship hasn't cut the ties of local inhabitants towards their lands and properties which have been in their families for centuries. Many issues encountered in the Czech Republic are therefore unknown here, and villages that happen to be near urban areas tend to grow in a natural way while retaining their original rural and local identities. The superior infrastructure network enables better mobility of the populace, which allows the people to commute longer distances. However, they can still spend their time in their actual place of residence, and they often proudly consider themselves a part of the local social life and of the local community – not of the core city. Therefore the goal of the thesis is to compare Czech and Bavarian villages in terms of sustainable development, using specific examples, to analyse which elements are better in which system, and to compare whether it is possible to apply the principles of sustainability which are used in Bavaria to the sustainable development of Czech countryside.
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Suburbanization in the Context of Periurban Villages
Ferenc, Kryštof
Subject of our interest will be villages in direct relation to a bigger cities. Over time influence of the city on villages grows. The result is loss of integrity of modern village life. Likewise, the quality of life and environment in new parts of the villages is incomparable with the one in existing parts of the villages. These problems are just as actual and poignant, as are natural. The present city parts of regional cities are the ultimate result of processes that operate in the suburban village today. Ultimately, we will try to find and identify the principles of planning a new development in suburbia so it benefits from the credibility of the place where it is located. And how to avoid negative influence of this massive new parts on village itself. To do this, we will serve the analysis of different transformations of rural parts in different time periods. From building interventions in the sixties, various concepts of housing estates built in the eighties, or construction of houses in the nineties. The criteria for evaluation of interventions will be the quality of life in terms of community and way of life.
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Change of Periurban Country Housing
Ferenc, Jonáš
Contribution to the conference will deal with the analysis of rural settlements, lying in close proximity and relation to medium-sized cities (former county or region capitals, up to about 100 000 inhabitants). These villages are often administrative part of the cities which have spread to them. They have lost the primary function (agriculture), they are subject of extensive urbanization, social functions and commerce are moved to the city. Suburban villages are transformed to mere residential area without its own original content and importance as a local centre. Little by little, suburban villages are transformed from country environment into urban district, but they retain some of their own character and specifics. Apart from the largest cities (in Czech Republic it is Prague and partly Brno) they do not change their traditional urban structure. Village so retains its original plan with central space (square). Contribution presents a historical analysis of the development of suburban villages and opportunities, how to work with ongoing urbanization of country centre and villages itself.
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