<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Our study is focused on the natural environment significance and potential for the development of a wider region. A special emphasis is put on the geographical category of small towns, which play an important role in stabilizing the population of the Czech Republic. In this context, a key factor of planning in the rural region is the demarcation of a catchment region and the determination of its potential. Natural environment (primary landscape structure) is a basic determinant of area development at all the levels. This paper aims at the natural environment analyses of the small towns in the South Moravian Region, with emphasis on the development opportunities and limitations. In this study, small towns are considered to be all the residential units holding a town status, with the exception of district towns and the city of Brno. The study is a part of the research project supported in 2011 by the Internal Grant Agency of Mendel University in Brno titled “Small towns - Motors of the South Moravian countryside development”.</p></abstract>

Our study is focused on the natural environment significance and potential for the development of a wider region. A special emphasis is put on the geographical category of small towns, which play an important role in stabilizing the population of the Czech Republic. In this context, a key factor of planning in the rural region is the demarcation of a catchment region and the determination of its potential. Natural environment (primary landscape structure) is a basic determinant of area development at all the levels. This paper aims at the natural environment analyses of the small towns in the South Moravian Region, with emphasis on the development opportunities and limitations. In this study, small towns are considered to be all the residential units holding a town status, with the exception of district towns and the city of Brno. The study is a part of the research project supported in 2011 by the Internal Grant Agency of Mendel University in Brno titled “Small towns - Motors of the South Moravian countryside development”.

Natural environment of small towns as an indicator of the developmental potential of a wider region – as exemplified by the South Moravian countryside

Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mendel university in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czechrepublic

Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Agriculture, Brno, Czech Republic

Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic

Acta Regionalia et Environmentalica

Our study is focused on the natural environment significance and potential for the development of a wider region. A special emphasis is put on the geographical...

Natural environment of small towns as an indicator of the developmental potential of a wider region – as exemplified by the South Moravian countryside

Published Online: Aug 24, 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aree-2013-0001

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