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KV-UL-LB 1.84 on a three-grade scale), the surveyed areas display dramatically
more variability. The regions that have been successful in a later development stage,
i.e. a progressively oriented area, a borderland mountainous area and an agricultural
area seem to have a successor: an industrial area that is environmentally strained.
On the other hand, unfavourable developments are expected in the inland periphery
as well as in the peripheral borderland zone microregion with difficult accessibility.
When evaluating the regional plans, the author considered the public's opinion of
20 specific priority intents in four different fields. Each of the priorities was marked
on a school scale, i.e. 1-5.
It is significant that the respondents placed emphasis on the environment, as the
increase in investments into environmental protection measures won in competition
with 19 other plans. Moreover, improvement in air quality (reduction in air pollutant
emissions) placed fourth. The second most approved priority is concerned with local
economy, namely the support for current enterprises and environment-friendly tech-
nologies as well as support for small and middle-sized businesses oriented towards
innovations (second respectively fifth place).
Among the other supported intentions there are also improvements in edu-
cation/qualification structure (i.e. social sphere) and more environment friendly
attitudes of local authorities (i.e. public administration). Surprisingly, the reduction
in abortion and crime rates as socially undesirable phenomena appears among the
least supported priorities. Other issues follow: the reduction in transportation/traffic
Table 10.2
Selected outcomes of interviews with local mayors (author's own survey, 2006)
Priorities and problems (current
and future)
Model area
Rationales, explanations
Klášterec
Revitalisation program for
prefab housing estates
A substantial proportion of
housing facilities,
unsatisfactory situation
Vejprty/Kovárská
a
Settlement survival through
preserving decent living
conditions
Peripheral position, hard
climatic conditions,
insufficient services
Benešov and Vernerice
b
Providing drinking water and
wastewater treatment
Scattered settlements,
insufficient infrastructure
Petrovice
Cycle path - interconnecting the
Ore Mountain thoroughfare
and the Elbe Sandstones
Focus on tourism including
foreigners (Germans),
attractive landscape
Bílina
A Chateaux - renting and
reconstruction, extended
cooperation
Centrally situated unused
building in private hands,
cultural events
Libceves
Reconstruction of a chateaux
vs. that of roads
Limited budget, history vs.
current needs
Trebenice
Shortage of land for house
construction
Pleasant environment, local
authority's activities vs.
unclear ownership
a
The interview was not conducted with a representative of the core town.
b
The interview was conducted at a meeting of a settlement association covering two model areas.
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