Industrial legacy towards brownfields: historical and current specifics, territorial differencies (Czech Republic)
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Geographia Cassoviensis |
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| web | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326877683_Industrial_legacy_towards_brownfields_Historical_and_current_specifics_territorial_differences_Czech_Republic |
| Keywords | industry; brownfields; historical legacy and current state; territorial diffrencies; regeneration options; Czech Republic |
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| Description | The industrial tradition in the Czech Republic has been very long, it has established deep roots, and the significance of industry in the national economy is virtually irreplaceable. The tradition of industrial brownfields is almost as long but brownfields as an independent object of study came into focus among political representatives and scientists only in the second half of the 1990s. This article describes the most remarkable milestones of the industrial expansion on the territory of the Czech Republic (several peaks of capitalist booms during the era of the Habsburg monarchy and of independent Czechoslovakia before World War II, the following period of socialist industrialization, and then the economic transformation period after 1989), which exerted decisive influence on the shaping of the spatial mosaic and the current concentrations of old and vacant locations of past industrial production. Using large data sets and graphic outputs, the article discusses the issues of industry and brownfields from the viewpoints of time, space (territory-specific), and industrial branches. The final section notes brownfields' reflections in the cultural landscape and the options of their regeneration. |
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