POST-INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE OF BOHEMIA-MORAVIAN FRONTIER REGION – NEW CHALLENGES, NEW OPPORTUNITIES
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | GEOGRAPHY AND GEOINFORMATICS: Challenge for Practise and Education |
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| Field | Earth magnetism, geography |
| Keywords | Bohemia – Moravian Frontier Region; brownfield; opportunities of usage; post-industrial landscape |
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| Description | Industrial activities of 19th and 20th century signified important development for many regions. The localization of industrial factories or complexes into the places with accessible sources led quickly to the development of accompanying activities like traffic infrastructure or housing and civic amenities of towns. Landscape has been quickly changed from agricultural to the industrial one. Socioeconomic changes at the turn of the 21st century led to the other changes in landscape structure. Structural adjustments influenced importantly industrial regions focused on the textile, glass or food-processing industry. The limitation of processing of original raw materials and orientation on the new industrial forms (such as light industry, high-technologies, research, development of car industry etc.) resulted in an appearance of a new phenomenon – brownfields. The appearance of these shabby areas influenced the aesthetic perception of landscape in a negative way. The aim of the paper is to describe current state of post-industrial landscape and to show possibilities of a further re-use of selected industrial areas in Bohemia-Moravian Frontier Region – Svitavy District. In post-industrial times, when the industrial and mining activities are finished, brownfields are limitations for further development of some areas. The paper presents results of research of chosen brownfields in the urbanized and rural field in the Bohemia – Moravian region. New development conceptions, which were accepted for this region, can bring new opportunities for economic use. |
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