Specific Areas in the Principles of Spatial Development of the Carlsbad Region, by Pavel Koubek, Vlastimil Veselý, Jaroslav Jelínek
The provisions of the 183/2006 Act on physical planning determine the contents of the principles of spatial development. Yet some requirements are not specified in detail, so the planner and the spatial designer sometimes have to decide how to approach them. One of such requirements is the definition of “additional” specific areas of over local importance. Not only the knowledge of the territory but also the experience and the invention of the pioneering planners are to be applied. It is necessary to create new types of areas, find both their different and common characteristics, specify their classification keys, and so on. This article intends to explain the process of the creation of “additional” specific areas and the criteria of their delimitation.
The Portal of Planning Analytical Materials and Spatial Plans of the Zlín Region, by Jaroslav Pospíšil
The availability of relevant information resulting from the actions of public administration and the processes of spatial planning is becoming a basic precondition of new spatial plans. This article describes the processes applied for the territory of the Zlín Region, presenting the possibilities of a web portal as a result of a unified approach to the elaboration of analytical materials and spatial plans.
Revitalization of the Žižka Barracks in Tábor; Functional, Spatial and Legal Aspects of a Tender, by Martin Jirovský & Josef Hlavička
This article is especially meant for administration representatives and developers who enter brownfield zones in order to revitalize them on a complex scale. Commenting on the positive and negative experience of the revitalization of Tábor’s barracks, the authors hope to be inspirational for anyone prospectively involved in alike processes.
Railway Transportation Disappearing from Cities; Selected Examples of Prague, by Roman Vodný
The article describes three selected locations in Prague, formerly used for railway transportation: the freight station of Vršovice, the station building at Praha Vyšehrad, and the transshipment station of Praha Libeň. The example of Prague illustrates the once quick development of railway transportation in a city, its gradual disappearance from the centre, and the resulting problems such process implies, namely the origin of unused zones, the brownfields. Concludingly, the article presents the history of the municipal authorities’ proposals for new utilization of such zones.