Urban Planner: A tool for the analysis of territorial potential, by Jaroslav Burian
This article describes Urban Planner, a computer model that makes it possible to analyse territorial potential and detect suitable areas for spatial development. The model is based on the method of multiple-criteria analysis. Its main input source is data from documents of spatial analysis and the output consists mainly in raster layers of territorial potential for six categories of territorial use. The output can be used as a basis for the verification of construction plans or evaluation of suitability for further development. The model can calculate and compare potential in several variants/scenarios.
Some aspects of developments in Czech housing territories over time, by Vítězslav Kuta & Stanislav Endel
This article deals with changes that have taken place in the housing territories of towns and cities in the Czech Republic after the political, economic and social transformation of the early 1990s. In particular, our focus is on developments motivated by increased automobility and construction of shopping malls. The consequences of these processes are compared to the situation before 1990 and several conclusions are based on this comparison.
First graduates of the study programme Spatial Planning at the Czech University of Life Sciences, by Karel Maier & Veronika Šindlerová
For a long time, Czech spatial planning and management of regional development had no academic workplace focusing on the disciplines it includes. The first graduates of the master’s degree study programme in spatial planning graduated from the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague this year.