South-Moravian Rural Borderland

0394440 - ÚGN 2014 RIV PL eng J - Journal Article
Vaishar, A. - Šťastná, M. - Trnka, P. - Dvořák, Petr - Zapletalová, Jana
South-Moravian Rural Borderland.
European Countryside. Roč. 5, č. 2 (2013), s. 115-132. ISSN 1803-8417
Institutional support: RVO:68145535
Keywords : borderland * landscape * rural settlement * economy * Moravia
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
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The South Moravian rural borderland has been studied as an example of peripheral countryside. It is defined by municipalities the cadastral districts of which border on the state frontiers. The borderland is considerably differentiated in dependence on the natural conditions, historic development, geographical position and subjective circumstances. The period after 1990 experienced a downturn in production sectors, development of the tertiary sector, quite positive demographic evolution with a positive migration balance (with some exceptions), further intensification of nature conservation and landscape protection, increased unemployment rate and lower standard of formal education. The strengths encompass the maintained and, in many cases, strictly protected landscape, suitable settlement structures with large villages, suitable conditions for agricultural activities, development of balneology and important transition position of the central part of the borderland.The weaknesses include, in particular, the distinctly seasonal character of tourism, below-average education, poor condition of many local roads and exposedness of the territory to erosion.
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