Protected landscape areas and regional development (the case of the Czech Republic)
Title
Velkoplošná chráněná území a regionální rozvoj (případová studie z České republiky)
Author(s)
Těšitel, Jan (UEK-B) Kušová, Drahomíra (UEK-B) Matějka, K. (CZ) Bartoš, Michael (UEK-B)
Source Title
Rural Development Capacity in Carpathian Europe. - Warsaw : Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw,, 2005 / Florianczyk Zbigniew ; Czapiewski Konrad
- ISBN 83-89666-11-1
Pages
23–36
Number of pages
14 s.
Language
eng - English
Country
PL - Poland
Keywords
protected landscape area ; nature protection ; regional development
Subject RIV
AE - Management ; Administration
R&D Projects
SM/610/3/03 GA MŽP - Ministry of Environment (MŽP)
CEZ
AV0Z60870520 - UEK-B (2005-2011)
Annotation
The focal point of this article is to discuss whether or not, or to which extent, nature protection can be considered a factor differentiating the level or speed of regional socio-economic development. We decided to use empirical evidence in order to test the historical belief that nature protection poses limits to economic development that may lead to stagnation if not decline in areas where it is applied. We used three large-scale Czech protected areas and tested the hypothesis saying that areas under special regime of management due to nature protection suffer from economic underdevelopment. Based on the analysis both of objective data and subjective reflection of the situation by local population we can conclude that protected areas should not be seen as territories a priori handicapped.
Workplace
Global Change Research Institute
Contact
Nikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268
