Možnosti ochrany, rozvoje a využití památkových areálů v České republice

This paper copes with the possibilities of protection, development and usage of culture heritage areas in Czech Republic. This paper looks on this problematic mostly from the law regulation point of view and socio-economic relations point of view. In the opening theoretical part of the paper is defined the term heritage areas itself. The paper brings an overview of basic types of heritage areas we can found in Czech Republic. It also tells some specifics of possibilities of protection, development and usage of the individual types of heritage areas. It deals with the problematic of legal delimination of heritage areas, which is made with the help of the institute of cultural monument and its derivations or with the help of institutes of protected areas. Also protective zones are discussed as a specific category. Practical part of the paper focuses on some chosen typical problems common to various types of heritage areas. First issue is the question of possibilities of usage of public areas inside the heritage areas, question of regulation of such usage and with special attention to busking. Second treated issue is the question of ownership of the heritage areas, with focus on the problems connected with the splitted ownership of heritage areas. The paper also copes with the news brought by the new civil code. Third issue is the question of participation of society and local communities on protection, development and usage of heritage areas. Special attention is dedicated to the possibilities and limitations of influence of citizen associations on the heritage areas. The case study of Kyselka Spa is demonstrates the devastating but also refreshing influence of solutions of problems thrown down in the practical part of this paper.