Občanská angažovanost v procesu územního plánování - komparace vybraných malých obcí a měst v České republice

Civic participation is a key part of the process of land use planning, an important tool for sustainable regional development. The public, as a daily user of the area, brings experts valuable information and practical insight into the creation of a spatial plan. Despite this, civic participation in land use planning is often neglected. This diploma thesis focuses on the evaluation of civic participation in land use planning in the Hradec Králové region in municipalities with different populations, in order to identify related factors of difference and similarity. The Czech settlement system is typical for its fragmentation, namely a large number of smaller municipalities with a municipal office and smaller towns. Based on this fact, a comparison of civic participation in land use planning was made in selected towns and rural municipalities in the Hradec Králové region. In-depth interviews with municipal representatives made it possible to identify key factors of difference and similarities and to suggest possibilities for increasing civic participation with regard to participatory planning. It was possible to verify the hypothesis stating that in selected rural municipalities, civic participation in land use planning is at a higher level than in selected towns in Hradec Kralove region.