Economic impacts of culture on the example of city district Prague 20 - Horní Počernice

This bachelor thesis analyses measuring the economic impacts of culture on the region on example of city district Prague 20 -- Horní Počernice. Theoretical part of the thesis put emphasize on the explanation of the term culture, its place in the concept of sustainable development and possible social and economic impact of cultural sector on the location. There are also analyzed reasons and different methods of measuring the economic impact, with particular attention being paid to local multiplier method, which is also further used in the practical part. The practical part includes data analysis of two organizations operating in the location in culture (ie. Cultural Centre Horní Počernice and Chvalský Zámek) when using local multiplier calculation (the LM2) determines the impact of both organizations on the economy of the location and evaluating results of the measurement, not least outlines the procedure for calculating LM3. The objective of this thesis is to evaluate whether running selected organizations engaged in community service activities in culture has besides social impacts also positive economic impacts on the city district Prague 20.