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BK

Amsterdam : University of Amsterdam, c1994

230 s. : il.

ISBN 90-6993-087-0

000111610

List of contributors Vili // List of maps, figures and tables X // 1 Introduction - Max Barlow, Petr Dostál and Martin Hampl // THE CZECH LANDS AND THE LIBEREC REGION 19 // 2 Long-term trends in the settlement system 21 - Martin Hampl // 3 Demographic transition and contemporary population development 31 - Zdeněk Pavlík, Tomáš Kučera and Martin Hampl // 4 Industrialization and regional industrial structures 41 - Ludvík Kopačka // 5 Changing land-use patterns in Liberec and Jablonec districts 57 -Ivan Bičík and Vít Štěpánek // ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY-MAKING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 65 // 6 Towards a new Czech regional policy 67 - Jan Kára // 7 Local financing and settlement structure 85 - Jiří Blažek // 8 The new local politics after the 1990 local reform: councillors, mayors and citizens 95 - Michal Illner and Daniel Hanšpach // 9 Administrative issues at the elementary level: Liberec municipality 111 - Zdenšk Kadlas, Petr Dostál and Martin Hampl // INTERNATIONAL VIEWPOINTS: SELECTED PROBLEMS 121 // 10 Issues and problems of fragmentation in local and regional administration 123 - Max Barlow // 11 Regional restructuring, local government and small firms sector in England 135 - Roy Murphy // 12 Alternative structures of chambers of commerce in Great Britain 153 - Peter Wicks // 13 Environmental policy-making at national and local level: a Dutch example 163 - Jan Groenendijk and Herman van der Wüsten // 14 Migration processes in Europe and their regional impact: scenarios for the Liberec region 179 - Leszek Kosinski // TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS 189 // 15 Development of an urban system: general conception and specific features in the Czech Republic 191 - Petr Dostál and Martin Hampl // 16 Conclusions: further research directions 225 - Petr Dostál and Martin Hampl