PROBLÉMY, VÝVOJOVÉ TRENDY A INVESTIČNÍ POTŘEBY MALÝCH MĚST V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE
PROBLEMS, DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND INVESTMENT NEEDS OF SMALL TOWNS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Author(s): Jiří Ježek, Renáta Ježková
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Economic policy, Economic development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: small towns; development problems; future; trends and challenges; investment needs; Czech Republic;
Summary/Abstract: In the last more than ten years, interest in the phenomenon of small towns has increased. The aim of the article is to identify development problems, future trends and investment needs of small towns in the Czech Republic depending on their location in relation to large cities and metropolitan regions. The results are based on a questionnaire survey of 184 small towns. The most important problems that small towns solve today include transport infrastructure, parking options, housing. In addition, small towns in a peripheral location also solve job opportunities. The biggest problem of public services is the provision of medical and hospital care. According to the representatives of municipalities, the future of small towns will be determined primarily by the aging of the population, the departure of young, educated and entrepreneurial people and the decline in population. The main investment needs include the revitalization of urban centres, housing, transport and mobility. The results of the questionnaire survey showed that small towns in the Czech Republic are a very heterogeneous group of settlements. The assumption that small towns in peripheral regions have significantly different needs than towns in a central location has not been confirmed. They differ rather in the degree of problem, respectively urgency of their solution. Their political support needs to be approached individually and such support programs need to be created that will enable the implementation of integrated strategies.

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