Students:Summer school 2011

Knowledge base for case study development

Czech Republic - background information

Ore mountains - region and history‎

Ore mountains - social and economic conditions‎

Case study: Historical mining in the Ore mountains‎

Case study: Brown coal mining in the Usti region‎

Case study: Energy in Usti region‎

Case study: Environment in the Usti region

Syndrome approach applied in Ore Mountains

Study materials for students

Use google scholar to find relevant resources:

• Ladysz, J. (2006). Chosen aspects of sustainable development on the Polish, Czech and German borderland. GeoJournal, 67(1), 1–7.
• Balej, M., & Andel, J. (2008). Land use changes and environmental stress accounting (case study from northwestern part of the Czech-German borderland). Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, 1(5), 97–109.
• Dołzbłasz, S., & Raczyk, A. (2007). New versus old cross-border co-operation programmes in the example of Polish-Czech and Polish-German border areas. Europa XXI, 16, 153–165.
• Heimpold, G. (2008). Growth versus equalisation? An examination of strategies for regional policy in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland after EU accession. Jahrbuch f\ür Regionalwissenschaft, 28(1), 1–29. (NUTS 2 region under our focus is "Severozápad"
• Leibenath, M., & Knippschild, R. (2007). Territorial Cohesion and Transboundary Governance: Insights from the Polish-German and the Czech-German Borders. Territorial Cohesion, 123–150.
• Leibenath, M., Blum, A., & Stutzriemer, S. (2010). Transboundary cooperation in establishing ecological networks: The case of Germany’s external borders. Landscape and Urban Planning, 94(2), 84–93.
• ZAPLETALOVÁ, A. V. J. (without date). GEOGRAPHY OF THE CZECH BORDERLAND. DISCUSSION PAPERS Special, 15.
• Roseland, M. (2000). Sustainable community development: integrating environmental, economic, and social objectives. Progress in Planning, 54(2), 73–132.