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Fig.3: The development of different types of land in Prague, ENVIS<ref>ENVIS, 2007: http://envis.praha-mesto.cz/%28cvvouk454exf1gmszo5zjmia%29/zdroj.aspx?typ=2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Id=79433&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;sh=-1015397439</ref> | Fig.3: The development of different types of land in Prague, ENVIS<ref>ENVIS, 2007: http://envis.praha-mesto.cz/%28cvvouk454exf1gmszo5zjmia%29/zdroj.aspx?typ=2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Id=79433&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;sh=-1015397439</ref> | ||
*Eventhough politicians like to pride themselves with numbers of newly planted trees or hectares of newly set up urban greenery, this chart shows that in total the nature-like land (forest, water, agricultural and other areas) has more or less stagnated, whereas the built-up area has increased has risen significantly since 1990.<br><br> | *Eventhough politicians like to pride themselves with numbers of newly planted trees or hectares of newly set up urban greenery, this chart shows that in total the nature-like land (forest, water, agricultural and other areas) has more or less stagnated, whereas the built-up area has increased has risen significantly since 1990.<br><br> | ||
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5. Small, former retailers are threatened and see SC as “unfair rivals”.<br>6. The design of new SC often omits local urban patterns and so interrupts the landscape or even the historical values. A study<ref>J.Temelová (2004): The Reflection of Globalization in non-housing estate in Prague after 1990. In M.Ouředníček: Social Goegraphy of the Prague Region. Charles University in Prague, 2006</ref> on this topic claims these factors:<br> | 5. Small, former retailers are threatened and see SC as “unfair rivals”.<br>6. The design of new SC often omits local urban patterns and so interrupts the landscape or even the historical values. A study<ref>J.Temelová (2004): The Reflection of Globalization in non-housing estate in Prague after 1990. In M.Ouředníček: Social Goegraphy of the Prague Region. Charles University in Prague, 2006</ref> on this topic claims these factors:<br> | ||
*A trend of globally active artist creating international images of cities has emerged, buildings are designed to show global success as a part of the marketing strategy of their owners. This means that the architecture is becoming rather unified, local specific manners are omitted often and so one can observe the same designs worldwide.Example images are shown to prove the theory (pictures taken from Wikipedia Commons):<br> | *A trend of globally active artist creating international images of cities has emerged, buildings are designed to show global success as a part of the marketing strategy of their owners. This means that the architecture is becoming rather unified, local specific manners are omitted often and so one can observe the same designs worldwide.Example images, both from abroad and Prague are shown to prove the theory (pictures taken from Wikipedia Commons):<br> | ||
[[Image:240px-Downtown of Rio de Janeiro.jpg]] Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | [[Image:240px-Downtown of Rio de Janeiro.jpg]] Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | ||
[[Image:240px- | [[Image:240px-Toronto.jpg]]Toronto, Canada<br> | ||
[[Image:240px- | [[Image:240px-Praha Pankrac mrakodrapy.jpg]]<br> | ||
[[Image:240px- | [[Image:240px-Villagecinemas cernymost.jpg]]Entertainment centre Černý Most, Prague, Czech republic<br> | ||
*New projects engage foreign investors, which reflects in their names (Anděl Bussiness Center), in the similarity of financing (the developer designs the exterior x the client chooses the interior composition) and in construction similarity - groundscraper model ilustrated by pictures from Wikipedia Commons: | |||
[[Image:240px-AON WAKAMATSU SHOPPING CENTER.jpg]] Shopping centre Wakamatsu. Fukuoka, Japan<br>[[Image:240px-Galerie Butovice.jpg]] Galerie Butovice, Prague, Czech republic<br>[[Image:240px-Praha-letnany.jpg]] Shopping centre Letňany, Prague, Czech republic<br> | |||
[[Image:240px- | [[Image:240px-Praha Chodov Centrum Chodov a okoli.jpg]]Centrum Chodov, Prague, Czech republic<br> | ||
*Especially suburban stores and SC express rationality and purpose of machines of mass consume and create an atmosphere of a placeless city | *Especially suburban stores and SC express rationality and purpose of machines of mass consume and create an atmosphere of a placeless city | ||