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

Students'group work

Environmental NGO group - "Protest"

Local residents group

Mining company group

Regional government group

Tourists group

Shared SWOT analysis of the region

Vision of regional development from the point of view of regional stakeholders

Memorandum

SWOP-discussion

final result of the discussion

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.