Consolidation of Small Municipalities as a Solution of Territorial Fragmentation in the Czech Republic

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Consolidation of Small Municipalities as a Solution of Territorial Fragmentation in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Local government is one of the fundamental parts of public administration of a democratic state. Municipality is a basic territorial unit and a basic unit of local government in the Czech Republic, which is entitled to a degree of independence from the state and to manage own affairs in own interest. There are almost 6250 municipalities in the Czech Republic and every municipality has its own elected mayor and councilors and must provide basic public services. The high degree of territorial fragmentation is connected with the most serious problems of small municipalities. For this reasons, the politicians and experts talk about the need to amalgamations of at least the smallest municipalities. The aim of this paper is to provide literature overview andto assess current knowledge in the area of territorial structure of municipalities and optimal size of municipalities.
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference: Curent Trends in Public Sector Research
ISBN
9788021066113
ISSN
2336-1239
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Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
170-178
Publisher name
Masarykova Univerzita
Place of publication
Brno
Event location
Šlapanice
Event date
Jan 1, 2014
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
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