Shrinking of Cities in the Czech Republic and its Reflection on Society: Case Study of Karvina City

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15310/18:73591107

Result on the web

<a href="https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2018/0354-87241801068S.pdf" target="_blank" >https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2018/0354-87241801068S.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/22-16622" target="_blank" >10.5937/22-16622</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Shrinking of Cities in the Czech Republic and its Reflection on Society: Case Study of Karvina City

Original language description

The shrinking of cities is a process that accompanies cities in post-conjunctural changes, when they are entering a phase of economic decline and the decline in population connected with it. The Ostrava-Karviná area is one of the economically problematic regions in the Czech Republic nowadays but it used to be ranked as one of the economic heartlands in the period of socialism. The region, dependent on bituminous coal mining and heavy industry, gradually began to decline after the year 1989 and one of the consequences is a significant decline in its population. This paper deals with identification of the causes and consequences of shrinking cities explained through the example of the town of Karviná through an analysis of quantitative data, questionnaire surveys, and semi-structured interviews. The questionnaire survey revealed that the main reason causing the departure of young and educated citizens is the lack of work opportunities. High unemployment and thus the presence of many socially disadvantaged people causes the atmosphere in the city to deteriorate, and this is accompanied by social problems, such as ageing of the population or criminality. Lack of safety of citizens and a bad environment are other reasons why young people leave the city. The decreasing number of citizens closes the vicious circle by leading to a lower demand for services, closing of shops and other services and increasing numbers of empty houses and flats. Another essential part of the paper is the question of possible measures by the local authority leading to the elimination of these undesirable phenomena, but also the belief in the necessity of help from the government.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50700 - Social and economic geography

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Geographica Pannonica

ISSN

0354-8724

e-ISSN

1820-7138

Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

68-80

UT code for WoS article

000431857700006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85044675200