Změny ve využití ploch Česka 1990 – 2010 a jejich společenské hybné síly

Land Use Changes in Czechia in 1990--2010 and Their Societal Driving Forces

Leoš Jeleček, Jan Kabrda

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 19, Číslo (Issue) 2, 2015, p. 38-61, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2015.19.2.38-61

Abstract

This article deals with the impact of the social and economic transformation in Czechia (Czechoslovakia) after the collapse of the Communist regime in 1989 in general and focuses particularly on the relatively well developed agricultural sector in the country. It characterizes the main transformation measures implemented in new state agricultural policy, which is conceived of as politicaleconomic driving forces both in structural and economic changes in Czech agriculture and particularly in land use changes in Czechia in 1990–2010. These changes reflected the transition of Czech agriculture to a capitalist system of production, the influence of foreign markets, and especially the European Union's agricultural policy. It is peculiar that the privatization of agricultural land and forests (in the form of land restitution, land sales, and confiscation) had nearly no impact on the farm structure, which was focused on large-scale production. Farm structure remained nearly the same as it was before 1989.

Keywords: post 1989 transformation of agriculture, Czechia, societal driving forces, land use change, 1990–2010

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