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One of the major themes of sustainable urban development is adaptation to climate change through the protection, maintenance of existing and creation of new green spaces. In the design areas of the municipal master plan, green spaces are designated for specific ecosystem services, which can be divided into 4 basic categories of regulating, cultural, productive, and supporting services related to biodiversity. Thus, green spaces affect human well-being and can serve as a benchmark to assess the quality of human lif...

The article deals with the issue of the current situation of blocks of flats in the Czech Republic and in more detail in the statutory city of Brno and its surroundings. The issue of housing is a very current topic for the Czech Republic. Significant excess of demand for housing over the current supply is reflected, among other things, in the ever-rising real estate prices. In the introductory part, the paper deals with the development of forms of housing and flat ownership in the Czech Republic (state and municip...

The article focuses on defining socio-economic impacts of investment projects related to sustainable urban development in the field of residential and administrative construction. Large development projects associated with urban development determine the appearance of the city for decades to come. In addition to the direct economic impacts on public budgets (land preparation, construction of roads, backbone networks, etc.), these projects have other indirect, socio-economic impacts on life in their surroundings. A...

Assessment of economic efficiency of transport infrastructure projects also includes impact of these projects on the environment. This paper focuses on the effects of exogenous costs associated with removing/reducing negative externalities such as traffic noise or exhaust fumes from cars. These effects are evaluated by using Cost Benefit Analysis according to their influence on the beneficiaries. The presented analysis has been performed on the sample of 47 Czech large-scale transport infrastructure projects proce...

The brownfields regeneration is very expensive process however it has important socio-economic effects. Many brownfields were revitalized also in the Southeast Cohesion Region in the Czech Republic, which is selected as the studied area. The research sample contents data from 28 CBA projects located in this area. The aim of this paper is to evaluate contribution of socio-economic effects to total efficiency of these projects based on benefit-cost ratio (BCR). The paper also deals with the classification of brownfi...