Geography and territorial administration in the Czech Republic : Issues of fragmentation and rescaling

Abstract

The post-1989 reforms of the Czech system of territorial administration and self-government have involved debates on traditional key issues: reform of multipurpose territorial government, fragmentation of administrative and self-governmental system and rescaling of competences in changing hierarchy of the system. The paper focuses on the last major reform establishing in 2003 an administrative level of 205 small districts.

Keywords

• territorial administration
• reforms
• self-government
• regionalisation
• post-communist transformation
• the Czech Republic