HOUSING CONSTRUCTION ON THE TERRITORY OF THE PRAGUE METROPOLITAN REGION FROM 2005 to 2010 AND THE ESTIMATION OF ITS DEVELOPMENT TO 2016
Abstract
Traditionally, the metropolitan region of Prague is the place of the most intensive housing construction in the Czech Republic. When the period 2005 to 2010 is compared with previous decade, this is seen as an extraordinary time in terms of the volume of completed constructions.
The bonds between the city of Prague and its hinterland go beyond the Districts of Praha-východ and Praha-západ to more distant districts within the Region of Central Bohemia, thus constituting an area of intense spatial relations, quantifiable in statistical data on migration, commuting to work and schools, intensity of cooperational production links, and so on. In the last 10 or 15 years, such intense spatial relations between Prague and its hinterland can also be seen in housing and housing construction, as is manifested in the heavy suburbanization which became an important phenomenon in shaping of the Prague metropolitan region.