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Chosen aspects of sustainable development on the Polish, Czech and German borderland

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The shift to market forces in Poland, East Germany and Czech Republic has fundamentally reconfigured its economic geography. In particular, spatial inequalities between neighboring Polish, Czech and German border regions have re-emerged forcefully in response to new values, expectations and preferences. In this paper the example of coal mines illustrates the potency of spatial planning. The abundance of coal mines in the Polish, Czech and German borderland at or near abandonment and their proximity to ecological corridors make them candidates for renewed uses in industry or conservation. Attention will also be given to the main environmental problems caused by wrongly conducted spatial policy on this borderland. Transforming a landscape requires continuation of guidance and financial assistance of the European Union.

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  1. Department of Spatial Economy, University of Economics in Wroclaw, Nowowiejska 3, Jelenia Góra, 58-500, Poland

    Jerzy Ladysz

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Ladysz, J. Chosen aspects of sustainable development on the Polish, Czech and German borderland. GeoJournal 67, 1–7 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-006-9002-7

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