Problémové rezidenční čtvrti a politiky k jejich regeneraci v postsocialistickém městě – studie Prahy

• Published in: Sociologický časopis Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 39 - 63
• Main Authors: Kostelecký, Tomáš, Patočková, Věra, Illner, Michal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Czech
• Published: AV ČR Czech Academy of Sciences - Institute of Sociology 2012; AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Sociologický ústav; Sociologický ústav Akademie Věd České Republiky
• Subjects: Social Sciences
• ISSN: 0038-0288; 2336-128X

This article sets out to examine regeneration policies in Prague.
After introducing the concept of regeneration and regeneration theories and
reviewing foreign cases of regeneration of problem neighbourhoods, the authors
analyse the situation in Prague and attempt to answer three basic questions:
How do the authorities in Prague approach social-spatial inequalities
and urban regeneration in the city? What are the objectives of the city’s regeneration
policies and what tools are used? Who are the main actors involved
in regeneration policies and how do they relate to each other? The study of
documents and interviews with the people who are the actors involved in regeneration
policies showed that the ‘regeneration policies for problem neighbourhoods’
in a post-socialist city differ signifi cantly from the approaches applied
in Western cities. In Prague regeneration policies do not rank high on the
ladder of local political priorities, and local politicians implicitly assume that