Abstract
After the change of political system in Czechoslovakia (1989) came also a lot of social, economical and cultural changes. Today, all the Czech cities stay in front of the biggest change of city planning philosophy in last two decades. Prague, the capital city of Czech Republic, decided for a big institutional transition in 2012. The municipality, in cooperation with Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague, is preparing completely pioneering methodology for quality commissioning of land use plans and, in cooperation with the new Institute of Planning and Development, is preparing innovative system of city planning. There are new ordinances, laws, regulations, tourist trade strategies and many other documents. Prague, as one of the strongest regions in East-Central Europe, can be seen like a laboratory of current development of post-socialist city. The new methodology of Metropolitan Plan could be a key to success.
Highlights
Before The Second World War there was a big minority of German speakers in Czechoslovakia, who played an important role in cultural and architectural field
The Prague City Council decided for commissioning of completely new land use plan, named as the Metropolitan Plan
What is happening in Prague is changing attitude to the City
Summary
Before The Second World War there was a big minority of German speakers in Czechoslovakia, who played an important role in cultural and architectural field. The urban development in the city of Prague is coordinated by this land use plan. A new land use plan for the city of Prague was under preparation since 2007 and its draft version was approved in 2009. The Prague City Council decided for commissioning of completely new land use plan, named as the Metropolitan Plan. This step represented the new vision of future Prague, which started to be discussed in more democratic processes. New conceptual agencies were established – the Metropolitan Plan Office (MPO) and the Public Space Office Their common objective is to return an emphasis on the quality of life to urban development. Besides of MP the Prague Public Space Design Manual and the Conception of Prague Riversides were formulated as well as Management Plan of UNESCO Heritage Site is discussed
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