PROJECTS IMPACT TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF DESTINATIONS IN THE SOUTH BOHEMIAN REGION
PROJECTS IMPACT TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF DESTINATIONS IN THE SOUTH BOHEMIAN REGION

Author(s): Gabriela Antošová, René Wokoun, HELMUTH YESID ARIAS GOMÉZ
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Regional Geography, Public Administration, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: South Bohemia region; exploratory factor analysis; resident’s attitudes; local development;
Summary/Abstract: Regional policy focuses on the less developed regions as part of accelerating traditional regional development, and we have seen some positive and negative impacts resulting from the implemented projects in the South Bohemia region. This article aims to explore the implemented projects funded by European regional financial resources and their impacts in the selected three municipalities of the South Bohemia region. The proposed factor analysis uses a standardized questionnaire related to impacts on local development caused by finalized projects in the period of 2013-2016, taken by the residents. Results contain information about satisfactory local development with the interregional impact and the attitudes of local residents observed in September 2016. The significant role of tourism and local business is evident in three attractive destinations of the South Bohemia region, which is also evident in the interregional context of a sustainable rural development according the benefits from the results of the implemented projects. This article reveals findings in the border areas of the Jindřichův Hradec district and these findings introduce an adjacent local model (after “the Iron Curtain” ideology national policy) as a model of regional success on the Czech-Austrian frontier.

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