CURRENT USE OF FORMER COMMUNIST AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES IN SOUTH BOHEMIA
CURRENT USE OF FORMER COMMUNIST AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES IN SOUTH BOHEMIA

Author(s): Tomáš Krejčík, Josef Navrátil, Stanislav Martinát, Kamil Pícha, PETR KLUSÁČEK, Robert Osman, Jaroslav Škrabal
Subject(s): National Economy, Agriculture, Economic history, History of Communism
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: brownfields; agriculture; land-use change;
Summary/Abstract: Although agriculture is considered a „traditional” or even „traditionalist” branch of economy, it is recently undergoing a rapid change along the development of production technologies. In East and Central Europe, these changes are significantly modified by processes of privatisation and profound changes in grant policies. The aim of the paper is to contribute to understanding of the changes in the use of ubiquitous premises of former communist co-operative farms and state farms in the Czech countryside. The changes in utilisation have been followed due to a newly developed database of these premises in 1989 comprising of available maps and aerial images. Geographically, our sample survey of the process focuses on the areas of South Bohemian Region. Altogether, 2,206 premises with a total area of 4,646 hectares have been identified. Currently, only their 59% share is used for varied agricultural purposes, 23 % is used for non-agricultural purposes and 18 % is abandoned and neglected. The distribution does not depend on the original use of the premises. The non-agricultural re-use of the property serves as housing and industrial sites.

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