POĽNOHOSPODÁRSKE BROWNFIELDY V OKRESE ZLATÉ MORAVCE
AGRICULTURAL BROWNFIELDS IN THE ZLATÉ MORAVCE DISTRICT

Author(s): Jana Némethová, Zuzana D. Líšková
Subject(s): Agriculture, Regional Geography, Public Administration
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Agricultural brownfields; the Zlaté Moravce District; field research;
Summary/Abstract: Brownfields are mostly associated with urban areas. However, the consequences of political and economic transformation have also affected rural areas. The most common type of brownfields in Slovakia is brownfields after agricultural production. The objective of the study was to identify the brownfields in the Zlaté Moravce district and focus primarily on the localisation of agricultural brownfields in the individual municipalities of the district. The district under review belongs to the Nitra Region, which is the most agriculturally used region in Slovakia. In order to meet our goal we mainly used the field research method and within this method the techniques such as observation, interviews with the employees of the municipal authorities, the owners of brownfield areas, the inhabitants of the municipalities and collection of photographic documentation. In the District we identified 64 brownfields and according to their original use it was predominantly agricultural brownfields amounting to a total number of 36. Most of them are in private hands. In many cases there is not only a single brownfield owner. Agricultural brownfields presented up to 95 % from the overall area of all brownfield categories. Agricultural brownfields are situated almost in every municipality in the district. In the majority of the cases it is agricultural areas, which include a number of abandoned buildings. In the Zlaté Moravce District none of these areas or buildings respectively has been revitalized so far because of the complicated ownership structure and lack of funding necessary for their restoration.

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