Cooperation differs. Intentions of municipalities towards metropolitan cooperation in post-socialist space – Brno, Czech Republic

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Authors

ŠAŠINKA Petr KUNC Josef FRANTÁL Bohumil DVOŘÁK Zdeněk

Year of publication 2019
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source European Planning Studies
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1569597
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1569597
Keywords Regional policy; metropolitan cooperation; institutionalization; integrated territorial investment; Czech Republic; Brno metropolitan area
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Description The long-term regional policy of metropolitan regions contributes to the socio-economic development of the entire functional region as it prevents the disharmony in the activity of the interested actors. In the Czech environment, metropolitan cooperation has not been institutionalized yet, which is remarkable while its importance is emphasized in many developed countries and the development of metropolitan regions is greatly supported by EU through the tool ITI. Moreover, a fully-fledged expert interdisciplinary discussion on this issue, which would provide valid conclusions for the needs of the planning practice, is developing rather slowly. The presented contribution is filling this research gap by analysing and assessing the potential of municipalities for metropolitan cooperation in post-socialist space (mainly through institutional cooperation), using a relevant literature, assessing the results of a questionnaire survey and empirical experiences from the model territory of Brno metropolitan area (BMA). The results of the research indicate a willingness to set-up more formal institutionalization of metropolitan cooperation. It would be feasible to transfer some competencies to a newly established metropolitan expert platform/agency. However, cooperation is significantly linked to the awareness of its benefits (not only of a financial character) and to the requirement of keeping ‘basic’ self-governing competencies.
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