The master's thesis deals with landscape planning study which is a new instrument of spatial planning in Czechia. Main goal of the thesis to analyse the document's creation process and to evaluate a potential of utilization of the study by public sector. The evaluation includes intelligibility of the study, motivation on the side of the public sector as a contracting authority and a form of cooperation of authors and contracting authorities, municipalities, the public or other entities. Another partial goal of the thesis is to assess an accordance with European Landscape Convention, which is declared in a methodological instruction of the landscape planning study. Which is a document that should serve as a basis for decision making in the public sector. Four landscape planning studies made for districts of municipalities with extended powers which are in Prague's hinterland were chosen as model cases. After semantic analysis of the text of the chosen planning studies of landscape semi-structured interviews with representatives of author teams and contracting municipal offices followed. Interviews were then evaluated using qualitative research methods. The effect of total of eight factors on the potential of utilization of the study was examined. Main findings are that key factors are motivation of...

The master's thesis deals with landscape planning study which is a new instrument of spatial planning in Czechia. Main goal of the thesis to analyse the document's creation process which includes motivation on the side of the public sector as a contracting authority, a form of cooperation of authors and contracting authorities, municipalities, the public or other entities. That relates to an accordance with European Landscape Convention, which is declared in a methodological instruction of the landscape planning study. Furthermore, a potential of utilization of the study by public sector is addressed and potential of implementation of measures proposed in the landscape planning study is also explored. The landscape planning study is a document that should serve as a basis for decision making in the public sector. Four landscape planning studies made for districts of municipalities with extended powers which are in Prague's hinterland were chosen as model cases. After semantic analysis of the text of the chosen planning studies of landscape semi-structured interviews with representatives of author teams and contracting municipal offices followed. Interviews were then evaluated using qualitative research methods. One of the main findings is the fact that the chosen landscape planning studies were contracted...