Analysis of the Legislation on Spatial Planning and Spatial Planning Tools of Rural Settlements in Central Europe

Abstract

The paper analyses the legislation of central European countries on spatial planning and the main spatial planning tools. The research on legislation aims at spatial planning tools and their use in planning rural settlements and regions. There are three levels of spatial planning tools: national, regional and local, with different degrees of strategic and regulatory functions. The analysis of the existing legislative framework and the main spatial planning tools in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, their verbal description and subsequent comparison with the Czech Republic gives an overview of spatial planning in Central Europe. This overview provides a basis for ongoing research on rural spatial planning.

The paper analyses the legislation of central European countries on spatial planning and the main spatial planning tools. The research on legislation aims at spatial planning tools and their use in planning rural settlements and regions. There are three levels of spatial planning tools: national, regional and local, with different degrees of strategic and regulatory functions. The analysis of the existing legislative framework and the main spatial planning tools in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, their verbal description and subsequent comparison with the Czech Republic gives an overview of spatial planning in Central Europe. This overview provides a basis for ongoing research on rural spatial planning.