Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: S. Hubík Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Title: Operational zones, countryside, network society Abstract: An important issue in the theory of social constructivism is the issue of spatial arrangement. Space is grasped as the primary/secondary zone of operation. The secondary zone of operation is determined by the use of technical means. Technically conditioned social networks currently give a new dimension to both zones. From this point of view, the new solutions for the network/agglomeration economies arise: networks may substitute for agglomerations. Keywords: zone of operation, network society, countryside, agglomeration, Granovetter M., Schutz A Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 491-494 Volume: 53 Issue: 11 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/977-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/977-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200711-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:11:id:977-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: M. Lošťák Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: E. Kučerová Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Title: The impacts of local endogenous initiatives on the public (the case of the Tradice Bílých Karpat) Abstract: The paper addresses the initiative Tradice Bílých Karpat. It is the example of innovative use of local resources through joining together organic farmers and environmentalists. Content analysis (research technique used in combination with case study) proved to be an efficient tool when evaluating the impacts of this initiative for the public. The results documenting the impacts of this initiative for the public are rather of regional nature. They address only some activities of the Tradice Bílých Karpat, mostly those concentrated around processing of local apples. The paper also outlines the possible reasons for the existing image of this initiative presented in mass media and presenting it for the public. Keywords: Tradice Bílých Karpat, content analysis, impacts on public Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 495-504 Volume: 53 Issue: 11 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/976-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/976-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200711-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:11:id:976-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: H. Hudečková Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: A. Ševčíková Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Title: The renewal of the rural cultural heritage of the Czech Republic with the support of regional policy Abstract: The paper focuses on rural immovable cultural heritage as a part of the infrastructure for certain forms of tourism. Using the secondary analysis method, it compares data about the support of rural cultural heritage in the pre-accession period (2002) and after the Czech Republic joined the EU (2004-2006). Conclusions include a broader issue of animation of cultural heritage for the purpose of rural development. Keywords: cultural heritage, countryside, regional policy, animation Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 505-512 Volume: 53 Issue: 11 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/2676-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/2676-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200711-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:11:id:2676-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: V. Majerová Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Social factors influencing the differences between developed and less developed regions Abstract: The aim of the rural development programs is the stabilisation of rural population and forming the perspectives for increasing the quality of life for all social groups in the communities as well as in the region. Less developed areas suffer for a long term from the cumulated negative factors of economic and social development. Their detailed identification which is theoretically considered in this paper can help to improve the particular measures towards the removal of the most urgent problems. Keywords: Czech countryside, quality of life, less favoured areas Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 513-517 Volume: 53 Issue: 11 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/975-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/975-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200711-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:11:id:975-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: K. Ryglová Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: I. Vajčnerová Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Title: The analysis of customer behaviour in accommodation services after 1989 in the Czech Republic Abstract: Hospitality services rank among significant realisation factors of tourism. Due to its increasing importance and high potential, tourism falls into significant elements effecting a possible development of rural areas, especially in the area of maintaining and supporting small and medium businesses. This paper deals with the issues of customer behaviour in the Czech Republic with the emphasis on hospitality services. The main purpose was to identify and analyse development changes in customer behaviour in the area of these services. The pursuit of revealing the causes of such established changes and finding possible links and connections between the individual factors was an inseparable part of it. Furthermore, we compare the materially-technical base and the existing accommodation services in the period after 1989 with the contemporary situation and we also outline new trends in customer behaviour in the Czech Republic. To reach these set targets, a secondary date analysis was conducted and after that, a primary research in the form of questionnaire survey among consumers was carried out. During the statistical evaluation of the research, the frequency of the occurrence of each question was evaluated (e.g. Information on accommodation facilities is usually found on the Internet for 64% of respondents.), then dependences among verbal features were measured and the expressed hypotheses were tested (e.g. The assumption: less than 30% people are looking for accommodation in the category from 201 CZK to 300 CZK was not rejected and so we can say that approximately 30% people find their accommodation in the category 201-300 CZK). Important results of the conducted surveys with the relevant discussions are a part of this paper. Keywords: customer behaviour, hospitality services, accommodation services, tourism Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 518-529 Volume: 53 Issue: 11 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/974-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/974-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200711-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:11:id:974-AGRICECON