Title: Regional Profile Report - Central Europe

4.1.4. Economic structures ...................................................................................................... 63
4.2. Mining and its impact on regional development .................................................................... 65
4.2.1. Character of mining ....................................................................................................... 65
4.2.2. Economic character of mining ....................................................................................... 66
4.2.3. State of rehabilitation ..................................................................................................... 67
4.3. Potentials in consequence of mining ..................................................................................... 67
4.3.1. Ecological potentials – qualitative description ............................................................... 67
4.3.2. Cultural potentials – qualitative description ................................................................... 69
4.4. Strategies and projects .......................................................................................................... 70
4.4.1. Regional and local development strategies ................................................................... 70
4.4.2. Old and current projects, with use or refer to existing potentials .................................. 73
4.5. Actors and interplay of change .............................................................................................. 79
4.5.1. Different policy levels ..................................................................................................... 79
4.5.2. Key actors on regional policy level (constellation of actors) .......................................... 79
4.5.3. Interplay of actors .......................................................................................................... 80
4.6. References ............................................................................................................................ 81
4.7. Annex ..................................................................................................................................... 83
5. REGIONAL PROFILE ZASAVJE ........................................................................................................... 87
Zasavje – Index of Content ............................................................................................................... 88
5.1. General profile ....................................................................................................................... 89
5.1.1. Geographical position/data ............................................................................................ 89
5.1.2. Population ...................................................................................................................... 92
5.1.3. Accessibility/Location (excel table 2.5) .......................................................................... 94
5.1.4. Economic structures ...................................................................................................... 94
5.2. Mining and its impact on regional development .................................................................... 99
5.2.1. Short history ................................................................................................................... 99
5.2.2. Character of mining ..................................................................................................... 100
5.2.3. Economic character of mining ..................................................................................... 102
5.2.4. State of rehabilitation ................................................................................................... 103
5.3. Regional potentials .............................................................................................................. 107
5.3.1. Potentials as a result of mining activities: .................................................................... 107
5.3.2. Potentials not related to the mining activity: ................................................................ 108
5.4. Strategies and projects ........................................................................................................ 109
5.4.1. Old and current projects, which use or refer to existing potentials .............................. 113
5.5. Actors and interplay of change ............................................................................................ 116
5.5.1. Different policy levels ................................................................................................... 116
5.5.2. Key actors on local/regional policy level (constellation of actors): .............................. 117
5.5.3. Interplay of actors ........................................................................................................ 119
5.6. Appendixes .......................................................................................................................... 122
6. REGIONAL PROFILE SOKOLOV - EAST ............................................................................................. 123
6.1. General information ............................................................................................................. 125
6.1.1. Geographical data ....................................................................................................... 125
6.1.2. Inhabitants ................................................................................................................... 127
6.1.3. Demographic structure, population by three age groups ............................................ 130
6.1.4. Level of education (compared to national average) .................................................... 131
6.1.5. Accessibility/Location .................................................................................................. 133
6.1.6. Economic structures .................................................................................................... 134
6.2. Mining and its impact on regional development .................................................................. 140
6.2.1. Character of mining ..................................................................................................... 140
6.2.2. State of rehabilitation ................................................................................................... 143
6.3. Potentials in consequence of mining ................................................................................... 148
6.3.1. Ecological potentials .................................................................................................... 148
6.3.2. Cultural potentials ........................................................................................................ 148
6.4. Strategies and projects ........................................................................................................ 149
6.4.1. Old and current projects which use or refer to existing potentials ............................... 151
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