Metropolitní svazek jako faktor zvýšení efektivity urbánního rozvoje v České republice

Abstract

The paper reflects the results of the research project TA ČR METROSPOL, which focused on organizational anchoring of metropolitan cooperation in the Czech Republic. It aims to present the functions and legal forms of the so-called metropolitan unit and evaluate the importance of this institution responsible for harmonious metropolitan area development. It is methodologically based on the results of partial investigations related to the metropolitan areas, inter-settlement relations, and intermunicipal cooperation. The project with a mixed research design used standard methods of scientific work such as inductive-deductive methods, methods of analogy, synthesis, and generalization. The metropolitan unit was defined as a specific legal entity under public law based on the core city, municipalities in the hinterland, and the role of the region. Given the need for the special legal regulation of intermunicipal cooperation in agglomerations, the unit appears to be the most suitable form of institutionalization of metropolitan cooperation in the long term.