Changes in land cover/land use in relation to a functional definition of urban and suburban area of Pelhřimov

Bachelor thesis deals with changes in land cover and land use in relation to the functional definition of urban and suburban area of Pelhřimov. Suburban area of Pelhřimov is defined by 17 cadastral areas of municipalities which lie in Pelhřimov surrounding. These municipalites were selected on the basis of approaching time and distance from Pelhřimov. Urban area of Pelhřimov was defined on the basis of the maps processing of the 90s 20th century and a field survey in 2012. This thesis describes changes in land cover and land use in the area, which took place from the 90s 20th century until 2012. One part of the thesis are map outputs that depict the surveyed area in the given time. The thesis has also a theoretical part which deals with the concepts of urbanization, suburbanization, land use, land cover, landscape and which describes the area of Pelhřimov. The results of the survey are summarized at the end of the thesis in the given territory