Funkce jihomoravského venkova v současném období

The submitted thesis deals with functions of the current South Moravian countryside. This region was divided into four types of countryside, where model micro-regions were chosen. A typology of countryside functions that results from the analyses of professional and thematic publications and documents was suggested. Main objective of this thesis is to specify and analyses the current functions of the South Moravian countryside. The first part is aimed at the statistical analysis of micro - regions modeling. The following part is aimed at the specific functions of different types of countryside based on a questionnaire and an enquiry survey. Thesis findings confirm that the current countryside serves several functions. They are mutually conditioned and they influence each other. It is important to search for equilibrium in the development of particular functions. In addition, it was proved that there has been a certain link between the types of the countryside and their functions. Analysis of the countryside functions is particularly beneficial for understanding of the countryside role and its future form. The image of the countryside will be determined by the relation among individual functions. The current countryside fulfills three following main functions: residential, production and recreation. They are bound to other functions. A noticeable growing dependence of the individual countryside functions on EU subsidy system has been shown from the enquiry. To some extent the selected statistical indicators quantify the suggested functions