Transformation of post-agrarian countryside

Due to suburbanization and urban sprawl a big part of development is carried in the countryside, outside the cities, in residential areas of individual houses, in small villages linked to neighboring cities. Its character is ignoring of landscape and topography, loss of identity and respect of local tradition. It is also characterized by the transformation of the rural environment, the transformation of traditional architecture and the import of new, a low-quality architecture, as well as poor quality environment, which is contrasting to aspects of sustainable development. Real form of these changes was recorded during 3 mapping weekends during autumn 2009-2010 in the Kysuce region. Reference solutions and experiences are continuously searched in the literature concerning the rural areas and theories as well as in known endeavors influencing this negative spatial planning in specific planning documents in Czech and Slovak Republic and other European countries. The article focuses on the benefits or negatives of regulations, their sense and other forms of positive influence on built environment development