Definition of rural areas: approaches, methods and application to the territory of South Bohemia

The presented bachelor thesis deals with defining of urban and rural landscape areas. The main aim of the thesis is the application of three different methods of defining countryside residencies in the territory of South Bohemia from the perspective of the population size of municipalities, population density and commuting principle and also synthesis of the aforementioned approaches. The practical part is preceded by three chapters describing the theoretical foundations of the issue of rural landscape defining and providing South Bohemia characteristics. The final two chapters are focused on methodology, data processing and results analysis