The suburbanization process and the development of the first suburbias in Prague's hinterland during the first half of 20th century: the case study of Dobřichovice

The aim of the bachelor thesis is to show how the process of suburbanization impacted on physical and social environments in the Prague hinterland during the first half of 20th century on the example of the Dobřichovice city located in Praha-západ district. This municipality was a favourite residential and recreation locality during the interwar period, especially for Prague inhabitants. First, the thesis deals the development of intensity and character of new building construction in the municipality during the interwar period. Second, there is an analysis of demographic and socio-economic structures of suburban population and comparison with other inhabitants based on the effort of identification of suburbanites in the individual Census data. Consequently, the thesis evaluates the effect of suburbanization on the change of population structure in Dobřichovice. The analysis confirmed the effect of suburbanization on expansion of built-up areas and changes in population structure and cultural and economic climates in municipality. Key words: Suburbanization, Dobřichovice, Prague during interwar period, building, population structur