The paper deals with the influence of urbanization processes on the arrangement of settlements in peri-urban areas, specifically around Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. The core of this research is a mapping of the changes that the peri-urban area has undergone, a description of the problems that have arisen due to these changes, and a critical evaluation of the consequences of those changes. Specifically, this involves an intensification of use of the peri-urban area for various functions (e.g. transport, agriculture, etc.), by which other functions (e.g. recreational, ecological) are limited. The research focuses on several selected localities. The article identifies and describes the main changes based on preliminary studies (in landscape cover, patterns of public space), which serve as a basis for further research. The further ambition of the research is to document and critically evaluate these changes to serve as a planning basis to provide recommendations for regional policy instruments. The side ambition is to contribute to the discussion what is meant by habitability (the quality of space characterizing it as habitable).
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