The Czech and the Slovak studies of sustainable development have been launched at the end of 1991. The aim of the study is to analyse alternative routes of development and possible future for the societies in the Czech and the Slovak Republics.Emphasis is put to looking for strategies, which are environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. The Czech and the Slovak studies have five principal steps:1. sectoral baseline analyses (contain characteristics of 21 sectors, like agriculture, forest management, transportation etc.) 2. integration of sectors (we attempt to find out some reciprocal relations and connections among particular sectors) 3. building up alternative scenarios of society 4. more detailed desirable scenario - scenario of sustainable development 5. implementation activities.Crucial part of the project is landscape-evaluation of the territory of the Czech and the Slovak Republics. Aim of such spatial evaluation is to prepare proposal for perspective utilization of territory (and/or its main regions) that respects current state of landscape as well as natural preconditions for realization of the strategy of sustainable development.