Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie.2022.009
Veronika Korvasová
Geographical themes and topics are some of the factors that influence the way geography is perceived by students. Geographical content can be key to geography’s appeal as a discipline and to improving its image to students and society. The aim of this systematic review is to identify geographical themes and topics that are attractive to students as well as the research methods that determined them. The studies were searched for through the Web of Science and Scopus using keywords. After setting the inclusion criteria (years, language, age of students), 12 relevant studies were identified. The results indicated that the topics of physical geography prevailed; natural hazards were mentioned the most because they directly affect humans’ lives. The students also enjoyed human geography topics. The themes and topics that were unpopular required abstract thinking or were not directly related to students’ everyday lives. This review emphasizes the students’ voices in geography education and provides insights regarding curriculum innovations in geography education.
地理主题和主题是影响学生对地理认知方式的一些因素。地理内容是提高地理学科吸引力的关键，也是提高地理学科在学生和社会中的形象的关键。本系统综述的目的是确定对学生有吸引力的地理主题和主题，以及确定这些主题和主题的研究方法。这些研究是通过Web of Science和Scopus使用关键词进行搜索的。在设定入组标准(年龄、语言、学生年龄)后，筛选出12项相关研究。结果表明:自然地理主题占主导地位;自然灾害被提及最多，因为它们直接影响人类的生活。同学们也很喜欢人文地理的话题。不受欢迎的主题和话题需要抽象思维，或者与学生的日常生活没有直接关系。本文强调地理教育中学生的声音，并对地理教育课程创新提出一些见解。
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie.2022.007
Petro Marek
The article discusses the transformation of regional identity – both “identity of region” and “regional identity of people” – of partly deinstitutionalized Bohemia and Moravia in Czechia. It aims to understand better the role of “new” regional identities in the transformation of “old”/historical regional identities. A questionnaire survey with 454 inhabitants of the Bohemian-Moravian borderland revealed the crucial impact of the “new” administrative regions, not respecting historical boundaries, in the transformation of the “old”/historical regions’ territorial shape. This is connected with a change in regional identity of people. The names of “new” regions play a crucial role here, but their catchment areas are also important. The regional identity of people can be seen as another substantial institution reproducing historical regions since people’s (non-)identification with historical regions contributes to the transformation of these regions‘ identity, too. The results also show that the Czech Lands still exist as perceptual regions in people’s consciousness and are important for the identification of many people and regional activism alike.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie.2022.012
M. Viturka, V. Pařil, Martin Farbiak
The main goal of this article is to assess the effectiveness of the high-speed railway routes construction programme in Czechia according to the criteria of usefulness (with primary links to potential revenues) and relevance (with primary links to potential costs) as integral parts of applying the original methodology of multi-criteria evaluation of public projects within transport infrastructure. The first set of performed analyses focused on observing the development of relevant traffic flows. They were outlined based on data from the movement of mobile phone users and verified through surveys of passenger preferences and other indicators. The second set of analyses was based on an evaluation of relevant external (natural and social conditions) and internal (technical and operational conditions) factors. The practical benefit of these analyses is an evaluation of the position of the planned four routes in terms of the examined criteria. They represent an important basis for setting priorities as a strategic component of managing an investment programme.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie.2022.003
Tereza Kocová, Miroslav Marada
The study deals with the pupils’ and teachers’ perception of the geography content matter difficulty as a factor determining the origin of misconceptions. We assumed that the incidence of misconceptions will be higher with an increasing perceived difficulty of the content. The first part of the study examines the perceived difficulty of geographical topics by pupils and teachers. The second part is a didactic test verifying the occurrence of misconceptions on topics selected on the basis of perceived difficulty. The results indicate that students perceive the difficulty more “realistically” in line with the assumption that they will solve easy questions with greater success. Teachers’ estimates correspond to the occurrence of expected misconceptions. The study also noted differences in the perception of difficulty in the topics of physical and social geography. The present study underlines the importance of constructivist approaches in working with misconceptions in school.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie.2022.001
Kateřina Fraindová, M. Matoušková, Z. Kliment, V. Vlach
Changes of biogeochemical parameters in the context of long-term trends and different rainfall-runoff conditions were examined with a special focus on various catchment characteristics. The study area is situated in the upper part of the Blanice River catchment, where more than 77% of the area belongs to a Protected Landscape Area and is unique for the most abundant population of the critically endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) in Central Europe. The Mann-Kendall test revealed a decrease of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds at the catchment outlet since 2003. The principal component analysis divided nine study catchments into three main groups according to biogeochemical composition (natural, partly anthropogenically influenced, subsurface drainage). Changes of biogeochemical parameters during different runoff conditions revealed a higher release of aluminium, CODMn, dissolved organic carbon and total phosphorus during heavy precipitation event, which could have a negative effect on the vulnerable ecosystem including freshwater pearl mussel.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie.2022.004
S. Kraft, Vojtěch Blažek, Miroslav Marada
The recent development of modern intelligent transport systems has caused a major innovation in the organization and management of traffic and enabled a pronounced integration of new data on the transport phenomena and processes. The goal of the study is to analyse the daily mobility rhythms in an urban environment through data from intelligent transport systems. To study daily mobility rhythms, we make use of hitherto unutilized data from inductive loops and strategic traffic detectors (parts of the ITS) within the urban area of České Budějovice, Czechia. We particularly focus on the assessment of overall daily mobility rhythms and the daily rhythms of individual locations within the urban area with a goal to reveal the main conformities and differences. The research has attained two key results. It was discovered that daily mobility rhythms differ especially in individual types of vehicles (cars, medium vehicles, and long vehicles). In the assessment of spatial differences in the daily rhythms of individual locations significant differences were revealed in the courses of daily mobility rhythms in the city centre, residential areas, and shopping areas.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie2022127010075
Silvie R. Kučerová, Petr Meyer, Z. Kučera, K. Rybová, J. Šmíd
The article aims to discuss conditions of spatial organization of elementary schools in the Czech countryside and to validate whether there is any relation between the different types of rural schools and the diverse types of rural areas. Usually, rural schools are perceived in contrast to urban schools as a homogenous group of institutions with common characteristics – despite their diversity. The article compares the typology of municipalities according to data about elementary schools with the typology of municipalities according to its societal and cultural characteristics. Based on three indicators describing main characteristics of the school network – the number of elementary schools in a municipality, their average utilization of the maximum reported capacity, the average extent of area serviced by the school – eleven types of municipalities were identified. Statistically significant connections were shown between the two typologies. Rural schools thus should not be assessed as internally homogenous group of institutions with broadly common characteristics. This is because problems that rural schools face during their existence reflect wider societal, cultural, and economic conditions of areas in which they are located.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie.2022.011
Matěj Korčák, Pavlína Netrdová
The expulsion of Germans after 1945 and the subsequent resettlement of the borderlands are among the most important processes that affected spatial distribution of population in Czechia during the 20th century. Although the former Sudetenland border existed officially only shortly, its effect on the socio-geographical organization of society is still apparent, even more than 50 years later. The border could be conceptualized as a phantom border which, despite its non-existence, impacts regional differences. The aim of the presented article is to evaluate the relationship of the former Sudetenland border with the current socio-spatial distribution of indicators related to regional identity, social stability, and human capital, using spatial and quantitative methods. The data are from the 2011 census and were analysed at the level of municipalities, which enabled a close examination of the effects of border proximity at the local level. A strong effect was confirmed for all indicators, proving the importance of historical context when interpreting the current socio-spatial differentiation.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie.2022.005
T. Janik, I. Bičík, L. Kupková
Central European landscapes have undergone massive changes since the mid 19th century. Various driving forces including industrialization and different political decisions led to the processes that have profoundly influenced society, landscape character, and also heritage. This article focuses on thirty model areas across Czechia that were selected as typical representatives of various types of landscape changes. Based on land use/cover data covering the mid-19th century and the present time (2018−2020), a cluster analysis was carried out and model areas grouped into types/clusters. The results show that the main dividing line runs between intensively and extensively used landscapes. The current data show this division in a very clear manner and add one more type – anthropogenic landscapes. This differs from the expert typology based on key landscape features. They are often not big enough to play a significant role in the analysis of land use/cover change.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37040/geografie2022127010055
Pavel Mašek
Building upon my long-term ethnographic research at an auto salvage yard in Central Bohemia, I attempt to reveal through the lens of the ‘quiet sustainability’ concept that ‘greening’ can also be achieved quietly by the grey economy of breaking cars. The case of auto salvage yards shows that sustainability rises even through the yearning for profit. At auto salvage yards, economic meets eco-logic. Therefore, the unintentional sustainability reached by breakers opens space for debate on sustainability reached through the profit motive. While quiet practices leading towards sustainability might not lead to large-scale environmental or social changes, reaching sustainability through profitable practices seems to be a much more appealing way for many, with considerably larger pro-environmental consequences. Hence, these practices could provide inspiration for strategies towards a more sustainable society.
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