Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.37040/GEOGRAFIE2021126010097
J. Kubeš, Nikola Podlešáková
The aim of the paper is to delineate remote peripheral municipalities and compare the human and demographic capital of peripheral, semi-peripheral, and central municipalities of the study area. The paper applies the concept of hierarchized remoteness peripherality – peripheral municipalities are delineated on the basis of their considerable time distance from the central towns at the micro-, meso-, and macro-regional level. First, we define micro-regional central towns on the basis of population numbers, commuters, bus and train connections, and services. Consequently, peripheral and other municipalities were delineated. Then, we evaluated the human and demographic capital of peripheral and other municipalities, simultaneously, using 10 indicators. Generally, values of human and demographic capital are increasing towards central towns. Nevertheless, almost 40% of peripheral municipalities at the micro-regional level show favourable rates. There have been improvements in the capital values in some peripheral municipalities due to the immigration of counter-urbanites and entrepreneurs in tourism, the opening of the border with Bavaria, and the stabilization of local communities.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.37040/GEOGRAFIE.2021.002
Jana Šiftová
This paper revisits the motivations and behaviours related to home food production in private home gardens. It aims to answer these research questions: (i) which activities are performed in the home garden?; (ii) if the garden fulfils the self-provisioning function, what are the motivations for food production?; (iii) does gardening and food self-provisioning impact a household’s environmental behaviour?; and (iv) does food self-provisioning relate to a household’s economic situation? The results show that production of vegetables and herbs is still the prevailing function of Czech home gardens. The motivations for this activity are better taste, healthier way of production and enjoyment of gardening as a hobby. These motivations remain mostly intact during societal transformations or economy fluctuations over recent decades, which declares the strength and tradition of home food production in Czechia. Economic motivation was not proved as an important motivation. There was evidence for some kinds of pro-environment behaviour, however, this is limited to rather inconspicuous, private actions.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-10DOI: 10.37040/geografie2020125040397
A. Bănică, M. Eva, Ema Corodescu-Roșca, B. Ibănescu, Ana-Maria Opria, G. Pascariu
The investment in communication technologies has become increasingly prominent in cities, as they face a considerable pressure to become “smarter”. Connected technologies are able to collect and analyze data in real time, leading to predictive and adaptive decisions. However, being smart(er) does not necessary mean being more resilient; in fact, using sophisticated technologies may have some drawbacks that diminish the general resilience capacity of cities. The present paper aims to explore the relationship between resilience and smart city initiatives. The number of smart city projects is therefore firstly correlated with the resilience capacity (built on three dimensions: economic, socio-demographic, and environmental), then to the outcome resilience (calculated as the recovery following the recent economic crisis). The results show a clear connection between the most socially resilient cities, the share of employment in tertiary activities, and the implementation of smart city projects.
{"title":"Towards smart(er) resilient cities. Evidences from Romanian urban areas","authors":"A. Bănică, M. Eva, Ema Corodescu-Roșca, B. Ibănescu, Ana-Maria Opria, G. Pascariu","doi":"10.37040/geografie2020125040397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2020125040397","url":null,"abstract":"The investment in communication technologies has become increasingly prominent in cities, as they face a considerable pressure to become “smarter”. Connected technologies are able to collect and analyze data in real time, leading to predictive and adaptive decisions. However, being smart(er) does not necessary mean being more resilient; in fact, using sophisticated technologies may have some drawbacks that diminish the general resilience capacity of cities. The present paper aims to explore the relationship between resilience and smart city initiatives. The number of smart city projects is therefore firstly correlated with the resilience capacity (built on three dimensions: economic, socio-demographic, and environmental), then to the outcome resilience (calculated as the recovery following the recent economic crisis). The results show a clear connection between the most socially resilient cities, the share of employment in tertiary activities, and the implementation of smart city projects.","PeriodicalId":35714,"journal":{"name":"Geografie-Sbornik CGS","volume":"38 1","pages":"397-422"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86567462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-10DOI: 10.37040/geografie2020125040501
H. Svobodová, Michaela Spurná, Petr Knecht
The position of geography in Czechia at all levels of education has been declining. In order to improve this situation, it is necessary to innovate university pre-service teachers’ training. It is necessary, however, to first examine Czech pre-service geography teachers’ perspectives of geography as a discipline – and their perspectives of geography teaching. The analytical framework of the study is based on Simon Catling’s typology of geography perspectives. The survey was conducted with 183 pre-service geography teachers at nine geography departments in eight Czech universities. In the questionnaire survey the respondents ranked seven statements belonging to the perspectives of geography as a discipline and to geography teaching. In general, the most commonly held perspectives of geography as a discipline were “Interactionist”, “Earthist”, and “Globalist”. The “Globalist” perspective predominantly concerns perspectives of geography teaching. Research findings are used to formulate recommendations for the remedy of the image of geography.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-10DOI: 10.37040/geografie2020125040473
Barbora Strouhalová, A. Gebhardt, D. Ertlen, L. Šefrna, Kristýna Flašarová, Petr Kolařík, D. Schwartz
1 Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, v. v. i., Prague, Czechia; e-mail: strouhalova@arup.cas.cz 2 University of Strasbourg, Faculté de Géographie et d’Aménagement, Laboratoire Image, Strasbourg, France; e-mail: anne.gebhardt-even@inrap.fr, damien.ertlen@live-cnrs.unistra. fr, dominique.schwartz@live-cnrs.unistra.fr 3 Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives Grand Est Nord, Ludres, France 4 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Prague, Czechia; e-mail: ludek.sefrna@natur.cuni.cz, kristyna.flasarova@natur. cuni.cz, petr.kolarik@natur.cuni.cz
1捷克科学院考古研究所，布拉格，v.v.i.，捷克布拉格;电子邮件:strouhalova@arup.cas.cz 2斯特拉斯堡大学，地理与规划学院，图像实验室，斯特拉斯堡，法国;电子邮件:anne.gebhardt-even@inrap.fr, damien.ertlen@live-cnrs.unistra。fr, dominique.schwartz@live-cnrs.unistra.fr 3 Institut National de Recherches archeologique preventives Grand Est Nord, Ludres, France 4 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Physical Geography and Geoecology, Prague, czech;电子邮件:ludek.sefrna@natur.cuni.cz, kristyna.flasarova@nature。库尼。cz, petr.kolarik@natur.cuni.cz
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Pub Date : 2020-11-10DOI: 10.37040/geografie2020125040423
Marek Komárek, P. Chromý
The paper aims to analyze the “soft” factors of local development and to understand the nature of the socio-economic differences between municipalities in an inner periphery in Bohemia. The partial goals are to explain which internal conditions are conductive to the formation of these ties of cooperation, to reveal which power structures are involved in the ties of cooperation, and to assess the direction of these interactions. The conclusions are formulated and discussed in relation to the concept of institutional thickness. Our research confirmed the key differentiating role of mayors in local interactions and the importance of administrative boundaries – especially boundaries of self-government regions. These boundaries had the effect of constraining the formation of formal and informal relations between actors in territorial development. The research also provides evidence of the continued existence of links between municipalities that were formed during the communist period. The data come from the author’s field survey among the mayors.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-10DOI: 10.37040/geografie2020125040447
Katarzyna Słomska-Przech, I. Gołębiowska
Interactive maps are increasingly popular and have spread into everyday life. However, the pace of implementation of interactive maps may differ within different age groups. In order to adjust maps to user expectations and preferences, it is necessary to study disparities in attitude towards different types of maps in groups of various users. The aims of the study are to find out if the approach to maps of different media varies among age groups, and whether the frequency of use of interactive maps and their functions decreases with the age of users. A survey focusing on habits and preferences towards digital and paper maps was conducted among 80 users aged 20–72. Results suggest that the polarization of answers is lower than suggested by the Prensky theory of digital immigrants and natives: people of all ages who were tested have a lot in common in terms of interactive map use. Nonetheless, the youngest group has a strong preference for interactive maps.
{"title":"Falling into a digital world: how are paper and interactive maps used by digital natives and immigrants?","authors":"Katarzyna Słomska-Przech, I. Gołębiowska","doi":"10.37040/geografie2020125040447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2020125040447","url":null,"abstract":"Interactive maps are increasingly popular and have spread into everyday life. However, the pace of implementation of interactive maps may differ within different age groups. In order to adjust maps to user expectations and preferences, it is necessary to study disparities in attitude towards different types of maps in groups of various users. The aims of the study are to find out if the approach to maps of different media varies among age groups, and whether the frequency of use of interactive maps and their functions decreases with the age of users. A survey focusing on habits and preferences towards digital and paper maps was conducted among 80 users aged 20–72. Results suggest that the polarization of answers is lower than suggested by the Prensky theory of digital immigrants and natives: people of all ages who were tested have a lot in common in terms of interactive map use. Nonetheless, the youngest group has a strong preference for interactive maps.","PeriodicalId":35714,"journal":{"name":"Geografie-Sbornik CGS","volume":"75 1","pages":"447-472"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78153711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-09DOI: 10.37040/geografie2020125030271
Vít Skála, B. Janský
Hydrological drought in the Bohemian Forest region – The aim of this study was to select and apply appropriate methods for evaluating hydrological drought in the mountainous Bohemian Forest region. The results from individual hydrological profiles were compared with each other, followed by a general comparison of catchment areas in the extramontane region. The threshold and Gumbel (1963) methods, and a calculation of scarcity volumes, were used. In this way, dry days and episodes were defined, seasonal charts were compiled, and trends were assessed using the Mann–Kendall and Hirsch–Slack trend tests. It was found that the seasonality of the hydrological droughts on the windward and leeward sides of the mountains differed significantly. The maximum number of dry days was found to occur in the windward profiles in autumn and in the leeward profiles in winter. The amount of winter drought decreases with decreasing altitude. Significant decreases in the occurrence of hydrological drought were found in all profiles for the observed period.
{"title":"Hydrological drought in the Bohemian Forest region","authors":"Vít Skála, B. Janský","doi":"10.37040/geografie2020125030271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2020125030271","url":null,"abstract":"Hydrological drought in the Bohemian Forest region – The aim of this study was to select and apply appropriate methods for evaluating hydrological drought in the mountainous Bohemian Forest region. The results from individual hydrological profiles were compared with each other, followed by a general comparison of catchment areas in the extramontane region. The threshold and Gumbel (1963) methods, and a calculation of scarcity volumes, were used. In this way, dry days and episodes were defined, seasonal charts were compiled, and trends were assessed using the Mann–Kendall and Hirsch–Slack trend tests. It was found that the seasonality of the hydrological droughts on the windward and leeward sides of the mountains differed significantly. The maximum number of dry days was found to occur in the windward profiles in autumn and in the leeward profiles in winter. The amount of winter drought decreases with decreasing altitude. Significant decreases in the occurrence of hydrological drought were found in all profiles for the observed period.","PeriodicalId":35714,"journal":{"name":"Geografie-Sbornik CGS","volume":"125 1","pages":"271-290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81881688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-09DOI: 10.37040/geografie2020125030291
E. Šádková, B. Janský
This paper summarizes findings from historical sources and literature dealing with the small water reservoirs (splash dams) in the Krkonoše (Giant) Mts. Based on old maps and historical records in archives and regional museums, this study describes the original causes and period of origin of the splash dams, and deals with their function and their location in the field. Additionally, this paper focuses on the mechanism of log driving in this area to fully understand the entire organized procedure. Up to twenty-four splash dams, built in the Krkonoše Mts mainly in the second half of the sixteenth century, were traced in historical records. At the end, there were given examples of some localities in relation to the possible idea of the restoration of some former small water reservoirs with an effort to gradually increase water retention capacity, and reduce runoff variability in headstream areas.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-09DOI: 10.37040/geografie2020125030375
Václav Orcígr
The review essay summarizes the basic thoughts and concepts found in Madden and Marcuse’s book (2016) In Defense of Housing. It also connects its key findings with the current situation of housing in Czechia – with a special focus on the capital Prague. The essay presents current data on the alleged housing crisis in Czechia and seeks to find similarities with the development of the housing situation and housing policies in the Anglo-American context analyzed in the book. It shows that most of its conclusions can be used in the post-socialist context of Central Europe, as some of the processes identified in the 1970s at the start of neoliberal policies in the West are now also visible, and even amplified, in former socialist countries. The essay outlines some basic measures that may help to improve the housing situation in Czechia. The review also outlines several ideas that could challenge the dominant discourse promoted by private investors calling for a removal of building regulations and the public’s exclusion from decision-making.
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