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Residential differentiation of socio-economic classes - the case study of the city Prague
Hastrmanová, Šárka ; Duffková, Jana (referee) ; Illner, Michal (advisor)
The social inequality is one of the most discussed problem in today's world. Inequality among different socioeconomic classes are also reflected in the character of today's cities. Residential segregation is a spatial form of social inequality in the area of towns. Spatial differentiation is the process which caused spatial segregation of different groups of inhabitants. The spatial differentiation has not only negative effects on the condition of towns and population, but also the experience with segregated poor ghettoes and deprivated neighborhoods in American cities shows how important this urban phenomena could be if we do not pay enough attention to it. The thesis in theoretical part outlines the context, causes, typology and possible consequences of the residential segregation in cities, there are also described policy preventive precautions. The paper is inspired by the American school of urban sociology, together with comparison of the environment of European and American cities. The second part is dedicated to the methodological discussion about the most useful tools to measure and identify segregation. The case study of the city Prague, which is the key part of this paper, display the situation of 22 administrative districts using the secondary analysis of census data in four dimensions (the...
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The rural and the urban: mapping the dynamics
Sládek, Jan ; Duffková, Jana (referee) ; Illner, Michal (advisor)
The thesis deals with the problematic of socio-cultural differences between the rural and urban dwellers. According to sociological tradition, three approaches are presented: (1) the idea of dichotomy, i.e. the existence of substantial difference between the rural and the urban; (2) the concept of rural-urban continuum and (3) the idea of convergence, i.e. the disappearance of above mentioned differences. These approaches have been confronted with historical and regional context of the Czech Republic and also with the results of a questionnaire survey "Actor 2005" that are representative for the population of the Czech Republic. Having do ne this, the author concludes that the Czech Republic has reached the point typical for advanced capitalist countries where the socio-cultural differences between the rural and urban have been gradually disappearing.
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Support of brownfield regeneration in the Czech Republic
Lednická, Sylvie ; Illner, Michal (advisor) ; Nováček, Pavel (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyze current situation of brownfield regeneration in the Czech Republic given the available information sources, further to compare it with the situation abroad, and to apply foreign and domestic experience and processes with regard to brownfield solutions in order to determine the policy objectives of brownfield regeneration and to design adequate tools and measures that would help effectively address the brownfield issue in the Czech Republic. The introductory part describes what brownfields are and how we can categorize them. There is also an overview of the structure and nature of brownfields in the Czech Republic, a description of the process of brownfield regeneration and the reasons why it is necessary to regenerate brownfields. Based on the implications of brownfields existence also related public and political problems are defined. The following section defines the goals of this thesis, the research questions and methods used for collecting and processing data. The theoretical background of this thesis is based on political science, namely the issue of market relations, public and private sectors, political decision-making process models, as well as economic science, especially commercial real estate market fundamentals and public funding, and last but not least the...
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Green widows as a phenomenon of contemporary society
Smolová, Kristýna ; Duffková, Jana (advisor) ; Illner, Michal (referee)
The thesis deals with the phenomenon of green widows in today's society. The main goal of the thesis is to identify whether there are women in the Czech Republic which can be considered as green widows. Even though this issue is becoming more and more topical, especially with the increasing suburbanisation of our cities, this problem has not been profesionally tackled and described yet. There is no available literature or qualified research concerning this issue in the Czech Republic. The problem of green widows in this thesis is discussed in regard of the process of suburbanisation and the specific lifestyle of people living in satellite towns. One part of the thesis also deals with psychological aspects such as solitude, marriage crisis, cuckoldry and different kinds of addictions connected with these aspects. The thesis also includes an internet questionnaire focused on general awareness about green widows. The goal of the questionnaire is to find out who is a green widow in the opinion of respondents. The problem of green widows is also examined via interpretation of internet discussions and discussions regarding articles published on internet. Furthemore the thesis reveals outcomes of a research conducted by the Depertment of Social Geography and Regional Development of the Science Faculty at Charles...
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Residential differentiation of socio-economic classes - the case study of the city Prague
Hastrmanová, Šárka ; Illner, Michal (advisor) ; Duffková, Jana (referee)
The social inequality is one of the most discussed problem in today's world. Inequality among different socioeconomic classes are also reflected in the character of today's cities. Residential segregation is a spatial form of social inequality in the area of towns. Spatial differentiation is the process which caused spatial segregation of different groups of inhabitants. The spatial differentiation has not only negative effects on the condition of towns and population, but also the experience with segregated poor ghettoes and deprivated neighborhoods in American cities shows how important this urban phenomena could be if we do not pay enough attention to it. The thesis in theoretical part outlines the context, causes, typology and possible consequences of the residential segregation in cities, there are also described policy preventive precautions. The paper is inspired by the American school of urban sociology, together with comparison of the environment of European and American cities. The second part is dedicated to the methodological discussion about the most useful tools to measure and identify segregation. The case study of the city Prague, which is the key part of this paper, display the situation of 22 administrative districts using the secondary analysis of census data in four dimensions (the...
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IN ATTENDANCE OF PUBLIC..analysis of public discussion about the transport policy of city district Prague 6
Ptáčková, Kateřina ; Kabele, Jiří (advisor) ; Illner, Michal (referee)
Using the instruments of discourse analysis these master theses intend to explore, what is the core of the transport policy discussion in Prague, what are the main sources and discourses forming it. The discussion on the transport policy in one of the Prague city district's is used not only for the analysis of the transport base of the discussion but also as the illustration of forming the public discussion in general. The analysis focuses on the roles of two main groups of collective actors of public decision-making - elected politicians (local authority) and NGOs. Discourse is in analysis understood in the Foucault's view as the practices which form the objects of which they speak and do not speak. With reference to Fairclough it concentrates also on the specific role of individual actors. The analysis indicates that the main sources of the good transport solution are their suitable transport funcioning, evironmental assets and public support. First two sources are discussed in the first part of the thesis. The public support source is discused in the second part of analysis, dealing with the democratic discourse. The democratic discourse is identified as the framing discourse of the public discussion in general. Public participation and deliberation are considered both by politicians and NGOs to be...
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Lifestyle of residents in condominium in central city: They live elsewhere, work at the same place and live in the same way?
Hanák, Martin ; Illner, Michal (advisor) ; Kandert, Josef (referee)
The aim of the work is to explore lifestyles, let us to say everyday activities in time and space as they are reflected in lifestyle, spending, leisure and professed values as a part of lifestyle of residents in next block of flats in a part of central city (Prague 5, Smíchov) which is in a direct neighbourhood of a core city. The intention is to find out as well if the concrete lifestyle of residents led to the fact that they decide to live in the area although most of them dispose of sufficient resources and can choose their place of living in all of Prague. That is why is the aim also to compare everyday activities in time and space of residents of central city with activities of residents of suburb. We could discover in the explored population living in central city 8 main types of lifestyles: lifestyle centred on family, on the care of the body and spirit, centred against partnership, active lifestyle, ambitious and longing for prestige, life without constraints, taking a back seat (conventional) and lifestyle of professionals centred on culture. When one of the dimensions of lifestyle (everyday activities) was compared between explored residents in area of central city and in area of suburb was found out the differences in shopping, traffic, time spent in a job and in leisure. Powered by TCPDF...
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Crime as one of the socio-pathologies in the city
Tichá, Klára ; Illner, Michal (advisor) ; Večerka, Kazimír (referee)
The study "Crime as one of the socio-pathologies in the city - preventive actions on the local level, social aspects of local security and safety, and the architectural and urban context" - focuses on the occurrence of crime in the city and ways of crime prevention. Crime has become a standard characteristic of the city life, which has in turn created the need to find ways of how to reduce and prevent it. The goal of this study is to describe the crime phenomenon in general, as well as in the city environment, present crime prevention as a way of handling crime, and to show how a concrete city - Prague - deals with this problem. It discusses how crime prevention is organized and who participates in the preventive actions, what the positive, as well as negative, points of the organizations are, what needs for changes exist, and what is involved with achieving them. The study is an overview of the problem of urban crime, based on theoretical materials, former statistics and analyses, and as well on an interview with a coordinator of crime prevention at the city level in Prague. The aim of the first section is to theoretically introduce the problem of social pathologies, anomies, and deviances - among which crime belongs. The theories present the main features of the negative social phenomena. Further, the...
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