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Roma on the Czech countryside: Determinants of exclusion, potentials for inclusion
Hurrle, Jakob ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Bernard, Josef (referee) ; Sidiropulu Janků, Kateřina (referee)
The dissertation project Roma on the Czech countryside: Determinants of exclusion, potentials for inclusion deals with the situation of Roma in Czech rural municipalities. The starting motivation for the author's exploration of this topic has been information about the growing number of segregated localities in rural areas. In the local public discourses within the peripheral areas, this phenomenon has often been explained as the consequence of poverty-driven urban-rural migration. However, as the migration of socially excluded populations into disadvantaged areas stirs a lot of fears and negative emotions that provide a fertile ground for the spread of rumours, the author's preparatory research soon revealed that it is necessary to carefully distinguish between myths and reality. The author's desire to understand the complex processes behind the emergence of new Roma localities in rural areas required a combination of working methods: The author analysed the national policy and regulatory framework and realized empirical research in five micro-regions in different parts of the Czech Republic. In addition to this, data were gained through the realization of a country-wide survey with two different sets of questionnaires, which targeted rural municipalities with socially excluded localities and urban social...
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The Transformation of Retailing in the City of Ostrava: A Geographical Analysis
Bednář, Pavel ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee) ; Mulíček, Ondřej (referee)
Conclusions .{ eeoeraphical summary of the transformation of urban retailing in Ostrava as a specific erarnple of postcommunist city (i.e. factors for the accomplishment of the transition): o nerv sPatial paftern of localization of shopping centres and new ýpes of retail outlets (towards car bome consumer - winners on the demand side) o assortment decline or commercial bligbt of traditional shopping centres in prefabricated housing estates o spatial oligopolization of the local market in grocery retailing by intemational retail chains (winners on the supply side) o strengthening competition among different types of grocery retail outtets (i.e. supermarkets vs. hard discounts) o spatial differentiation of retail outlets in their ownership structure (international and national vs. regional and retailers) o new urban forms in urban morphology o new urban functions on the edge of the compact city (i.e. commercial areas with monofunctional retail clusters or Aee standing stores without spatial links both functional and morphological to surrounding urban space). o changing of urban life sýle and time-space pattems of moving peop|e in the city (changing shopping trips and shopping behaviour) o creation of food deserts in the zone of individual family housing a increasing spending time in commercial private space...
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Performativity of theoretical concepts: Spatial and institutional changes in Prague metropolitan region as a consequence of EU cohesion policy
Coblence, Alena ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Blažek, Jiří (referee) ; Jehlička, Petr (referee)
Scholars in various social sciences have studied how concepts and theories not only analytically describe, but also normatively shape social reality. They labelled this phenomenon performativity. While the findings of these studies have brought a lot of new theorizing and implications, little is known on the existence of theoretical concepts in their full range and how they are actually implemented. This dissertation focuses on how theoretical concepts come into being and how they manifest themselves in everyday reality of various actors. Two geographical concepts were chosen-knowledge locality and metropolitan region-and three research questions were set: (RQ1) what are the activities and practices of various actors that lead the concepts come into being; (RQ2) how their coming into being changes urban and institutional arrangements in the functional region of Prague; and (RQ3) whether public policies are performative and succeed in materializing the given concepts in the development of cities and regions. Analysing the implementation of these concepts and discussing with the literature offers answers to research questions through: (1) the theory of performative practices, (2) the urbanization process and the institutionalization of the region, and (3) the "agency" of public policies. Two case...
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Roma on the Czech countryside: Determinants of exclusion, potentials for inclusion
Hurrle, Jakob ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Bernard, Josef (referee) ; Sidiropulu Janků, Kateřina (referee)
The dissertation project Roma on the Czech countryside: Determinants of exclusion, potentials for inclusion deals with the situation of Roma in Czech rural municipalities. The starting motivation for the author's exploration of this topic has been information about the growing number of segregated localities in rural areas. In the local public discourses within the peripheral areas, this phenomenon has often been explained as the consequence of poverty-driven urban-rural migration. However, as the migration of socially excluded populations into disadvantaged areas stirs a lot of fears and negative emotions that provide a fertile ground for the spread of rumours, the author's preparatory research soon revealed that it is necessary to carefully distinguish between myths and reality. The author's desire to understand the complex processes behind the emergence of new Roma localities in rural areas required a combination of working methods: The author analysed the national policy and regulatory framework and realized empirical research in five micro-regions in different parts of the Czech Republic. In addition to this, data were gained through the realization of a country-wide survey with two different sets of questionnaires, which targeted rural municipalities with socially excluded localities and urban social...
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Logics transforming the urban waterfront in Bratislava unravelling the decision-making dynamics behind urban development
Machala, Branislav ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Šuška, Pavel (referee) ; Šourek, Michal (referee)
Extended Abstract This thesis addresses the globalizing urban waterfront in Bratislava. It aims to unravel the key logics driving the decision-making processes behind waterfront re- development in the Slovak capital. I investigate the infiltration of the capitalist logics into a transforming institutional environment unfolding from the post-socialist transition. This is being done through a distinction between the capitalist and the territorial logics of power (Jessop, 1999; Harvey, 2005). Across the globe, waterfront re-development has become the urban response to inner-city decline, and the increasing inter-urban competitiveness in today's neoliberal capitalism. The origins of waterfront transformations are here framed as an urban manifestation of geographically uneven logics of capital put into motion by the crisis of Atlantic Fordism (Smith, 1990; Jessop, 2000). The capital switching into the build-up environment (Harvey, 1978; 2005), is temporarily fixed on urban waterfronts through decisions made on multiple scales (Brenner, 2001). Various types of 'extraverted' strategies such as the Ecosystem approach (Laidley, 2007), a construction of megaprojects & an organisation of mega-events (Orueta & Fainstein 2009), or localization of transnational circulations of stararchitects (Alaily-Mattar et.al. 2018),...
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Analysis of location strategies of selected retail chains in Prague
Bartošek, Petr ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Drtina, Tomáš (referee)
Analýza lokalizačních strategií vybraných maloobchodních řetězců v Praze ABSTRACT This thesis explores the spacial distribution of retail chains within Prague; concentrating on 1) spatial patterns and retail distribution 2) transport accessibility within the vicinity of the store and 3) their proximity to food units. I have discussed the conditions that have shaped the changing face of retail to what it is today. Spatial configuration strategies were used to analyse the distribution of the retail environment. Following this, analysis was conducted at the levels of group, category and individual chains. The results showed retail in Prague was concentrated. However, significant differences were observed within categories and chains. Although food unit coverage is good throughout the city, pockets of areas exist that are not served by a particular store within a preferential distance. Keywords: location strategies, spatial patterns, retail, average nearest neighbor, availability of food outlets
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Gentrification in the context of revitalization of inner city of Bratislava
Gubčo, Adrian ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Šuška, Pavel (referee)
GENTRIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF REVITALIZATION OF INNER CITY OF BRATISLAVA Inner city of Bratislava is currently experiencing the revitalization processes which share similarities with the process of gentrification witnessed in many other advanced capitalist cities as well as postsocialist cities. Aim of this study is to analyse situation in Bratislava in a complex way and to respond on a question, if there is gentrification happening in the Capital of Slovakia, what is its extent, character and a general influence in the context of revitalization of the inner city. For these purposes, more types of research methods are used, in which social, physical and functional image of the selected area with the biggest potential for gentrification is observed, views and motivations of the local actors are explored and signs of possible conflicts are analysed. By that study also aims to extend and deepen the knowledge about the mechanisms of transformation of postsocialist cities. Key words: Gentrification, postsocialist city, Bratislava
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Russian immigrants in Prague: concentration, integration, cohabitation
Ignatyeva, Ekaterina ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Uherek, Zdeněk (referee)
The diploma thesis explores the relation between the processes of segregation and integration through the study of everyday cohabitation and social interaction that takes place in areas of concentrated Russian immigrants in Prague. Given that some locations of Prague have a long experience with the immigration of Russians, this thesis is reflective of the historical development of the Russian immigration to the First Republic, which in some way to helps to understand and explain the processes taking place presently on the unequal social and legal status of Russians, as immigrants from third countries, perceived through migration and integration policies of the Czech Republic. Analysis of the media's discourse shows the negative impact on Russian immigrants in social interactions with the majority, subsequently reducing integration and deepening social inequality. At the beginning, locations with a significant concentration of Russian immigrants are identified and defined by the quantitative research. Next, the daily interaction among Russian immigrants and the Czech majority is examined in selected locations by the qualitative research. The conclusions discuss how research of everyday cohabitation and social interaction contributed to the understanding of the processes of segregation and the...
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