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Globalization, glocalization and neolocalism as driving forces of change of European brewing industry
Materna, Kryštof ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee) ; Toušek, Václav (referee)
This paper aims to contribute to the debate on the importance of local and regional context on the impact of global processes by using the European brewing industry as a case study. The brewing industry has been fundamentally affected by global changes over the last 30 years. At the same time, beer is a product that has been historically linked to its place of production, and consumers are both sensitive to any changes and can influence impact of possible changes through their consumers' behaviour. The research focuses on the impacts of globalization on the brewing industry and breweries in Europe in terms of the presence of transnational brewing companies on the markets of European countries, the concentration and relocation of the beer production and the unification of the beer supply. Moreover, it studies the glocalization and neolocalism processes shaping the emergence of the phenomenon of the establishment of microbreweries and its spread in space. Glocalization is understood here as a phenomenon in which local initiatives also use the opportunities provided by the globalization to succeed, while neolocalism is understood as a phenomenon of the return of demand for local products as an alternative to the overly strong supply-side effects of the globalization. The first aim of this thesis is...
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Flexibility and localization of work in Czechia, 1991-2011: Analysis of the spatial aspects
Svoboda, Peter ; Ouředníček, Martin (advisor) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee) ; Květoň, Viktor (referee)
Flexibility and localization of work in Czechia 1991-2011: analysis of the spatial aspects The working process, its arrangement and its consequences have been a crucial part of a development of society in space. Work as a significant factor forming the space gets into the interest of social geography, at least until the Industrial Revolution, which led to a spatial mismatch between a place of residence and a place of work. The process of social transformation, together with the macroeconomic changes affecting post-socialist countries and the mass development of mobile information and communication technologies in the post- revolutionary period, stimulated a significant change in the issues of job localization and the differentiation of forms of work that became less embedded in the sense of temporal, spatial and functional meanings. This transformation led to irregularity of spatial movements associated with commuting to work on the one hand and its delocalization, or disappearance from physical space, and moving to the virtual space on the other. Hence, commuting to work and the relationship between home and work place is one of the crucial topics of Albertov's social geography. However, insufficient attention in domestic literature has been paid to the issue of the unembedded types of work. The...
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The Role of Cross Border Projects in the Development of the Jesenicko Region
Rybářová, Hana ; Perlín, Radim (advisor) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee)
The Master thesis aims to analyse the role of cross border projects in the development of the Jesenicko region. The main research question is whether the cross border projects trigger the development of cross border networks of cooperation as well as whether the projects contribute to the socioeconomic development of the model region. The experience from well- established cross border regions in Western Europe indicates that overcoming "soft barriers" such as trust and prejudice among inhabitants from border areas is problematic but necessary for the overall integration of the region. Therefore, the situation along the Czech and Polish border is to be examined. Methodology of the thesis is framed by the inductive approach and is of an interpretative character. The main research method of the thesis is a multiple case study. The significant advantage of this method is that it allows analysing the collected data within the wider framework of region as well as its exploratory character helps to understand the factors determining the success of the projects. The analytical framework is based on the institutional theories of regional development as well as on the concepts of Czech Human Geography. Based on the findings, it is concluded that the cross border projects help to build the common trust in the studied...
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The transformation of commercial function and its perception by residents in Prague 2
Žemličková, Barbora ; Temelová, Jana (advisor) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee)
The aim of the diploma thesis is to detect and explain changes in functional use and structure of retail and services and its perceptions by residents on a case study of Prague 2. During the period 1989 - 2013 in Prague 2 and in representative types of its streets was studied the transformation of commercial and residential uses, retail and service structure and residential perceptions. By analyzing of available data in Prague 2 was shown that in the context of the processes affecting the post-socialist city increased the importance of commercial functions and structure of retail and services changed. The dynamics of changes in the streets differs based on their hierarchical position. In the streets diversified level of the external appearance of establishments at present. From structured interviews with residents of representative streets revealed that changes were perceived diversely and their satisfaction with the retail and services structure in neighbourhood was evaluated positively and negatively. Key words: city transformation; commercial function; perception; Prague 2
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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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Flexibility and localization of work in Czechia, 1991-2011: Analysis of the spatial aspects
Svoboda, Peter ; Ouředníček, Martin (advisor) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee) ; Květoň, Viktor (referee)
Flexibility and localization of work in Czechia 1991-2011: analysis of the spatial aspects The working process, its arrangement and its consequences have been a crucial part of a development of society in space. Work as a significant factor forming the space gets into the interest of social geography, at least until the Industrial Revolution, which led to a spatial mismatch between a place of residence and a place of work. The process of social transformation, together with the macroeconomic changes affecting post-socialist countries and the mass development of mobile information and communication technologies in the post- revolutionary period, stimulated a significant change in the issues of job localization and the differentiation of forms of work that became less embedded in the sense of temporal, spatial and functional meanings. This transformation led to irregularity of spatial movements associated with commuting to work on the one hand and its delocalization, or disappearance from physical space, and moving to the virtual space on the other. Hence, commuting to work and the relationship between home and work place is one of the crucial topics of Albertov's social geography. However, insufficient attention in domestic literature has been paid to the issue of the unembedded types of work. The...
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Geographical approaches to assessing the quality of housing in Czechia
Baxa, Jan ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Čermák, Zdeněk (referee) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee)
Choice of housing is one of the most important decisions of inhabitants. It is a relatively new process in Czechia which did not work absolutely freely till 1989.Inhabitants accustom to choice of housing and learn this process which is based on the relatively short experience. On the one hand, the importance of the choice of housing is conditional by low willingness of the Czech inhabitants to move and on the other hand, it is amplified by the high purchase price, which usually means the greatest investment in life of households. Thus, people consider many aspects in the wish to satisfy one of the basic life needs during the choice of housing. The place of future residence is one of the most important of them. Housing research is a relatively new topic in geography. Even though systematic research on housing and quality of housing in Czechia takes place more intensively (in the social sciences, for more than two decades), there were not performed territorial differentiation of the quality of housing assessment and comparison of municipalities according to suitability for. The concept of quality of housing has appeared almost exclusively in connection with the dwelling yet, the basic unit of housing. Housing permeates all basic areas of human and social life. Therefore the evaluation of the quality...
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The transformation of commercial function and its perception by residents in Prague 2
Žemličková, Barbora ; Temelová, Jana (advisor) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee)
The aim of the diploma thesis is to detect and explain changes in functional use and structure of retail and services and its perceptions by residents on a case study of Prague 2. During the period 1989 - 2013 in Prague 2 and in representative types of its streets was studied the transformation of commercial and residential uses, retail and service structure and residential perceptions. By analyzing of available data in Prague 2 was shown that in the context of the processes affecting the post-socialist city increased the importance of commercial functions and structure of retail and services changed. The dynamics of changes in the streets differs based on their hierarchical position. In the streets diversified level of the external appearance of establishments at present. From structured interviews with residents of representative streets revealed that changes were perceived diversely and their satisfaction with the retail and services structure in neighbourhood was evaluated positively and negatively. Key words: city transformation; commercial function; perception; Prague 2
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The Role of Cross Border Projects in the Development of the Jesenicko Region
Rybářová, Hana ; Perlín, Radim (advisor) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee)
The Master thesis aims to analyse the role of cross border projects in the development of the Jesenicko region. The main research question is whether the cross border projects trigger the development of cross border networks of cooperation as well as whether the projects contribute to the socioeconomic development of the model region. The experience from well- established cross border regions in Western Europe indicates that overcoming "soft barriers" such as trust and prejudice among inhabitants from border areas is problematic but necessary for the overall integration of the region. Therefore, the situation along the Czech and Polish border is to be examined. Methodology of the thesis is framed by the inductive approach and is of an interpretative character. The main research method of the thesis is a multiple case study. The significant advantage of this method is that it allows analysing the collected data within the wider framework of region as well as its exploratory character helps to understand the factors determining the success of the projects. The analytical framework is based on the institutional theories of regional development as well as on the concepts of Czech Human Geography. Based on the findings, it is concluded that the cross border projects help to build the common trust in the studied...
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Prague brownfields: an opportunity or a threat for metropolitan development?
Sýkorová, Ivana ; Blažek, Jiří (advisor) ; Szczyrba, Zdeněk (referee) ; Doleželová, Lucie (referee)
Figure Dissertation summarv CoNDrrtoNs FoR BRoWNFTELDS RECENER{TTON . prrvate sector inlerst in regeneration o economicenvironment(convenienÍ situation on the real estate meket. good condition for PPp) . business en\ ironmeot ífinucia| rcurces od ample rime) . public *ctor supPoí . legislative flvircnDeEt (crĚtion of suitable poIiti6 and m6uÉs) CoNSEQUENCES oF BRoWNFTELDS REGENERÁTIoN FoR METRoPoLITAN DEVELoPMET gro\ťL socieconomic development rconomic b€nefits (ne\v empl).oment opportunities. suppon oflocal rconomic grotlh. real estates value nse) accomplishing the principles oi sutainable gmu,th alkmati\ e to dominant suburban grcrrth ph\ siml improvement (regeneĚ1ion ) rccial benefis loime dffrse ed homeless lea\ ine) mvironmental benefits lchage to greofields r positi\'e iníluence on sunounding area and better CoNSEQUENCES oF BRoWNFIELDS FOR METROPOLITAN DEVELOPNIET Negative . decline o physicaldeterioration (dereliction) . social de8Íadation (c!ime, homelessness) o conomic decline (unemployment. osrer disinvestment into the mainlenmce of the land md buildings) o negative influence on sunoundings. in extreme cases threat !o the public health Positi!e . potential tbr future development (pafticularty in attractive locations) Causrs or. snowNFrELDs FoRMATToN o globalization . deindusfialiation ....
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