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An overview of physicogeographical regionalizations and an analysis of their representation in geography textbooks for secondary schools
Trtková, Jana ; Müller, Miloslav (advisor) ; Matoušková, Milada (referee)
An Overview of physicogeographical regionalisations and an analysis of their representation in Geography textbooks for secondary schools Abstract At present there is a large number of various regionalisations which concern the classification of the biosphere. The aim of the thesis is to develop an overview of the regionalisations of the physicogeographical sphere in the individual constituent spheres of physical geography. Firstly, the thesis provides an overview in terms of the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and pedosphere. The second part contains an analysis of secondary school Geography textbooks with respect to the occurrence of regionalisation of physicogeographical spheres. The analysis is based on 3 selected criteria. The first criterion is the frequency of occurrence of the very term itself and its more precise definition. The second criterion examines whether textbooks contain graphical demonstrations of the analysed terms in a map. The third criterion enquires whether the stated terms related to regionalisation are interconnected and put into perspective with other spheres. According to the results of the analysis, the highest-scoring textbook is "Geografie I., fyzickogeografická část (2012)". As for the representation of individual regionalisations in the physicogeographical...
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Decentralization in the new member states of the European Union
Řeháková, Anna ; Říchová, Blanka (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee)
This thesis is devoted to analyze the decentralization process in selected Central and Eastern European countries. Its aim is therefore to evaluate and compare the results of decentralization in selected countries in the context of European regional policy - the Europe of the regions. The basic hypothesis is that regional policy provides a sufficient incentive for the EU nation-states to launch decentralization and proceed into the establishment of regional levels of government in the form of new political entities that are institutionalized, have their own poltickou representation and play a key role in planing and implementation of the structural and cohesion funds. The hypothesis will be investigated using analysis and comparison of the results of decentralization in the five Central and Eastern European Countries: Estonia, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
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New regionalism and the institutional framework of regional cooperation of the Western Balkans
Šindelář, Jan ; Králová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Šístek, František (referee)
ŠINDELÁŘ, Jan. Nový regionalismus a institucionální rámec regionální spolupráce Západního Balkánu. Praha, 2013. 101s. Rigorózní práce (PhDr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut mezinárodních studií. Katedra ruských a východoevropských studií. Vedoucí diplomové práce PhDr. Kateřina Králová, Ph.D. Abstract The presented thesis is analyzing the regional cooperation in the Western Balkans (WB) focusing on interactions of the local actors. Theoretical background is based on the theory of new regionalism, a theoretical approach to regional interactions. Contemporary studies on new regionalism (NR) actually do not consider the Western Balkans to be part of this process and as a result we lack sufficient information about the basic characteristics of this region. The author proves that the WB is engaged in the process of the new regionalism and in fact by focusing on the institutional structure he demonstrates that several parallel processes are ongoing in the region, as for example regional cooperation, integration or cooperation with another region. For the purpose of this research two projects of regional cooperation were chosen, South Eastern European Cooperation Process (SEECP) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) which are regarded as the main pillars of the political cooperation in...
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THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY ON COMMUTING TO WORK INTO POPULATION CENTRES IN THE SOUTH BOHEMIAN REGION
MATEJOVÁ, Vlasta
This Bachelor´s thesis analyses the aggregate and job-related commuting rates into population centres in the South Bohemian region as well as the time accessibility into the selected regions by car transport. This analysis utilises data from population census 2011 to investigate the spatial organisation of the South Bohemian region. The selection of the centres for sociogeographic regionalization is based on the methods of L. Sýkora, M. Hampl and M. Halás. Application of three differing methods results in the elimination of the fragmented spatial structure as well as the smallest centres from the analysis. The second part of the analytical chapter deals with the monitoring of time accessibility into selected regions. The theoretical part, preceeding the analytical section, deals with the theoretical processing of transport accessibility, job-related commuting and the determination of hypotheses. The next chapter is devoted to the methodology and data sources.
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Macroregional structures of the world: representation, preception, and objectivisation
Polonský, Filip ; Novotný, Josef (advisor) ; Bičík, Ivan (referee) ; Baar, Vladimír (referee)
The thesis brings insight to the problem of geosocietal differentiation of the world and its interpretation in the schemes of (major) world regional structures. These schemes are matter of different presentation and representation and have utility in organization of both scientific and non-scientific practices. A more detailed analysis and discussion of academic approaches to global macroregionalization was provided, which was followed by an analysis of the views of so-called global actors. Assessed was also situation in Czech and Slovak education (geographical textbooks). Perceptions of regional schemes are represented by views of geography students. Struggles with objectification were related to several-variant-based consideration of internal homogeneity and external heterogeneity of macroregions. Also assessed were world economic flows, distribution of integrated power potential and its development (1950 - 2008). Conclusions bring synthesis of the findings, as well as an outline of possible future research topics.
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Transport Accessibility of Municipalities in the Karlovy Vary Region by Individual and Public Transport
Jaroš, Václav ; Marada, Miroslav (advisor) ; Kraft, Stanislav (referee)
This thesis deals with the spatial orientation of transport links in the Karlovy Vary region, with emphasis on links between the centers of the region and its hinterland. The first part describes the general characteristics of this area. It is followed by a selection of the Karlovy Vary Region transport centers and analysis of their acccesibility. This forms the basis for the transport-geographical regionalization of the region, according to the accesibility rates. The final part of this thesis is devoted to the comparison of the individual regionalizations and the identification of factors that affect them.
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The New Regionalism and the institutional framework of the regional cooperation in the Western Balkans
Šindelář, Jan ; Králová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Šístek, František (referee)
The presented thesis is analyzing the regional cooperation in the Western Balkans (WB) focusing on interactions of local actors. Theoretical background is based on the new regionalism, a theoretical approach to regional interactions. Contemporary studies on New Regionalism (NR) actually do not consider the Western Balkans to be part of this process and as a result we lack sufficient information about the basic characteristics of this region. The author proves that the WB is engaged in the process of the new regionalism and in fact by focusing on the institutional structure he demonstrates that several parallel processes are ongoing in the region as for example regional cooperation, integration or cooperation with another region. For the purpose of this research two projects of regional cooperation were chosen, South Eastern European Cooperation Process (SEECP) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) which are regarded as the main pillars of the political cooperation in the WB. By examining their structure we may understand the relevance of the region as an independent actor and the general aims of the regional cooperation.
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Confronting of transport-geographic and socio-geographic regionalizations of Slovakia on example of Bratislava mezo-region
Farkaš, Rastislav ; Marada, Miroslav (advisor) ; Chmelík, Jakub (referee)
ABSRACT The Bachelor thesis devotes to confrontation created transport-geographic and socio- geographic regionalization of Bratislava mezo-region with existing administrative and socio- geographic regionalization of Slovakia. The introductory chapter describes different regionalization approaches, and balances different regionalizations of Slovakia, in which base defines the research questions for the Bratislava mezo-region transport-geographic regionalization analysis. In the next part of the thesis author's transport-geographical regionalization methodology based on transport gradient and public transport operation analysis and partially resembling to socio-geographical regionalization approaches is described. The methodology is then applied into the definition of transport-micro-region in the Bratislava hinterland. The defined transport-micro-region is confronted with the existing socio-geographic regionalization of Slovakia and currently existing administrative hierarchy. The final chapter presents the main transport operations influencing factors including a discussion of the individual factors impact determining discrepancy between each regionalization. KEY WORDS Region, regionalization, transport-geographical regionalization, public transport, public transport operation, transport gradient, Slovakia,...
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Economic regionalism on the example of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Ponomarenko, Anastasia ; Riegl, Martin (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
In the work on the example of Shanghai Cooperative Organization we try to discover what impact execute globalization and regional integration on the world policy, how such associations promote the economic environment of the involved countries and what benefits could be obtained through such cooperation in the view of safety. Region of Central Asia has its peculiarities because of the differences in culture, mentality and economic development that should be taken into consideration at planning of the joint activities. The potential of SCO is defined, first of all, by participation in it of such countries as Russia and China. Both of these states are interested in stable political and economic development of the Eurasian region, and ensuring its safety.
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