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Socioeconomic development of rural areas on example of Rokycany district
Koníček, Ondřej ; Macháček, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Říhová, Gabriela (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is to identify and characterize elements of development in Rokycany district. To achieve this goal, the district is divided into 4 areas. In addition to the urban area there are defined 3 rural areas: suburban rural area, intermediate rural area and peripheral rural area. For finding out the status and development of these areas the analysis of various socioeconomic indicators is used here. Moreover the classification of municipalities according to level of development is presented here. Conclusions indicate that rural areas of the district Rokycany exhibit varying degrees of acceleration and development. While the suburban rural area is characterized by frenetic housing construction, high levels of business activity and the proportion of university graduates approaching the level of big cities; the peripheral rural area captures significantly unfavorable age structure of the population, a high proportion of people employed in agriculture, seasonal fluctuations in the level of unemployment, lower level of population education and poor access to services and technical infrastructure. Yet neither of the rural areas of the district was between years 2009 and 2014 in population loss. For the economic and social stability of the territory the new factories built by foreign capital have the significant importance. These factories are mostly located along the regional development axis: D5 highway. They have a positive impact on employment, but their strong focus on producing components for automobiles and lower demands on workers' qualifications bring the threat of vulnerability of the districts economy.
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Migration region's attractiveness and their economic performance
Holatová, Lucie ; Macháček, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Khendriche Trhlínová, Zuzana (referee)
The Master's thesis is focused on the migration of population within the Czech republic. The migration flows within each individual region are explored and compared with selected economic indicators of the regions. Regions of the Czech republic are chosen as the main units for analysis, complemented by research on individual counties. The analysis highlights key trends in spatial movement of the population in the recent years. Subsequently the analysis focused on, whether the population movement is associated with an economic attractiveness of given administrative unit. The hypothesis being whether the increase in economic indicators of an administrative unit is follow by an increase in migration inflows to that unit. This hypothesis was not confirmed in any of the analyzed regions; only a weak correlation was established.
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Localization factors of industrial zones in the Zlín region
Mlčák, Ladislav ; Macháček, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Silovská, Hana (referee)
The thesis is based on regional analysis of industrial zones and empirical research of firms located in industrial zones in the Zlín region where searches and evaluates the factors of localization firms. Industrial zones are often considered as an instrument to raise the economic level of the region, but they must comply with market demands for localization in order to use their capacities. The theoretical part presents a view into the theories of localization in order to classify the most important location factors. The following practical part first describes the 17 industrial zones in the region. These characteristics form the conditions of comparison and evaluation of localization factors in connection with empirical research of firms located in industrial zones. The analysis also marginally deals with the selected impacts of industrial zones.
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The influence of regional and local specificities on quality of life in microregions Nechranicko and Šumavské podhůří
Hlavová, Martina ; Pělucha, Martin (advisor) ; Macháček, Jaroslav (referee)
The main purpose of this bachelors thesis is to introduce value of quality of life in microregions Nechranicko and Šumavské podhůří. Due to a remarkable diversity of those two microregions I want to investigate the difference of impact in the mean of local and regional aspects. In the first part I am going to deal with the concept "quality of life" and the method of its evaluation and measure in these two microregions (demografical, social and economical terms). In the second part of my thesis I am going to valorize the size of influence of local and regional differentiation on these two regions and measured quality of life. I am going to use data from Czech Statistical Office, Regional Information Service, own empirical research and available literature, which follows up this issue.
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Ways of sustainability measurement at the regional level
Kramulová, Jana ; Macháček, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Švihlová, Dana (referee) ; Nováček, Pavel (referee)
This thesis deals with ways of sustainability measurement at the regional level. In the theoretical part apart from definition and evolution of the concept related fields and different approaches to sustainable development are presented. Further, data sources and suitable characteristics of ideal indicators are discussed. In the application part methods applicable to measuring sustainable development along with restraints and possible problematic areas are introduced. Subsequently, these methods are applied to individual regional levels according to CZ-NUTS classification (NUTS 1 to NUTS 3 levels and LAU 1 and LAU 2 levels). At the end of the thesis, the most suitable techniques of results' presentation are introduced. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate and assess the ways of practical use of mainly quantitative methods (statistical methods and modelling techniques) for analysis and measurement of regional development sustainability and to suggest the most convenient methods for individual regional levels. The thesis answers three research questions: if one method is useful for all "regional" levels; if it is better to assess sustainability from the point of view of pillar or capital approach; and finally, if it is for measuring of sustainability more proper one summarizing (composite) indicator or indicators' set including more indicators.
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Analýza obchodních vztahů mezi Evropskou unií a Latinskou Amerikou
Daza Aramayo, Lourdes Gabriela ; Krebs, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Macháček, Jaroslav (referee) ; Benáček, Vladimír (referee)
The Doctoral Thesis "Analysis of Trade Relations between the European Union and Latin America from 1995-2011" focuses on the determination Latin America's potential as a trading partner for the European Union. It will be based on an analysis of the region's trade relationships between 1995 and 2011 through different econometric models and a macroeconomic analysis. It will make recommendations for improving economic relation policies with Latin America and the European Union as well as identify the sectors which could represent great potential for trade between both regions. The research is divided into seven chapters: The first chapter covers international trade theory; this part comprises the theoretical aspects directly related to international trade. The second chapter analyzes the macroeconomic features of Latin American countries and compares them with data from the European Union. A separate, detailed analysis of 17 Latin American countries was performed and the potential of each one to make their importance known to the world and define their geopolitical position is described. The third chapter details the trade policies of the European Union and Latin America. The fourth chapter discusses trade relations between Latin America and the European Union through a look at the trade agreements that have been signed between the European Union and Latin American countries and tries to identify possible causes of failures for agreements not signed. This chapter also studies the sectorial composition of trade between the two regions, emphasizing the asymmetry between these trades flows as they enter the countries studied. The fifth chapter, the heart of this research paper, analyzes the trade relations between the EU and Latin America through a gravity model, identifying the obstacles and barriers to international trade between the two regions. The second part of this chapter discusses institutional factors, which, as a result of the conclusions from the gravity model explained earlier in the chapter, play an important role in international trade between Latin America and the European Union. This section contains a comparative analysis of the situation of the institutional factors in the 29 Latin American countries which were analyzed in the gravity model. This chapter also includes a trade simulation between the Czech Republic and Latin America with the institutional factors in Latin America showing a 10% improvement. In the sixth chapter, the competitiveness of 17 Latin American countries is calculated using the results of the barriers to international trade through a new method based on the comparison of indicators, ranked by dimension and according to the weight thereof for a period of time. The last chapter focuses on the identification of the variables determining foreign direct investment in Latin America, represented by 29 countries and over a period of time from 1995 to 2011. It considers variables traditionally not considered such as the number of patents registered, the tax rate and institutional factors, which have revealed important explanatory variables as well as those traditionally considered such as GDP, inflation, population, the share of GDP by sector, income level, etc. The last part of this research lists the conclusions reached and proposes recommendations for economic relations policy development between Latin America and the European Union.
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The social-economic polarization in Czech Republic
Kozáková, Lucie ; Macháček, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Říhová, Gabriela (referee)
This thesis main topic is the social-economic polarization in Czech Republic and its development process within past two decades. The main aim is to define growth poles with positive social-economic development and peripheric areas with stagnating or negative development. Consequently the secondary aim of this thesis is to confirm or disprove hypothesis resulting from Myrdal's theory of cumulative causation: "Growth poles grow faster over time and conversly peripheric areas decline further over years." In next step growing and peripheric regions are described and the possible causes of develepment within this areas are interpreted. Leading theories of regional development focusing on social-economic growth polarization are described in the theoretical part. The emphasis is on core -- periphery theories with main focus on theory of cummulative causation by Gunnar Myrdal.
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Analysis of Quality of Life in the Czech republic and its comparison with other EU and OECD countries
Bambula, Martin ; Macháček, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kotýnková, Magdalena (referee)
This work focuses on quality of life and its measurement using different tools. The central subject of the work is to analyze the quality of life in Czech regions using appropriately chosen indicators. Comparison of quality of life in the region is based on quantitative statistically monitored data objectively reflecting the quality of life. The first part of this work is devoted to the theory associated with the measurement and indicators of quality of life. The second part focuses on the analysis of the quality of life in regions, the composite index and comparison of quality of life measured by Preston Curve in OECD and EU countries. The objectives of this thesis are achieved by using method of statistical data analysis and comparison of the results.
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The standard of human resourses and their role in the regional development of the South Moravian Region
Surý, Jan ; Macháček, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Vochozková, Jacqueline (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the topic of human resources in South Moravian Region (SMR). The thesis presents recommendations for changes in regional politics in the area of human resource development, based on the research of selected literature, analysis of current trends and strategic documents in the EU, the Czech Republic and the SMR, analysis and comparison of development potentials of LAU 1 regions in the SMR as well as my own survey. Final recommendations proceed from all of the theoretical and practical information presented in this thesis and suggest following changes: reducing disparities at lower regional level; refinement and optimisation of the overall evaluation process and final monitoring reports of implemented programmes; better support of regions in which lower development potential was detected; stronger promotion of information about the current situation in the labour market, wages and demand for employees in selected fields; simplification of information about the currently implemented operational programmes and promotion of simpler and more understandable forms of communication in order to enhance the activity of micro-enterprises leading to an increase in the total number of applicants for grants under the operational programmes. The advantage of this study compared to studies of a similar nature is the focus on the local market. Despite an above-average concept of human resource development in the SMR in comparison with other NUTS III regions these results allow to further optimise the local policy in this region.
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The sustainable development of the city, in application on Nové Město nad MEtují
Maur, Vilém ; Macháček, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Silovská, Hana (referee)
The work deals with the sustainable development of the city, in the Nove Mesto nad Metují. The first part theoretical, is engaged in the development of the concept of sustainable development and presents the research methodology of sustainability of the city. In the practical part, these methods are applied to the sustainable development of the Nove Město nad Metují. Sustainable urban development is studied from four aspects, land use, environmental, economic and social. The aim of the work is to gain knowledge on which will be evaluated pillars of sustainability of the community, especially the economic pillar of sustainable cities. The individual columns are examined in terms of their structure and changes in the individual examined indicators of sustainability
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