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Influence of territorial infrastructure on regional development
Netuka, Vojtěch ; Krejza, Zdeněk (referee) ; Vaňková, Lucie (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the determination of influence of territorial infrastructure on regional development. Basic concepts of the issue and a procedure of the construction of a composite indicator are explained in the theoretical part. Methodology of work lies in the creation of two composite indicators characterizing areas of territorial infrastructure and regional development using appropriate input statistical data. These indicators are then subjected to a correlation analysis.
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Vybrané indikátory kvality života v Ghaně
Stalmachová, Barbora
The diploma thesis is focused to selected indicators of the quality of life in Ghana. The main objective of the work is to objectively determine the quality of life in Ghana. This goal is fulfilled by sub-steps that include evaluating the areas and individual factors of the quality of life, analyzing their development and change over time and determining the main quality of life issues and challenges the country faces. The thesis uses the method of literary research, demographic analysis, time series analysis, comparison and synthesis and composite indicator. The work analyzes individual indicators of the quality of life, which are divided into five categories (demographic, economic, individual, health and environmental) in the time horizon 1990 to 2020, which is divided into three observed periods. The quality of life in Ghana increases over time, with the most significant increase in quality of life observed between the first two periods. For the first period (1990–2000) the quality of life index was calculated at the level of 10.61 %, for the second period (2001–2010) 40.83 % and for the last period (2011–2020) 48.56 %.
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Index environmentálního zdraví na příkladu vybraných měst České republiky
Sládková, Veronika
The diploma thesis deals with the topic of environmental health index evaluation on the example of cities in the Czech Republic. The thesis defines the individual environmental areas, that affect human health and strategic documents focused on the issue of environmental health. The application part is focused on the evaluation of the index environmental health in 4 selected cities of the Czech Republic – Uherské Hradiště, Jeseník, Blansko, Bohumín. The state of environmental health was assessed through 12 sub-indicators representing 5 environmental areas observed in the territory – air quality, noise pollution, green infrastructure, blue infrastructure, housing conditions and technical infrastructure. The ranking of the cities was determined on the basis of the results of the composite indicator and the TOPSIS method. For both methods, the town of Jeseník was ranked first, and the town of Nový Bohumín was ranked last.
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Kvalita života a urbanizace chudoby v Peru
Diatelová, Michaela
The thesis addresses the quality of life and urbanization of poverty in twenty-five regions of Peru and compares the situation in 2007 and 2017. The analysis includes Zipf's law, Gini index, beta and sigma convergence, composite indicator, and visualization of secondary data from the census and the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Quality-of-Life Index consists of ten indicators according to income poverty, housing, education, fertility and citizenship. The results showed an uneven distribution of the population with urbanization around 79% in 2017. More than a third of the population lived in Lima and about a fifth in the regions of Piura, La Libertad, Arequipa and Cajamarca. About 79% of Peru's population still lived in their place of birth. Although the proportion of income poor has fallen, the Gini Index of urban income poverty has increased and still remained above 0.5. It pointed to growing inequality in income redistribution. Even if it is a middle-income country, over six million people lived in poverty in 2017, including one million in extreme conditions. The worst quality of life in cities was recorded in the tropical rainforests of Selva and in the mountain belt of Sierra. Between 2007 and 2017, the quality of life deteriorated in the regions of Pasco, Lima, Moquegua, Callao and Tacna. Gradually, the gap in quality of life between urban and rural areas is getting ever deeper.
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Účinnost rozvojové strategie Jihomoravského kraje
Šmerdová, Marie
This thesis deals with the development of the South Moravian Region between 2016 and 2021. It assesses the region based on selected indicators, identifies the primary areas for future direction, and outlines measures to support further development. The method of constructing composite indicators is used in this research. The research shows that the South Moravian Region ranked 5th in the resulting composite indicator in 2016 but improved its position by two places in 2021, ranking 3rd. The key areas for further development of the region are mainly economic (unemployment rate, GVA in agriculture, forestry, and fishing) and environmental (emissions of basic pollutants, municipal waste production in kg per capita). The thesis also presents various measures to support further development from the South Moravian Region Development Programme 2018-2021 and the South Moravian Region Development Strategy 2021+. These are complemented by the Air Quality Improvement Programme South East Zone – CZ06Z and the South Moravian Region Waste Management Plan 2016-2025, which are linked to the already defined key areas.
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Influence of territorial infrastructure on regional development
Netuka, Vojtěch ; Krejza, Zdeněk (referee) ; Vaňková, Lucie (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the determination of influence of territorial infrastructure on regional development. Basic concepts of the issue and a procedure of the construction of a composite indicator are explained in the theoretical part. Methodology of work lies in the creation of two composite indicators characterizing areas of territorial infrastructure and regional development using appropriate input statistical data. These indicators are then subjected to a correlation analysis.
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The construction of a composite indicators and a comparison of living standards of of seniors in Czech Republic and selected OECD countries in 2013
Lukáš, Matěj ; Kotýnková, Magdalena (advisor) ; Řežábek, Pavel (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to create two composite indicators which will provide an informative value about the standard of living of seniors in selected countries of OECD. Using these indicators it will be possible to make a comparison of standards of living on the international level. First of the indicators is Consolidated replacement rate (CRR) which measures income conditions of seniors, which from the economical point of view is considered as the source of standard of living. The construction of CRR is built on theoretical basics from an OECD publication - Pension at Glance 2013. The main component of CRR indicator is a replacement rate which compares income of seniors before and after the retirement. CRR is also composed of two other indicators influencing disposable pension of seniors - imputed rents and services provided by the public sector. The highest values of CRR were reached by Netherlands, Hungary, Iceland and Denmark. On the opposite side the lowest values had countries like Great Britain, Germany and Poland. The reason of this low score for Great Britain and Germany was unavailability of data of private incomes of seniors and therefore it could not be included into CRR. The second constructed indicator is Standard of living of seniors (SLS) which provides a more complex view on the standard of living of seniors using variations of different indicators selected by the author. It includes for example the income situation, risk of poverty and social exclusion or happiness of seniors. Countries with the best values of SLS were Denmark, Netherlands, Iceland and Luxembourg. By far the lowest score was gained by Portugal followed by Estonia, Poland and Greece. In comparison with other countries the Czech Republic was below average among the observed OECD countries with the fifth lowest score of CRR and slightly below average in SLS.
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Composite indicators: the construction, usage and interpretation
Hudrlíková, Lenka ; Fischer, Jakub (advisor) ; Čadil, Jan (referee) ; Hužvár, Miroslav (referee)
This thesis brings a comprehensive view on the construction, usage and interpretation of composite indicators. Methods and techniques, which can be used for constructing composite indicators, are introduced. The focus is on their contribution to the transparent solution of the problem of correlation and compensability among underlying indicators. Transparency in construction of composite indicators is a crucial requirement for obtaining reliable results and their correct interpretation. The thesis consists of two main parts. The first part is theoretically oriented. First, the problem of adequacy and subsequently a measurement of the phenomenon by means of statistical indicators are discussed. Different methods for data normalization, setting a weighting scheme and aggregation are introduced and compared. These three steps are considered to be crucial in a process of constructing a composite indicator and thus, they are the core of the thesis. The aim is to investigate an interaction of normalization methods, weight-setting and aggregation methods, since these steps are not separate. The second part of the thesis consists of two comprehensive cases. Theoretical findings are applied and empirically verified in these cases. I investigated a robustness of the composite indicator depending on a combination of selected methods of normalization, setting weights and aggregation on a set of Europe 2020 indicators. Whereas this first case dealt with the comparative analysis of methods, the second case is focused purely on one issue -- university ranking. The proposed method reacts to criticism of currently published university rankings and takes into account specifics of the particular university as well as the exogenous background characteristics. The main added value rests in a contribution to a discussion about the improvement of construction and overall quality of composite indicators including their interpretation. I pointed out the main concerns and difficulties of composite indicators that often remain unnoticed by users and even constructors. The conclusion brings several beneficial findings, which can be used for the construction of a composite indicator and an interpretation of final scores and ranking. This work can also serve as a scientific ground for further research and development of the methodology of constructing composite indicators.
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Construction of the composite leading and coincidence indicators for the Czech Republic
Zeman, Jan ; Fischer, Jakub (advisor) ; Dubská, Drahomíra (referee)
Gross Domestic Product represents the basic indicator of macroeconomic performance of the Czech economy and its importance is growing. The need to get the information on its development as quickly as possible for the necessary government actions is unquestionable, but the time taken to publish its first quarterly estimate of growth rate is significantly longer (45 days after the reference quarter) in comparison to other countries. The aim of this thesis is to attempt the construction of composite leading and coincidence indicator to estimate quarterly GDP changes, starting 30 days after the reference quarter. The methods of time series analysis, by which the relationships among GDP and indicators available in this 30-day period and possibly entering this composite leading, respectively coincidence indicator are analyzed, are used.
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Composite indicators of quality of life
Pelikánová, Radka ; Hudrlíková, Lenka (advisor) ; Petkovová, Ludmila (referee)
Composite indicators have been extended and applied even more in recent years. But what are the reasons for their usage popularity? Can their results be trusted? Can they really measure the correct quality of life? What are the methods of measuring the quality of life? This thesis analyses these and other issues associated with composite indicators. The first part is focused on the theoretical description of indicators and their construction. The next part describes selected indicators, which quantify the discussed quality of life. The third and last part of the thesis focuses on the analysis of selected indicators and their possible correlation with the most popular and up to now the most widely used indicator of living standards, thus with GDP.
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