BIČÍK Ivan, JANČÁK Vít:
Czech Agriculture after 1990. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS 106, 4, pp. 209–221 (2001). – The paper describes the Czech agriculture in thr transformation period after 1990. It analyses the basic changes, which has occurred in Czechia since the end of the totalitarian period. Attention is also paid to the development of the systém ob subsidies, to the changes in the intensity of agricultural production, to the changes in alimentary consumption and especially to regional impacts of the transformation processes in the Czech agriculture. The SWOT analysis of the Czech agriculture is also discussed.
Key words: agricultural production – alimentary consumption – transformation processes – regional impacts.
BRÁZDIL Rudolf, VALÁŠEK Hubert:
The Description of the Climate of Moravia by Kryštof Passy from the year 1797. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 4, pp. 234–250 (2001). – The manuscript of the “Introduction to the Knowledge on the Hereditary Markgraviate of Moravia” as an appendix to the lecture of political science at the Olomouc lyceum written in 1797 by prof. Kryštof Passy deals also in several paragraphs with the description of the climate of Moravia. The author, departing from the meteorological observations by Josef Gaar in Olomouc, mentions the description of air pressure, temperature and moisture, evaporation and wind. Besides the description of regional peculiarities of the Moravian climate, Passy tries to explain their causes and deals in detail with the effect of eight basic wind directions on changes in air temperature, air moisture and the course of weather from January to July. Passy’s description is verified with respect to the results of modern measurements and the present-day knowledge on Moravian climate.
Key words: the climate of Moravia – meteorological measurements in Olomouc – meteorological elements – Kryštof Passy – Josef Gaar.
CZUDEK Tadeáš, HILLER Achim:
Development of the Odra River floodplain in the Ostrava Basin. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 2, pp. 94–99 (2001). – 14C dating on 8 samples of subfossil trunks (“black oaks”) indicates the Holocene age of the upper parts of the valley bottom gravel of the Odra River in the Ostrava Basin. These strata west of the town of Bohumín were redeposited during hazard floods shortly after 760 ± 70 BP.
Key words: floodplain deposits – radiocarbon dating – hazard floods.
DAŇHELKA Jan:
Dendrogeomorphological research of a landslide area near Čeřeniště. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 3, pp. 166–177 (2001). – This paper presents the results of the pH research in a landslide area in the České středohoří Mts. on the right bank of the Labe River antecedent valley (Ústí nad Labem district, Czechia). At first some dendrogeomorphologic methods are outlined. A short view of physical geography of the region and the landslide locality is also mentioned. The history of landslide activity in the last 60 years and a geomorphologic map of area were constructed.
Key words: dendrogeomorphology – landslide activity – České středohoří Mts. – Labe River valley.
DOKOUPIL Jaroslav:
Cross-Border Cooperation as a Constituent of the Regional Development of the Czech-Bavarian Borderland. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS 106, 4, pp. 270–279 (2001). – The article presents the development of the Czech-Bavarian borderland as a comparison of the preliminary results of the 2001 people, flats and houses census with the 1991 one. The mentioned comparison shows a certain revival in the West Bohemia borderland. Short-term features based on substantial changes of the situation are still prevailing within this revival. From the long-term point of view and in connection with the Czech Republic´s preparation for the entry to the European Union, the development of the borderland region is not sufficient.
Key words: Czech-Bavarian borderland – cross-border cooperation – population development.
FIALOVÁ Dana:
Second Housing and Its Relations to Peripheral Regions. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 1, pp. 36–47 (2001). – The article aims to define the role of second housing on the Czech territory with regards to the current settlement structure and its history. The emergence of second houses that came to existence through functional conversion of formerly permanently inhabited houses can serve as one of indicators for delimitation of peripheral regions. Such peripheral regions, however, have specific characteristics as the use of these regions varies greatly during the year and even during one week.
Key words: second housing – recreational house –settlement system –peripheral region.
FŇUKAL Miloš:
Political-Geographical Consequences of the Yugoslavia Crisis. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 3, pp. 133–147 (2001). – The aim of the article is to interpret the changes of the political-geographical organization of the former Socialistic Federative Republic of Yugoslavia territory, with a special reference to the decline of this state. It evaluates the political-geographical influence of the position, geographical environment and historical development of the observed territory.
Key words: Yugoslavia – nationalism – disintegration.
HAVLÍČEK Tomáš, CHROMÝ Pavel:
Contribution to the theory of polarized development of a territory, with a special attention paid to peripheral regions. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 1, pp. 1–11 (2001). – The article makes a survey of aspects for evaluation of a periphery in geographic sciences. The definition of the terms “periphery” and “marginality” is discussed. An attention is paid to evaluation aspects and types of polarities defining peripheries. A periphery is understood as a consequence of an asymmetry in organization of a territory, a society, etc. The article takes into account the development of the relation core/centre – periphery and, in their delimitation, differentiates the objective and the subjective viewpoints. Determining factors and actors´ behaviour in the framework of the development of peripheries, or their individual types, are observed.
Key words: periphery – marginality – core – polarization of territorial organization.
JANČÁK Vít:
Contribution to the geographical research on peripheral regions at the microregional level. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 1, pp. 26–35. – The article deals with the results of research on peripheral regions at the microregional level. The results of field research in four model territories selected in regions with different geographical conditions are evaluated. The resulting SWOT analysis of different model regions is given and compared. The second part of the contribution interprets the subjective perception of a selected population sample in the model territories, the results of a questionnaire inquiry done in all the model regions are evaluated and compared.
Key words: peripheral regions – microregional level – model region – SWOT analysis – questionnaire inquiry.
JANSKÝ Bohumír, PIVOKONSKÝ Martin:
Development of surface water quality in the Cidlina River catchment area. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 2, pp. 74–93 (2001). – The article evaluates the development and the present state of surface water quality in the Cidlina River catchment area. Besides the water quality, the article analyses individual economic activities, which significantly affect the water quality. The attention is paid not only to the water chemism, but also to the biological evaluation of the water quality. An analysis of water pollution causes is done and propositions how to improve the present state of water quality in the catchment are presented.
Key words: Cidlina River catchment area – surface water quality – sources of industrial, communal and agricultural pollution – classes of water purity – chemical and biological evaluation of water quality – water protection measures.
KOLEJKA Jaromír:
Geoecological aspects of flood origin and consequences. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 2, pp. 65–73 (2001). – Natural and human factors affect the origin and course of floods in various combinations dependently on the scale. The role of global, regional, landscape and local level flood factors is discussed. The importance of the geographical position of the site endangered by a flood is also evaluated.
Key words: flood – landscape factors – scale – location.
MARADA Miroslav:
Delimitation of peripheral regions of Czechia and their features studied with the help of statistical analysis. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 1, pp. 12–24 (2001). – The paper examines the possibilities of using statistical analysis when studying peripheral regions on the case of Czechia. At first, peripheral districts were delimited with the help of componental analysis on the basis of six indices. The only extracted component is interpreted and the distribution of districts component scores is depicted in a cartogram. Peripheral regions are shortly commented. Secondly, the calculated componental score was correlated to the districts location indices and to the physical geographical characteristics in view to describe the impact of natural conditions and geographic position on the current location of peripheral and core territories. The attention is also paid to the correlations of the componental score to the selected social economic indices and the established relations are commented. Finally, the author tries to formulate a definition of peripheral region under the conditions of the Czech Republic.
Key words: core – periphery – district – componental analysis – correlation.
PÁNEK Tomáš:
Morphostructural analysis of the Czech part of the Čantoryjská hornatina Hilly Region. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 3, pp. 148–165 (2001). – The article evaluates the morphostructural construction of the Czech part of the Čantoryjská hornatina Hilly Region with taking full advantage of a detailed geomorphologic mapping and multicriterial morphostructural analysis. As a result of the upper Tertiary and Quaternary neotectonics, there arose a graded internally ranged morphostructure with features of vaulted deformations and faults.
Key words: Slezské Beskydy Mountains– Čantoryjská hornatina Hilly Region – mapping of morphostructures – flysch rocks.
PÁSKOVÁ Martina:
Sustainable tourism development. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 3, pp. 178–195 (2001). – This article presents current issues related with the relationship between tourism and environment. It gives a brief overview of various definitions, aspects and approaches to the tourism sustainability. The article summarizes the negative impacts of tourism and explains the life cycle of the tourism destination. The purpose of the article is to draw attention to the fact that tourism is a complex socio-economic phenomenon, multidimensional in character, with significant impacts on the environment but depending also on environmental quality. This feedback mechanism has to be understood and incorporated into the policy making activities.
Key words: sustainable development – tourism destination – carrying capacity – life cycle – environmental indicators.
PŠENÁKOVÁ Petra, STUCHLÍK Evžen, LELLÁK Jan:
Morphometrical parameters of the Drásov drinking water reservoir near Příbram and of the flooded quarries of Řečický lom near Blatná and Smaragdové jezírko in the Brdy Mountains. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 2, pp. 110–121 (2001). – Bathymetrical measurements were carried out in three water bodies in Central and South Bohemia: the Drásov drinking water reservoir and two flooded quarries – Řečický lom and Smaragdové jezírko, as a part of a limnological research done by the pedagogical staff and the undergraduate students of the Department of Hydrobiology, Charles University in Prague. Bathymetrical maps, the morphometrical parameters of the basins and the physical-chemical parameters of the water column, such as thermal condition, pH and dissolved oxygen and hydrogen sulphide concentration, are presented in the article.
Key words: bathymetrical map – morphometry.
RÖLC Robert:
Transport accessibility and regional significance of regional centres. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 4, pp. 222–233 (2001). – The article is devoted to the comparison of three kinds of regionalization of the Czech Republic. The first one is the administrative division of the state. The second one is the regionalization of public transport (accessibility of regional centres). The third one is the system of natural/organic sociogeographic regions of selected centres. The degree of similarity of different regional structures, with a special regard to the consequences of the change of the number of regional centres (formerly 7, newly 13), is evaluated.
Key words: Regional centres – transport regionalization – change of administrative regions.
SEDLÁK Pavel:
Digital geological data for geographical GIS applications. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 2, pp. 100–109 (2001). – This article presents a view on the potential source of digital geological data in the Czech Republic. There are described the data gathered by the institutions of the national geological service, public administration, schools and some other organisations. The article also points to the criteria, which every user should respect when gathering digital geological data.
Key words: GIS – digital data – data sources – geology.
VAISHAR Antonín, KALLABOVÁ Eva:
The Development of services in small Moravian towns after the year 1990. – Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 106, 4, pp. 251–269 (2001). – A complex geographical analysis of twelve Moravian towns with less than 15 thousand inhabitants has been made. Within this analysis, the services fulfilling the following main functions have been evaluated: meeting the needs of inhabitants, solving the problems of workers dismissed from production, realization of town creating function and promoting cultural activities. An evaluation of towns has been made and the main barriers in service activities were identified. The level of services in each town depends, apart from the human factor, on the size of the local market, the status of the town in the settlement system and on each town’s specific conditions. Nowadays, small towns are re-evaluating their visions of the future, where the role of services is important.
Key words: Moravia – small towns – tertiary sector – transition.