Transformation of socio-geographic and demographic realities of Czechia in European and 












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            * Transformation of the socio-geographic and demographic realities of Czechia in European 
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            Research topics mirror topical trends in research activities. Stress is focused on studyin
            problems that are relevant for society as a whole. The social relevance of research will i
            line with current developments at a global level: with growing geopolitical tensions, clim

            the process of demographic aging on one hand, and the permanent migratory pressure on high
            countries, growing dynamism of economic cycles etc. on the other. In fact, all of these ci
            the research while “global problems” are being tackled at various regional-hierarchical le

            Europe, selected countries and regions of the world), mostly in their regional and local t
            (getting to know the how the process functions and suggestions for solving problems). Rese

            attention to studying spatial differentiation and the relationship between social and natu
            A holistic - often interdisciplinary - approach is applied while quantitative and qualitat
            used (including the geoinformatics/GIS tools).


            The following issues represent selected topics of research:
            • a critical review of key concepts, theories, and methodological approaches

            • empirical analyses and synthesis of the regional, demographic, socio economic and socio 
              differentiation of society (driving forces, mechanisms, actors/subjects, impacts)
            • the development of population growth, the demographic aging process, and their impact on

              and health systems
            • the assessment of demographic changes in broader societal development
            • the development of the settlement system, the urbanization and suburbanization processes

              transformation and restructuring of cities and rural areas
            • the impact of population mobility on demographic, social, economic, cultural, political 
              structures, analyses of migration and integration policies, and the integration of migra

              majority society
            • the globalization process, analyses of the impact of the economic crisis, the transforma
              ties, flows of goods and capital, and the formation of transportation systems

            • global problems of the world, foreign aid, and development co-operation




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            * Selected outputs

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            • FIALOVÁ, L., HULÍKOVÁ TESÁRKOVÁ, K., KUPROVÁ, B. 2018. Determinants of the length of bir
              the past and possibilities of their study: a case study of Jablonec nad Nisou (Czech Lan

              19th century. 2018. Journal of Family History. DOI 10.1177/0363199017746322
            • LUSTIGOVÁ, Michala, DZÚROVÁ, Dagmar, PIKHART, Hynek, KUBINOVA, Ruzena, BOBAK, Martin. Ca
              health among the Czech population at the beginning of the 21st century: a 12-year follow

              Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2018, roč. 2018, č. 72, s. 442-448
            • NOVOTNÝ, Josef, HASMAN, Jiří, LEPIČ, Martin. Contextual factors and motivations affectin
              community sanitation in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Internati

              Hygiene and Environmental Health. 2018, roč. 22, č. 2, s. 121-133
            • PAVLÍNEK, Petr. Global production networks, foreign direct investment and supplier linka
              integrated peripheries of the automotive industry. Economic Geography. 2018, roč. 94, č.

            • KVĚTOŇ, Viktor, BLAŽEK, Jiří. Path-development trajectories and barriers perceived by st
              two Central European less developed regions: narrow or broad choice? European Planning S
              roč. 26, č. 10, s. 2058-2077

            • OUŘEDNÍČEK, Martin, NEMEŠKAL, Jiří, ŠPAČKOVÁ, Petra, HAMPL, Martin, NOVÁK, Jakub. A synt
              to the delimitation of the Prague Metropolitan Area. Journal of Maps. 2018, roč. 14, č.