Large scale monitoring of public transport accessibility in the Czech Republic

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiri Horak ◽  
Igor Ivan ◽  
David Fojtik ◽  
Jaroslav Burian
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Transport Accessibility

scholarly journals The Efficiency and Public Transport Accessibility of Indirect State Administration in the Czech Republic

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iveta Vrabková ◽  
Ivana Vaňková ◽  
Igor Ivan
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Administrative District ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Transport Accessibility ◽  
State Administration ◽  
Security Costs ◽  
Administrative Tasks

Abstract This paper examines the efficiency and public transport accessibility of indirect (devolved) state administration performed by municipalities with extended powers (hereinafter MEPs) in the Czech Republic. Our aim is to evaluate the efficiency of the revenues made by municipalities with extended powers, through performing powers delegated to them by the state administration, and those municipalities’ public transport accessibility as of 31 December, 2014. The rate of efficiency is tested on an output-oriented Free Disposable Hull model. One input variable is selected - the operating expenses of the municipal offices recalculated per inhabitant of the municipality’s administrative district - and two output variables are selected: contribution to the performance of state administration, recalculated per inhabitant of the municipality’s administrative district, and revenues from administrative fees per inhabitant of the municipality’s administrative district. The municipality’s offices’ transport accessibility is evaluated via network analysis using ArcGIS software. The article investigates the hypothesis that public administration deconcentration practices logically result in higher security costs and therefore inefficiency. The results reveal that only 66 of the country’s 205 MEPs are efficient and that operating expenses and state contributions for the performance of state administrative tasks play a significant role in these results. Efficiency is less significantly influenced by administrative fee revenues. Public transport accessibility is analyzed for two time intervals - 6:00 to 8:00 am and 1:00 to 2:00 pm - on Tuesdays. The degree of accessibility is defined using a six-point scale of accessibility. The results show that the best accessibility is in the morning hours, when the offices are accessible for 68.8% of the population aged 15+ in the Czech Republic; the worst accessibility is in the afternoon hours when only 2% of the population aged 15+ can access the offices.

scholarly journals Transport accessibility and regional significance of regional centres

Geografie ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 222-233
Author(s):  
Robert Rölc
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
The State ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Special Regard ◽  
Transport Accessibility ◽  
The Third ◽  
Administrative Division ◽  
Degree Of Similarity

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.

scholarly journals The development of regional differentiation of office construction in the Czech Republic: 1990–2010

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Pavel Domalewski ◽  
Jan Baxa
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Dominant Position

Abstract The factors that were crucial for the construction of administrative buildings in the regional capitals of the Czech Republic are subject to examination in this article. One primary question is whether the development of office construction reflects the qualitative importance of the cities, or whether there are some other regularities in the spatial distribution of construction. To identify the key factors, controlled interviews with experts professionally involved in the construction of administrative buildings were carried out, and these data were then extended as part of a large-scale questionnaire survey with other experts on the issue. The results have confirmed the dominant position of the capital city of Prague in terms of its qualitative importance, as the remaining regional capitals have less than one-tenth of the volume of modern office building areas. The greatest differences in the construction of administrative buildings have been noted in Brno and Ostrava, despite the fact that they exhibit similar characteristics when considered in the light of respondent-determined factors.

scholarly journals Problems of Disabled Persons in Public Transport in the Czech Republic in the Light of Results of Research Conducted in Poland.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Izabela Bergel ◽  
Elżbieta Marciszewska ◽  
Jaroslav Matuska ◽  
Vera Zahorova
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Reduced Mobility

In the article we describe the fundamental problems of disabled persons in public transport in the light of results of research conducted in the Czech Republic. This article has arisen in framework of grant nr 11420036 “Rights of Passenger with Reduced Mobility in V4 Countries” supported by International Visegrad Fund, 2014-2015. This article correspond to the previous text in Przegląd Komunikacyjny nr **describing fundamental problems of PRM in Poland.

Lean home services in Czech Republic

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 784-802
Author(s):  
Felipe Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lean Management ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Size Limits

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of an empirical research on the leanness of the home services sector in the Czech Republic. The automotive sector provides reference to argue the numerical outcomes. Design/methodology/approach The research uses a specifically designed assessment tool (Lean Index – LI) to determine the sector’s leanness level. Referring to the results from both sectors, the paper draws conclusions about the current leanness level of home services providers. Findings The proposed LI indicates a value of 69.50 per cent for home services providers, whereas the LI for the automotive industry suppliers is 82.88 per cent. This suggests that there are large opportunities for the implementation of lean management in the home services sector. However, the main challenge is to introduce a continuous improvement approach to these companies. Research limitations/implications The sample size limits the generalisation of the research results. However, this paper represents the first empirical attempt to implement a large-scale survey. The results are limited to the Czech Republic. However, parties from other countries have indicated interest to replicate the research. Practical implications This research provides first empirical findings on the possibilities of implementing lean in the home services sector. Future research projects in other sectors will have the opportunity to make use of the LI assessment tool. Originality/value The paper presents the first approach of lean management into the home services sector. It provides valuable information to specialised institutions in the sector about the possibilities of lean management in the sector. It also provides an overview of the sector for practitioners and academics willing to pioneer lean in the sector.

scholarly journals Analysis of land-law relations development in the Czech Republic after 1989 in the legal and economic kontext

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (No. 5) ◽  
pp. 250-256
Author(s):  
J. Bartůšková ◽  
J. Homolka
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Land Law ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Large Scale Production ◽  
Czech Land

Changes in the land law, which occurred after 1948, still influence the whle Czech countryside to this day. Typical features of Czech agriculture, i.e. the fragmentation of ownership of the agricultural land fund and the high share of leased agricultural land, which is a direct consequence of the socialistic large-scale production, continue even despite extensive legal changes after 1989. The changes in the Czech land law after 1989 brought about not only the legal guarantees for owners but also new problems, which are still necessary to solve. An important tool of the solution of the present Czech agriculture problems is represented by land adjustments. The membership of the Czech Republic in the European Union on one hand led to the simplification of land acquisition for some foreigners, however; on the other hand it has not influenced in principle the structure of landowners. Still in 2008, the questions of the atonement of property injustices are finished yet regarding the churches concerning agricultural and forest land. A new civil code, currently in process, which can influence some legal relations to the land, has not been put forward to the Parliament yet.

Large Scale Fracture Mechanics Testing

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Brumovsky
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Short Overview ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
Leak Before Break ◽  
Reactor Pressure

This paper gives a short overview of experimental programs using large scale models/experiments realized in the Czech Republic with the aim to support the reactor pressure components of WWER type reactors. One part of the program was concentrated on reactor pressure vessel components only. It contained flat specimens with defects on one side and models with stress concentrators (nozzles, bolting joints) on the other side. Second part of the program was a part of the LBB (Leak-before-break) project applied to all WWER safety related pipings. Large scale models with defects, located in heterogenous (safe-end) as well as homogenous welds are described.

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