scholarly journals Regional Railway Transport in Czech, Austrian and German Decentralised and Regionalised Transport Markets

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Seidenglanz ◽  
Tomáš Nigrin ◽  
Jiří Dujka
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Central European ◽  
Organisational Form ◽  
Train Services ◽  
Comparative Case Studies

Abstract The article analyses railway transport markets in three neighbouring Central European countries: the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany (specifically Bavaria and Saxony), with a focus on regional transportation. It examines the organisational form of public transport resulting from regionalisation and provides comparative case studies of regional train services in these countries. The article points out the organisational differences in public transportation between the studied regions and tries to connect these results with the supply of regional train services on various types of lines and in different geographical areas.

scholarly journals Application of Multi-Criteria Analysis on Theatres’ Efficiency – Czech and Polish Comparative Case Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-455
Author(s):  
Jiri Bečica ◽  
Roman Vavrek ◽  
Małgorzata Galecka ◽  
Katarzyna Smolny
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Ideal Solution ◽  
Objective Method ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Comparative Case Studies ◽  
Multi Criteria Analysis ◽  
Theatre Management

Institutions (theatres) evaluated in this paper are mediators of an unrepeatable interpretive art and they need funds from public resources of different government levels to ensure their activities. The aim of the present paper is to evaluate the efficiency of theatre management of 93 evaluated public theatres in the Czech Republic and Poland through 11 indicators. The evaluated weights of chosen indicators were determined by the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), in combination with the chosen objective method for determining the importance of indicators. From the results it is evident that big multi-genre theatres producing more genres of interpretive art (drama, opera, ballet, musical) with a bigger number of employees had the worst results in both states.

scholarly journals Position and Spatial Role of Settlements in the Central Part of the Czech Republic - Aspects of Transportation

Geografie ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-188
Author(s):  
Pavel Grégr
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Spatial Position ◽  
The Czech Republic

The article deals with the evaluation of spatial position of selected settlements in the central part of the Czech Republic. Special attention is devoted to the impacts of transportation, especially to public transport connections with important cities and towns. Data reflect the period 1989/1990, i.e. the period prior to the transformation of the society. In that time, public transportation reached its peak.

The Development of the Communication Skills of Individuals Living in Homes for People with Disabilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-70
Author(s):  
Petr Kopečný
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Given

This paper concentrates on the area of special educational support provided to individuals living in homes for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic and presents partial research results illustrating the state of the provision of speech therapy to users of social services facilities falling under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The subject of the research is an analysis of support for the development of the communication skills of pupils living in social services facilities. The partial results of the research outline the approaches employed by the managerial staff of the given facilities in implementing special educational procedures, describe forms of speech therapy provision in homes for people with disabilities, and compare the attitudes of teachers and social services staff to the development of communication with the importance attributed to it by speech therapists and demonstrated by the case studies performed.

From the Bronze Soldier to the “Bloody Marshal”: Monument Wars and Russia’s Aesthetic Vulnerability in Estonia and the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
pp. 088832542110438
Author(s):  
Aliaksei Kazharski ◽  
Andrey Makarychev
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Politics Of Memory ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Soviet Occupation ◽  
Historical Monuments ◽  
Historical Truth ◽  
Zero Sum ◽  
Inherent Ambiguity

The article analyzes historical monuments as instruments of Russia’s attempts to impose its aesthetic hegemony in the post-Communist world. Drawing on case studies from the Czech Republic and Estonia, it argues that this hegemony is precarious and vulnerable due to inability to deal with the inherent ambiguity and complexity of historical events and figures. The Russian approach regards historical truth in absolute terms and is underpinned by a zero-sum game understanding of historical narratives. It does not tolerate a multiplicity of perspectives on history and has no appreciation for postmodernist deconstruction of historical symbols. This conflicts with a more diverse, reflexive and inclusive politics of memory as an intrinsic element of cityscapes of Prague and Tallinn where some of the controversial monuments connected with the Soviet occupation have been removed. Russia’s reaction to these changes reveals an inherently vulnerable nature of its aesthetic hegemony which is deeply dependent on recognition of the absolute nature of its historical truth that the monuments are supposed to embody.

Languages of borderlands, borders of languages: Native and foreign language use in intergroup contact between Czechs and their neighbours

Human Affairs ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magda Petrjánošová ◽  
Alicja Leix
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
International Project ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Central European

AbstractIn this article we present a qualitative analysis of empirical findings from an international project on intergroup attitudes and contact in five Central European countries specifically concerning language use. The project concentrated on the interplay of intergroup contact and perception between the members of national groups in the borderlands between the Czech Republic and Austria, Germany, Poland and Slovakia. The open statements analysed here about the contact situations and the ensuing evaluation of the Others were collected as part of an online questionnaire (N=1959). After a short theoretical introduction we reveal the intertwined nature of construing language use: first in each specific borderland, then in the triads speaking together either in the native language of one of the groups (Czechs with Austrians and Germans) or with each speaking their own native languages (Czechs with Poles and Slovaks). Finally we highlight several effects we have observed as a result of being able to compare the situation in more than one neighbourhood, for instance, the effect of the different statuses of the languages involved, or the connection between the language used in contact and a feeling of proximity.

scholarly journals Occupational exposure to nanoparticles originating from welding – case studies from the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Berger ◽  
Šárka Bernatíková ◽  
Lucie Kocůrková ◽  
Radka Přichystalová ◽  
Lenka Schreiberová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
The Czech Republic

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.

scholarly journals The Attractiveness of Selected Central European Countries for Winter Sports and Mountain Hiking

Turyzm ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Kinga Krzesiwo ◽  
Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss ◽  
Michał Żemła
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Winter Sports ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Central European ◽  
Downhill Skiing ◽  
Visegrad Group

Abstract Hiking, downhill skiing and snowboarding are among the most popular forms of active tourism in mountainous areas. Their popularity and their mass scale do not only result from the presence of the appropriate landscape, but also from its appropriate development. The objective of the article is to attempt to assess the attractiveness of selected Central European countries in terms of winter sports and mountain hiking, to consider the opinions of students who live in Visegrad Group countries, as well as to evaluate the barriers to development of their competitive offers. According to respondents, the most attractive countries for winter sports are Austria and Slovakia, and the least attractive are Hungary, Romania and Lithuania. In turn, according to the students, the best conditions for mountain hiking are in Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland. In addition, respondents from particular countries assessed domestic offers highly.

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