scholarly journals   Rural and environmental concern – focus on the Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kment ◽  
L. Kocmánková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Ecological Modernisation ◽  
Development Approach

An increasing number of works on the rural-environmental connection can be found at present. However, their overview and classification are needed – this is the guiding idea of this paper. We distinguish three approaches to the rural-environmental connection and label them scientific approach, environmentalist approach, and development approach. In the paper, theories of environmental concern (post-materialism, paradigm shift, and ecological modernisation) are discussed at first and then a classification of works is proposed.  

scholarly journals Ground beetles (Carabidae) from slopes of Macošská stráň and Vilémovická stráň (Protected landscape area of Moravský kras, Czech Republic)

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Niedobová ◽  
Vladimír Hula ◽  
Pavla Šťastná
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Ground Beetles ◽  
Red List ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Group A

Collecting of Carabidae was conducted using pitfall traps at four sites. The first two sites (T1 + T2) were at the slope of Macošská stráň and the other two sites (T3 + T4) at the slope of Vilémovická stráň. The study was done in 2008 and 2009. At Macošská stráň in 2008, 21 species of Carabidae with the total number of 228 individuals were found and in 2009, 18 species of the total number of 116 specimens were collected. At Vilémovická stráň in 2008, 22 species of Carabidae with the total number of 1977 specimens were found and in 2009, 21 species of the total number of 623 specimens were caught. In terms of classification of relictness, Macošská stráň in 2008 was dominated by species of adaptable group A (60%), species of eurytop group (E) were represented by 35% and of relic group (R) by 5%. In 2009, the same representation of species of groups A and E (47%) were found and the species of group R were represented by 6%. Vilémovická stráň in 2008 was dominated by species of group A (52%), species of group E were represented by 43% and of group R by 5%. In 2009 also dominated species of group A (54%), species of group E were represented by 41% and of group R by 5%. In the studied area we reported four endangered species of Carabidae protected by Law (No. 395/1992 Coll.) as amended, these were Calosoma auropunctatum (critically endangered), Brachinus crepitans, Carabus ullrichii and Cicindela campestris (endangered) and two species listed under the Red List of Threatened Species of the Czech Republic (Veselý et al., 2005). One of the species is listed as vulnerable (Calosoma auropunctatum) and one as near endangered (Carabus cancellatus). Another significant species found on the monitored sites was Aptinus bombarda.

Support of Social Innovations

2017 ◽  
pp. 165-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarmila Šebestová ◽  
Zuzana Palová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Positive Externality ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Support Evaluation

The aim of this chapter is to summarize the theoretical knowledge from the field of social entrepreneurship and the creation of social innovation and highlight the impact EU funds have on the development of social innovation in selected regions of the Czech Republic. The authors assumed that there could be a positive link between the amount of financial support and the number of created social innovations within the chosen EU programmes. Classification of created social innovation according to type, creator, priority axis in relation to beneficiary etc. came under other objectives. Social innovations are created as a positive externality from other social projects. Finally, recommendation for sustainable support evaluation is provided.

scholarly journals Regional classification of the Czech Republic, based on the production orientation of agricultural enterprises

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 435-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Střeleček ◽  
J. Lososová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Pork Meat ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Grain Crops

ThearticledescribesthelayoutofplantproductionandlivestockdensityintheCzechRepublicin2003 according to a sample survey of the Czech Statistical Office.Theproductionorientationof agriculturalenterprisesis definedas a small amount of market products that represent the predominant part of revenues. Grain crops, pork meat, milk and non-food crops represent the production orientation of Czech agriculture. Thesecommoditiesrepresentmorethan70%oftotal agricultural production in the Czech Republic. In this article, the authors have attempted to definearegionalclassification according to production orientation of agricultural enterprises and intensity of agricultural production.

scholarly journals Genetic classification of lakes in the Czech Republic

Geografie ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-128
Author(s):  
Bohumír Janský ◽  
Miroslav Šobr
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Glacial Lakes ◽  
Genetic Classification ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Karst Lakes

The paper provides genetic classification of lakes in the Czech Republic. We separate lakes to two groups - natural and anthropogenic origin. The genetic classification is based on the classification of lakes according to the way of origination of the lake basin while the geomorphologic viewpoint prevails: glacial lakes, fluvial lakes, karst lakes, lakes dammed-up by landslides, organogenous lakes and anthropogenic lakes. As the anthropogenic lakes we may regard all the water bodies which originated as a consequence of the human activity - mining of mineral resources.

Too Limited, Too Late: Evaluating the Czech Republic's Performance as a Small-State Lobbyist in EU External Policy

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-78
Author(s):  
Tomáš Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Small States ◽  
Original Research ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Small Member

The article proposes a classification of interest promotion methods used by small EU member states which draws on lobbying literature in order for us to better understand how small states pursue their preferences in Council negotiations. It explores a single case study of the Czech Republic's efforts to influence the 2012 revision of the European Union's Generalised System of Preferences scheme through the lenses of this classification. The empirical part of the paper is based on original research interviews with European and Czech stakeholders who participated in the studied negotiations. While the dossier was considered important, the Czech Republic failed to employ more elaborate methods of interest promotion and thus came away with a sub-optimal outcome. Rather than explaining this by pointing to a lack of socialization of Czech representatives (and thus a lack of effective competence), this deficiency can be better explained by the low salience of the general policy area for the Czech Republic, which prevented the country from developing a favourable position from which to react promptly to the related developments and deploy the lobbying tools at its disposal. The article suggests that the lobbyist-like character of a small member state's performance in the Council may have wider consequences for the flexibility of the country's EU policy and the ability of its governments to pursue specific European policies.

scholarly journals Potential of Documentary Evidence to Study Fatalities of Hydrological and Meteorological Events in the Czech Republic

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brázdil ◽  
Chromá ◽  
Řehoř ◽  
Zahradníček ◽  
Dolák ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Data Uncertainty ◽  
Spatiotemporal Variability ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Convective Storm ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Epigraphic Evidence

This paper presents the potential of documentary evidence for enhancing the study of fatalities taking place in the course of hydrological and meteorological events (HMEs). Chronicles, “books of memory”, weather diaries, newspapers (media), parliamentary proposals, epigraphic evidence, systematic meteorological/hydrological observations, and professional papers provide a broad base for gathering such information in the Czech Republic, especially since 1901. The spatiotemporal variability of 269 fatalities in the Czech Republic arising out of 103 HMEs (flood, flash flood, windstorm, convective storm, lightning, frost, snow/glaze-ice calamity, heat, and other events) in the 1981–2018 period is presented, with particular attention to closer characterisation of fatalities (gender, age, cause of death, place, type of death, and behaviour). Examples of three outstanding events with the highest numbers of fatalities (severe frosts in the extremely cold winter of 1928/1929, a flash flood on 9 June 1970, and a rain flood in July 1997) are described in detail. Discussion of results includes the problem of data uncertainty, factors influencing the numbers of fatalities, and the broader context. Since floods are responsible for the highest proportion of HME-related deaths, places with fatalities are located mainly around rivers and drowning appears as the main cause of death. In the further classification of fatalities, males and adults clearly prevail, while indirect victims and hazardous behaviour are strongly represented.

Największe problemy polskiej mniejszości na Śląsku Cieszyńskim w oczach polskich mediów na przykładzie gazety „Głos Ludu” i miesięcznika „Zwrot” w latach 2015–2016

1970 ◽  
Vol 20 (274) ◽  
pp. 43-56
Author(s):  
Łukasz Grzesiczak
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Social Activists ◽  
The Press ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Financial Deficits

The subject of the article are the problems of the Polish minority in the Czech Republic in Zaolzie. The applied analysis of the content of the Polish-language monthly “Zwrot” and Polish-language newspaper “Głos Ludu” published by Polish organizations allowed for the classification of the issues most frequently discussed. The analysis was carried out on the basis of publications issued in 2015 and 2016. Representatives of the surveyed media (journalists, social activists) focus on identity issues related to the shrinking community and its consolidation. Problems affecting this minority presented in the press are related to intergroup relations, intra-group conflicts, financial deficits, articulated ideas and representation issues.

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