David Fiedor

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• Ph.D.
• Professor (Associate) at Palacký University Olomouc

Publikace vychází z projektu zaměřeného na výzkum a hodnoceni kvality života v městském (funkčním) regionu Olomouce a na jejich prostorovou interpretaci. Ukazatele kvality života v městském regionu byly zvoleny tak, aby se mohla ověřit možnost využití metod zaměřených na analýzu prostorové diferenciace (na základě posouzeni kvality života) a uzemni...

Gambling encompasses a wide variety of activities, and the structural characteristics of each form contribute to its potential risk. However, the literature does not fully agree on the risk levels of certain gambling forms. In this study, we classify less risky gambling forms (soft forms) based on public perceptions of their riskiness. We examine t...

Casinos are one of the traditional gambling venues across the world and are often regarded asa symbol of the gambling industry. The Czech Republic has gradually developed into one of thecountries where gambling establishments are most accessible. The new Gambling Act aims toconcentrate individual establishments closer to each other and thus reduce...

Flood maps are a crucial component of integrated flood risk management. While their key role is commonly acknowledged by experts and scholars, however, literature and findings on the practical utilization of flood maps (including the user’ experiences) within the processes of governance are scarce. Our study aims to contribute to closing this gap;...

The purpose of the book is to present publicly available data published mainly by state institutions (especially the Czech Statistical Office, individual ministries, or in the context of international comparison, Eurostat) so that the reader can get a basic idea of the available data concerning Czech society. The book uses available data to show t...

Young people’s lives will be influenced by climate change and, in turn, climate change may itself be influenced by their future behaviour. Environmental education has thus to rise to the challenge of providing students with knowledge that will go beyond the simply factual and enable an understanding of the complexity of climate change. This paper f...

In 2019, a questionnaire was conducted among foreigners living in the Czech Republic focused on gambling, in which 110 respondents from Vietnam and 80 respondents from Ukraine answered. Firstly, the Attitudes towards gambling scale (ATGS-8) was used to discover respondents’ attitudes to gambling. Secondly, their experience with gambling was examine...

Secondhand smoking has a serious negative impact on human health, but this can be mitigated by anti-smoking policies. The enforcement of these policies is always accompanied by the voices of the hospitality venues representatives, concerned about the economic decline and the loss of customers. The aim of our research was to analyse the impact of th...

Peripheries may be delimited by various methodological approaches. The aim of this article is to identify and spatially determine inner and outer peripheries at the municipal level in Czechia. With the help of 15 indicators (reflecting the demographic development, economic activity, and transportation accessibility), the municipalities are divided...

Mediation in the Reflection of Law and Society is a pioneering book capturing the socio-legal context of mediation. Despite slow progress in use, mediation has never failed to make its presence felt in dispute resolution. Through this remarkable book, the contributors have elucidated the need to cultivate a more favourable socio-legal climate for m...

Historical maps are a valuable resource in landscape research. The information gathered from them facilitates the cognisance of landscapes and may assist current landscape planning. This study focuses on the historical occurrence and spatial extent of man-made ponds in the Czech Republic. Based on the 1 st Military Survey maps (1764-1783) of the Ha...

The social practice of games of chance and gambling can be read in an interesting variety of ways in the area of the Social Sciences. One is the geographical perspective, which highlights the spatial repercussions of this form of recreation. However, in Spain, very little scientific literature exists on the topic, which justifies the appropriatenes...

The paper aims at analyzing the degree of institutional-ization of mediation. Samuel Huntington's concept of an institution is applied to mediation in the Czech Republic, in the development context of mediation in Europe. The degree of institutionalization of mediation is analyzed using the dimensions of adaptability, autonomy , coherence, and inte...

Even though soil temperature in urban environment influences a range of processes, it has been studied rather sparsely in comparison with surface temperature or air temperature. Our research extends the soil temperature observation in Olomouc (Czechia) and uses semi-stationary measurement to describe detailed spatial variability of soil temperature...

Though the exploration of inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) is very widespread in contemporary literature worldwide, the perception of IMC by municipal officials is rarely examined. We focused this paper on revealing the relationship between the perceptions of municipal public officials and the realized benefits of municipal cooperation. Our resear...

The concept of topophobia has been known in Geography for decades. Places which evoke fear in people's minds can be found in almost every city. The perception of fear within an urban environment shows a certain spatio-temporal concentration and is often represented by fear of crime. The meaning of topophobic places, however, derived from the experi...

Kniha se zabývá problematikou hazardních her. Ty se pojí nejen se zábavou, ale v extrémních případech také s poruchami osobností hráčů. Výrazně ovlivňují ekonomické a společenské struktury sídel a regionů, v nichž jsou provozovny hazardních her (zvláště pak herny a kasina) přítomny. Hazard jako takový se proto stal významným sociálním tématem pro m...

A recent “shift” in flood risk management is associated with putting more emphasis on private mitigation and protection measures, and on shared responsibility. Based on case study research in the South Bohemian municipalities (Czech Republic) endangered by floods, this paper reports floods-related attitudes and actions of local inhabitants. A total...

Scientific interest across the fields of historical landscape research and historical land use has grown in connection with the dynamic changes in the current landscape. Various historical sources are used for gathering information on historical land use and its reconstruction. These sources are then the subject matter of the research with respect...

Monografie Právní a sociální aspekty mediace v České republice přináší komplexní základ o tématu mediace jako takovém. Čtenář v knize najde jak obecné informace o vzniku mediace, přes informace o jednotlivých právních úpravách (a jejich změnách) až k systematické statistice výskytů případů použití mediace a jejích výsledků. Kniha je navíc zpracován...

The future life-styles and pro-environmental behaviour of today’s younger students will be a cardinal factor in mitigating the severity of projected climate change. In this study, Czech students at upper-primary and secondary-school levels responded to a set of covertly paired statements designed to assess their beliefs concerning the usefulness of...

The aim of the article is to contribute to an understanding of the attitudes of post-communist Europe’s inhabitants towards gambling, and of their opinions concerning which activities can be regarded as gambling. The Attitudes Towards Gambling Scale (ATGS-8) questionnaire was used in the survey, ensuring the international comparability of the resul...

The aim of this paper was to assess the impact of heatwaves on mortality in ten Czech cities, using data recorded during the summers of 2015 and 2016. Temperature-related mortality during heatwaves was investigated by comparing mortality figures on heatwave days and those on other days by means of the Mann-Whitney U test. Results for all-cause mort...

Ve většině evropských zemí je v současné době řešena otázka modernizace justičních systémů, na jejímž základě právo hledá nové možnosti, které by byly alternativou ke standardním soudním postupům. K nim patří i mediace. Původní teoreticko-empirická studie reaguje na naléhavou poptávku po relevantních a aktuálních informa-cích uplatňování mediace v...

Gambling is generally considered to be a socially negative phenomenon. On the other hand it also has its supporters, as proved by recent research. Mayors are important administrators of local affairs as they represent municipal governments. Their attitudes towards gambling vary and this could influence both the spatial distribution of gambling and...

For operators of Internet shops and their investors on the one hand, and suppliers on the other hand, knowledge of the consumer market is becoming critical in terms of the risk of non-payment for purchased goods, as most small e-shops maintain their stocks according to current demand. The aim of this paper is to identify customers who come from dif...

Due to global climate change and anthropogenic pressures on the landscape, one of the current geographical problems is retention of water in agricultural landscapes. One possibility to tackle this issue is the construction of artificial water bodies, which has historical traditions in the form of fishponds in Central European landscapes. Unfortunat...

Relatively recently began a wave of building shopping centres in the Central and Eastern Europe. There has been a construction of several dozen shopping centres in the last two decades only in the Czech Republic, in the biggest cities as well as in the smaller towns of the micro regional level in case of some small shopping parks. The sociologists...

Gambling is a specific type of economic activity that significantly affects many aspects of society. It is associated mainly with negative impacts on the lives of individuals and their families, but it also has a positive economic impact on the public budgets of states, regions and municipalities. In this article, we focus on a geographic assessmen...

The issue of gambling, which the article discusses, is – in terms of scientific approach – a rather neglected topic in the Czech Republic, although in recent years gambling has enjoyed signifi cant media coverage. This geographical contribution to the study of gambling at a local level lies mainly in the exploration of its spatial distribution and th...

Aim To provide an overview of gambling and associated problems in the Czech Republic, including an overview of the historical context, legislation, prevalence, treatment and research base and agenda. Methods A review of literature and relevant sources. Results The trajectory of gambling patterns in the territory of the Czech Republic in the 20th...

The Czech cities are under long-term pressure from international retailers which is also reflected in the changing shopping behaviour of the urban population and those living in the suburbs. Their preferences towards a certain store are often subliminally strongly influenced by the sophisticated marketing activities of the retail chains. The paper...

In this paper the authors deal with the issues of services for the population in model rural regions of Bohemian-Moravian borderland. Selected services (education, health care and retail) were assessed from the aspect of the dynamics of changes during the transformation period after the year 1989. Aside from minor exceptions, the development in the...