Petr Simacek

• PhD
• 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...

The assessment of place attractiveness is a complex issue that has been addressed in geography for several decades. This text aims to contribute to the current knowledge by exploring the potential existence and role of positively perceived (topophilic) places within generally negatively perceived urban environments. In the studied area, the town of...

Extreme heat in urban areas has a severe impact on urban populations worldwide. In light of the threats posed by climate change, it is clear that more holistic and people-oriented approaches to reducing heat stress in urban areas are needed. From this perspective we aim to identify and compare thermal hotspots and places with favourable thermal con...

This atlas presents the Olomouc agglomeration through partial geographical themes.

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...

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...

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...

A comprehensive understanding of the assessment of an urban space by its residents is viewed as one of the most in demand approaches within the endogenous strategies of urban space planning. As a rule, this process only leads to the identification of topophilic or topophobic places. What is lacking is the identification and interpretation of places...

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...

Landscape has always been the focus of artistic interest. Landscape is also the object of research interest of geographers, and it offers a field for cooperation between art and geography. Our study focuses on landscape painting as an important source in identifying landscape changes. We focused on discovering the location where the painter placed...

Subjective and participatory mapping has become an important tool for urban planners and city administrations. Perceptions of safety can affect the quality of life and property prices. The presented paper describes participatory mapping exercises in three Czech cities, where questions were asked concerning people’s subjective perceptions of safety...

Kriminalita se stala významným společenským fenoménem, se kterým se potýkáme každý den. Nejen skutečný výskyt kriminality, ale i samotná percepce kriminality významně ovlivňují celkovou spokojenost a kvalitu života. Z důvodu sníženého pocitu bezpečnosti, vycházejícího z obav z kriminality, tak dochází ke změnám v rozhodování a chování jedinců v pro...

During the transformation period after 1989, Czech cities (similarly as other cities in the former eastern bloc) went through a dynamic development in many areas. Our contribution deals with one of the key areas of postsocialist transformation of the city, specifically the humanization of mass housing in large housing estates. These housing estates...

After the fall of the Iron Curtain, CEE cities (as well as other cities in the former Socialist Bloc) experienced dynamic development in many areas. The presented article deals with one of the key areas of the post-socialist transformation of the city, specifically the humanisation of mass housing in large housing estates. These housing estates fro...

One of the basic transformation processes of the period since 1989 has been that of demilitarisation. Among other things, one of its consequences is the emergence of abandoned military buildings and areas - so-called military brownfields. These kinds of brownfields have a large number of specific features to which their subsequent revitalisation mu...

Předkládaná skripta mají představovat studijní oporu pro studenty geografických oborů na vysokých školách, zde konkrétně se jedná o předmět „GIS v regionální geografii 1“, který je vyučován na Katedře geografie Přírodovědecké fakulty Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci. Data pro všechna cvičení včetně předpřipravených projektů je možné stáhnout na strá...

Nerezidenční suburbanizace představuje v současné době podobně významnou složku proměn suburbánního prostředí českých, moravských a slezských sídel jako rezidenční suburbanizace. Její dynamika, ovlivnění dojížďky obyvatelstva za službami i za prací, změny přepravních proudů, změna krajinné struktury, a také změny ve využívání veřejného prostoru v c...

This contribution deals with the issue that has been somewhat neglected in Czech geography so far. It is the issue of perception of borders in the context of the extent of population's regional identity. The study attempts to assess this phenomenon in regions with significantly different historical development with regard to continuity or discontin...

A border is considered to be very important for regional identity. It is used not only for the creation of regional identity from the outside by inhabitants living outside the particular region, but especially for generating regional identity within the population of that region. The Jesenik area is delimited by the border between Moravia and Siles...

The transformation of Czech economy after 1989 brought many substantial changes. Gradually, new organizational, institutional and legal frameworks were shaped for the operation of a market mechanism. Similar to a number of other branches, the construction industry transformed significantly. The first half of the 1990 was marked by the restructuring...

Spatial interactions express mutual relations among geographical areas or regions at different hierarchical levels, and they are an important factor in the formation of the geographical organisation of space. This paper provides an empirical analysis of labour migration between municipalities and their impact on the formation of nodal regions at a...