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The main of this diploma thesis is a monitoring suburbanisational process in the agglomeration of Prague, Brno, Ostrava and Pilsen. By suburbanisation in this particular work is ment the process that concerns the human aktivity like habitation, bussiness, stapling or producing.

The thesis deals with the description and evaluation of the cluster analysis methodology and cluster policies as an adequate tool of growth in a region. Special emphasis is given to the work of M. Porter, which can be looked upon as a genesis of earlier research in the field and represents the current state of affairs in theoretical background and practical application. Also, the Czech republic as a case study is given a special section.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous contaminants entering the environment from both natural and anthropogenic sources. The main anthropogenic sources are processes for the production of electricity and thermal energy, waste incineration, road traffic and motor vehicles, aircraft, boats, steam and diesel-electric locomotives and some industrial technologies. Besides these main sources there are still a number of others, less important, e.g. working with hot tar, asphalt pavement wear and tire during vehicle operation, coking plants, plants for processing of oil and some metals plants. An indispensable source in the cities as domestic solid fuel burning furnaces. Although Hradec Králové do not belong to the cities with extreme levels of contaminants in the air, according to the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, the levels of benzo(a)pyrene in the case of annual average concentrations exceeding the maximum allowable concentrations occurred here in 2013. While air quality is monitored regularly, the PAHs contents in soils and vegetation are not so. In our simple single experiment, we decided to assess the level of contamination of soil PAHs in the land of Hradec Kralove. It was collected 86 soil samples, in which were determined contents of 16 PAHs. Further, mushroom fruit samples that were found in the individual sampling points were analyzed. The results showed large variability of PAHs content in the city, but did not indicate significant levels of contamination. The sum of all the determined PAU does not exceed the permissible value of the contents of these elements in soils. However, in several cases exceeding the maximum allowable content in soils with different PAHs, especially fluoranthene, anthracene and chrysene. Linear correlation analysis showed that the levels of all monitored PAHs are close correlations, which indicates that the entire spectre of PAHs in this case always originates from the same source. The PAH contents in mushrooms were in most cases below the detection limit of the determination, only rarely the detectable contents of individual PAHs were found (Cylocybe gambosa, Agaricus arvensis). We can speculate about the limited ability of fungi to accumulate PAHs or their ability to degrade these substances.

The county town named Hradec Králové is located in eastern Bohemia on the confluence of Elbe and Orlice rivers. It is situated in a flat area, with many green areas and the absence of heavy industry. The industrial activity is concentrated in small business - engineering, chemical, electrical and food processing industries. All these aspects of human activity may be associated with risk elements contamination of the environment. The town is characterised by the high traffic density; we can therefore also assume the presence of risk elements in the air and subsequently soil contamination in the proximity of these roads. The aim of the study was to analyze the level of contamination of soil and vegetation in the city caused by risk elements (As, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pb, V and Zn). According to sampling scheme, which involved 86 sampling points, there were taken samples of soils and aboveground parts selected plant species: dandelion (Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia) and doorweed (Polygonum aviculare) occurring at all the sampling points. These samples were analysed for the risk elements contents. In most of cases the risk element levels did not exceed the maximum allowable limits for the content of elements in soil and plants given by Decree no. 13/1994 Coll. and Directive no. 2002/32/EC. In the case of soil, there were significantly higher values of potentially mobilizable contents measured for arsenic. But this was not reflected on the contents of this element in the vegetation when all results were below the detection limit of the analytical method. Rarely, the values exceeding the limits were observed in several soil samples in the case of lead and cadmium. While for lead no increased concentrations of this element in the vegetation was observed, the cadmium levels occurring in dandelion exceeded in several cases the limits for fodder crops. The ability of doorweed to accumulate the risk elements was lower compared to dandelion. Linear regression analysis showed that there is no significant relationship between the element contents in the soil and vegetation and the distance from the road. It therefore appears that the contents of elements in the soil and vegetation are not affected by traffic. Due to the significant positive correlation of most elements (except Cd and Zn) in the soil can be estimated that the levels in the soil are given rather by the character of the subsoil. This speculation but would require more detailed geological and geochemical survey of the site.

Thesis is focused on investments in traffic safety measures in the selected agglomeration České Budějovice. Includes a theoretical background focused on the introduction to the issues of transport and its negative externalities, in particular traffic accidents. The objective of this work is to assess the specific investment in traffic safety measures on the basis of data on traffic accidents in correlation with the amount of economic losses according to the type of consequences of accidents. The result is an assessment of the identified losses for the individual years and the subsequent appreciation of the investment. A partial aim of the work is the design of specific traffic safety measures, based on the needs of your chosen conurbations, including an assessment of options of investment in these measures. Through the calculation of the values of the indicators relative to accidents at selected intersections, was created to draft a specific traffic safety measures for the intersection, which showed the greatest deficiencies in terms of safety.

This paper follows up archaeological finds from left bank of Prague, which are dated to Romanesque period. The main topic are situations documented in Malá Strana and Hradčany, which are completed with informations from an area of whole left bank of todays city. Paper tries to follow up a spatial development and interactions between smaller parts of the agglomeration. Finally local development is compared with urban tendencies in Europe.

Diploma thesis resulted from a part of the experimental project of the department of geography ? Pedagogical Faculty, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, which was supported with the grant agency sb. u. (grant no. 072/2010/s). It discusses the problems of suburbanization in the agglomeration of České Budějovice, specifically the suburbs of the southern and south-western sectors. Exploration included various aspects of suburban geography, where there were elaborate social, economic and demographic problems. I observe suburban transformation from the socialist and post-socialist period to the present. Due to the complex problems of the topic, three main aims were identified to reflect the substance of the work. To achieve them, the literature review revealed useful information and thematic maps were created. Data was collected in the chosen localities and analysis of dates, terrain mapping, dialogues and examinations with mayors of the municipalities were carried out. The theoretical part describes chosen characterizations of the social-geographical world, for example inhabitants, industry, agriculture, services, travelling and transport. The following chapters discuss aspects of the exploration of suburbanization, according to theories and literature. They explain reasons and conditions of suburban actions in the worlds? developed countries, suburbanization in the U. S. A. and in the western and post-socialist Europe. The practical part of the work used quantitative research, included collecting data about the typology of the seats, analysis of the development of inhabitants in suburban municipalities, the age of the permanently inhabited houses, number of built flats, processions and another problems in the suburbs. The results of this research can be used as a resource for information about the suburban development of smaller towns. The work is able to serve not only as informative material for the mayors of individual municipalities but is also able to help the municipal authorities of České Budějovice.

Thinking of the villa quarters of Budapest, Andrássy Road, Svábhegy or the Rózsadomd are the ones that first come to mind of many. These are the most well-known rows of villas of the capital, but in the green zone of the 16th district there is a less well-known but yet even more remarkable villa quarter: Mátyásföld. Mátyásföld was founded in 1887 in the outskirts of Cinkota, part of the eastern agglomeration of Budapest at the time. Every source has recorded the circumstances of its establishment as legendary. However, its founder was a good businessman rather than a character from a fairy tale. He recognised the change of lifestyles typical of the era, and sought business opportunities. It became fashionable at the time that anyone who could afford to do so, created a second, representative home in the green area outside the city, but still within the reach of the centre. In the outskirts of the city, more and more holiday homes and villa quarters were established, and Mátyásföld was created also for this purpose. The central issue of this dissertation is how Mátyásföld, founded in the agglomeration of the capital, was built and how it managed to fit into the urban development of Budapest, as well as the life of its inhabitants. Beyond its unique geographic and administrative situation, the role...

This dissertation is seen as a contribution to the field of enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) and their application in regional science. The main objective is to demonstrate the possibility of using accounting data of enterprise information systems for regional evaluation, for example, regional statistics, identifying agglomeration and economic analysis of some spatial dependency of economic activities, through a set of accounting data obtained from business entities. The dissertation is divided into two parts - theoretical framework and practical part. The theoretical framework provides a theoretical basis for the definition of information society, ERP, their structure and deployment of ERP in the EU regions, including the use of accounting data from the ERP for the regional evaluation. It also contains a definition of the region and regional relations as part of a regional policy. Regional statistics and the comparison of regional indicators, definitions of economic clusters, enterprise networking and methodology of identification of economic agglomerations are explained in another part dissertation. Interpretation of statistical methods are then used in the practical part of the dissertation. In the practical part is then performed identification of economic agglomerations, derived from accounting data of enterprise resource planning systems, 27 randomly selected enterprises with nationwide coverage in ČR, regardless of the branch structure, followed by an analysis of the spatial dependence of sales and purchases to the distance.