Russia's pivot to Asia has become one of the highly discussed topics among political and international relations theorists. However, diverse opinions exist on the timeframe of the pivot and on the level of favourable results of the new policies of Russia's turn to the East. Mostly, Russia is thought to be intensifying its relations with countries of the Asia-Pacific region, increasingly since the Western trade sanctions were applied on Russia after the 2014 Ukraine crisis. Academic discussion also revolves around Russia's opportunities and challenges in the region. Progressive cooperation, mainly with China, is suggested due to the growing importance of Asia and its countries: China's rapidly rising economy and military strength has made the country into a candidate for the most important world powers. On the other hand, development and modernisation of Siberia and Russia's Far East region would be necessary for efficient maintenance of any progressive relations with Asian countries. Russia would have to develop its infrastructure in the regions to enable connection and cooperation with China and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Among all potential partners in Asia, China is mostly indicated as the most probable and suitable economic and political partner for Russia in the region....

This thesis explores the regional differentiation of electoral behaviour and other topics in electoral geography in the Czech Republic. Electoral geography, which studies the geographic aspects of the organisation, process, and results of elections, for a long time developed mainly in Western societies given the absence of free elections in other countries. It began to develop in the Czech Republic in the 1990s and its goal was to explore the process of the transformation of society and the stabilisation of democracy, to compare electoral patterns observed in conditions of stable liberal democracies with the patterns found in transforming states, and to adapt them to the specific conditions of transition countries. Electoral geography focuses mainly on the spatial variations of electoral behaviour. It seeks to determine whether different patterns of electoral behaviour are based on the social structure of the population in the region, whether they are influenced by contextual factors, or whether it is a combination of both. Another important subject studied by electoral geography is the spatial patterns of representation, which however are usually studied in majoritarian electoral systems. The thesis is composed of two basic sections. The first section offers a broader theoretical and...

Title: Analysis of teaching geography in upper secondary educational level in Germany Author: Bc. Eliška Jindřichová Department:Department of social geography and regional development Supervisor: RNDr. Dana Řezníčková, Ph. D. This thesis contains an analysis of the conception of geographical education on ISCED level 3 in Germany. It aims to answer the following basic conceptual questions: Under which conditions is geography being taught? In what manner is geography being taught? What are the expected effects of geographical education on the pupils? During the discussion of conditions, the current status of geography as a teaching subject is presented and the possibilities for cross-curricular collaboration are pointed out. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of form and content, learning objectives/goals and creation of geographical skills. Another part of the thesis is the description of the process and methods used to evaluate the gained geographical knowledge of pupils. The basic method for obtaining relevant data is content analysis of the curricula of the federal states of Germany, resulting in a set of complete record sheets. Based on the chosen method of data collection and analysis, I got all the answers to the three basic conceptual questions and compare the resulting data to Czech...

Bei der Arbeit handelt es sich um Forschungen zur Topografie und Siedlungsgeschichte der Stadt Orchomenos im nordöstlichen Arkadien (in der zentralen Peloponnes) vom Neolithikum bis in die Spätantike. Für ein umfassenderes und präziseres Bild in Bezug auf die Stadt- und auch Landschaftsgeschichte der Region, wird eine Gesamtbetrachtung und Bilanz aller bis dato bekannten Fakten und Quellen - antike Autoren, Reisende der Neuzeit, Denkmäler, Epigraphik, Numismatik – erarbeitet. Dadurch wird bewiesen, dass Orchomenos die Kriterien einer antiken griechischen polis erfüllt: Es besaß ein städtisches Zentrum mit Ober- und Unterstadt, dazu eine Agora mit Bauten politischer (Hallen), religiöser (Tempel) und Unterhaltungsfunktion (Theater). Orchomenos weist mit rund 100 Quadratkilometern auch das für griechische poleis charakteristische zugehörige Umland auf. Außerdem besaß Orchomenos einen Stadtkult, eine Befestigungsmauer und ein Straßennetz, durch das es mit benachbarten Städten und Regionen auf der Peloponnes verbunden wurde. Menschliche Aktivitäten und Besiedlung lassen sich in der Region Orchomenos bereits seit dem Neolithikum nachweisen, mit Ausnahme der Dunklen Jahrhunderte. Die Blütezeit von Orchomenos ist, nach dem Spektrum des archäologischen Materials zu urteilen, in die spätklassische Zeit zu setzen. Für die vorliegende Arbeit wurde u. a. die Existenz einer Rampe am südöstlichen Mauereingang nachgewiesen. Die frühere Bearbeitung der Fundstücke aus Orchomenos konnte beispielsweise durch Metallobjekte aus dem Nationalmuseum von Athen oder eine wissenschaftliche Aufnahme der zwischen 2011 und 2014 entdeckten Neufunde erweitert werden. / The work deals with research on the topography and settlement history of the city of Orchomenos in north-eastern Arcadia (in the central Peloponnese) from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity. An overall view and appraisal of all facts and sources known to date - ancient authors, modern travelers, monuments, epigraphs, numismatics - is compiled for a more comprehensive and precise picture of the urban and landscape history of the region. The research proves that Orchomenos fulfills the criteria of an ancient Greek polis: It had an urban center with an upper and lower city, as well as an Agora with buildings for political (halls), religious (temple) and entertainment functions (theater). With an extension of ca. 100 square kilometers, Orchomenos had controlled the surrounding area that is characteristic of Greek poleis too. In addition, Orchomenos had a city cult, a fortification wall, and a road network connecting it to neighboring cities and regions in the Peloponnese. Human activity and habitation in the region of Orchomenos can be traced back to the Neolithic Age, with the exception of the Dark Ages. Judging by the range of archaeological material, the height of Orchomenos dates back to the Late Classical Period. For the present work is, among others, the existence of a ramp at the south-eastern entrance to the wall proven. The earlier documentation of the finds from Orchomenos could be expanded, for example, with metal objects from the National Museum of Athens or a scientific recording of the new finds discovered between 2011 and 2014.

The master's thesis "Electoral Geography of Poland After 1989" explores the spatial distribution of patterns of electoral behavior in Poland on the basis of analysis of the results of all presidential elections and elections to the Sejm that took place in the country between the years 1990-2010. The main hypothesis tested by this master thesis is that former boundaries between Russia, Prussia (Germany) and Austria (Austria-Hungary), between which the territory of modern-day Poland was divided in the 19th century, still have an impact on Poland's electoral geography. On the basis of this hypothesis, political parties and presidential candidates are divided into two pre-defined categories: traditionalist and modernist The validity of the hypothesis is then proven by visual analysis of political parties' and presidential candidates' electoral maps, and also by the application of Pearson's correlation coefficient on political parties' electoral results from constituencies and presidential candidates' electoral results from voivodships. In contemporary Poland, a clear rift exists between the parts of the country formerly dominated by Prussia (Germany) and major Polish cities on the one hand (also known as "Poland A"), and Russia and Austria (Austria-Hungary) on the other hand (which is sometimes...

This thesis deals with the prediction of future developments and market characteristics of logistics, with the use of statistical methods will be able to predict future trends in logistics networks. The theoretical part deals with the knowledge of the functioning of supply and demand in the real estate market. Based on critical analysis of market statistics (supply, demand, rents, revenues, prices, availability, market share developers and operators, tenants, structure, forwarding, warehousing, logistics) warehouse properties to determine the conditions optimizing the use of the geographical location of the CR in the competition in Central and Eastern Europe.

A structure and a function of a monoculture woodland is diferent from the natural woodland condition. This is an influence of a herb layer diversity. The change of the herb layer are mainly distinguishable in the case of tree coniferous monoculture. They are the poorest at all of them viewpoint diverzity. The diversity of the woodland was analysed with an insuffiently consequence. This study get the knowledge about the species composition and the diversity of these monoculture. At the same time get the knowlege about next factores, which change diversity and species composition of stand. As a confirmation of this, coniferous monoculture are numerously and species-compositionally diferent from broadleave monoculture. And more, coniferous trees change the enviroment's condition and the whole biotopes. There are not depend any species of the herb layer at the coniferous monoculture on this studied site of Křivoklátsko.

This diploma thesis deals with problems of mathematical skills. Unlike previous research carried out in Czech education, this diploma thesis focuses on university students. Specifically, the focus is on aspirants of the bachelor degree studying geography at the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague. The main aim of this work is to determine the mathematical skills, with which students have the greatest problems, if these problematical skills change over time, whether they are problematic independently of the group of the students or each student group has problems with other mathematical skills. In order to meet the goals the credit tests of mathematical geography were used. Because this type of test is not commonly used to determine the level of mathematical skills, it was necessary to develop an own assessment methodology. In total, 1920 credit tests were analyzed from the six academic years 2011/2012 to 2016/2017. The results show that the most problematic mathematical skills are "unit transfers", "using the appropriate formula in the correct form" and "calculating the angles". GeKa + FGG and UZ students also have problems with "formulating a verbal answer or reasoning". All studied study fields did together the smallest proportion of mistakes in mathematical skill "expression the...

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Intensität zwischenbetrieblicher Mobilität von Hochqualifizierten für Deutschland auf regionaler Ebene und überprüft, welcher Wirkungszusammenhang mit regionaler Innovationsfähigkeit besteht. Zentral für die Entstehung von Innovationen werden Wissensspillover angesehen. Hochqualifizierten Arbeitskräften wird eine besondere Rolle zugeschrieben, Wissensspillover auszulösen. In der wissenschaftlichen Literatur wird für Regionen in den USA und den skandinavischen Raum auf den positiven Einfluss zwischenbetrieblicher Mobilität von Hochqualifizierten und der Innovationsentstehung verwiesen. Im Fokus dieser Arbeiten stehen zumeist Beschäftigte im IT-Bereich. Für Deutschland liegen bisher nur wenige Befunde vor. Dementsprechend wird in dieser Arbeit der Frage nachgegangen, wie sich die zwischenbetriebliche Mobilität von Hochqualifizierten räumlich darstellt und welche Auswirkungen regionale Unterschiede im Mobilitätsverhalten auf den Wissenstransfer und damit auf die Innovationsfähigkeit haben. Zur Klärung der Forschungsfrage wird ein Methodenmix angewandt. Auf Grundlage einer quantitativen Auswertung von Berufsbiographien und der Analyse des räumlichen Innovationsgeschehens wird deutlich, dass zwischenbetriebliche Mobilität in einem positiven Zusammenhang mit regionaler Innovationsaktivität steht. Die Befunde für deutsche Regionen bestätigen die Forschungsliteratur zur Wirkungsweise von zwischenbetrieblicher Mobilität auf die Innovationsentstehung. Die qualitative Auswertung von Interviews mit Experten aus Maschinenbaufirmen und regionalen Institutionen in vier deutschen Fallregionen zeigt jedoch, dass in diesem Bereich des produzierenden Sektors spezifische Barrieren existieren, die Einfluss darauf haben, dass Arbeitskräftemobilität nur bedingt zu Wissensspillovern führt. Weiterhin zeigt sich, dass räumliche Unterschiede bei der Wahrnehmung von Arbeitskräftemobilität bestehen, die auf betriebsstrukturelle Merkmale zurückzuführen sind. / This work examines the intensity of inter-firm mobility of highly qualified employees at a local level in Germany and analyses the consequences of labour mobility for the creation of innovation. Knowledge spillovers are considered as a key element in the development of innovative products and processes. A special role in the knowledge transfer mechanism has been attributed to highly qualified employees. Scientific research has shown a positive influence of inter-firm mobility of highly qualified employees and innovation processes for various regions in the USA and Scandinavia. This applies in particular to employees in the IT sector. Concerning Germany one has gained only little insight in in this range of topics so far. Hence, this work addresses the question how the intensity of inter-firm mobility of highly qualified employees looks like at a local level in Germany and which consequences regional disparities of labour mobility have for knowledge spillover effects and thus for the creation of innovation. To tackle the research question, a method mix is applied in this paper. On the basis of quantitative research of nationwide professional biographies and the analysis of spatial innovation activities, it grows apparent that there exists a positive correlation between inter-firm mobility and regional innovation performance. The findings of this analysis of German regions confirm the mechanism between labour mobility and innovation activities in international research. Qualitative research in the form of interviews with experts from mechanical engineering companies and local institutions in four German regions has shown that there are special barriers in this field of the manufacturing sector, which limit the knowledge spillover of labour mobility. Moreover, one has shown spatial differences with regard to the perception of labour mobility, which, however, can be traced back to the structural characteristics of firms in the respective region.

Insbesondere seit den 1990er Jahren ist international eine wachsende Bedeutung der Transiträume Tankstelle, Flughafen und Bahnhof als Einzelhandels- und Dienstleistungsstandorte zu beobachten. Vielfältige Gründe sowohl auf standortendogener als auch auf standortexogener Seite sind dafür verantwortlich. Nach einer vergleichenden Analyse der drei Transiträume auf allgemeiner Ebene wendet sich die Betrachtung der praktischen Umsetzung der Einzelhandelsansiedlung an den Standorten zu. Für die Flughäfen und Tankstellen geschieht dies mittels einer Literaturauswertung. Der Einzelhandelsstandort Bahnhof wird dagegen im Rahmen einer eigenen empirischen Studie im Großraum Berlin einer speziellen Prüfung unterzogen. Den Ausgangspunkt stellt ein deduktives Modell zum Versorgungsstandort Bahnhof dar, das die wichtigsten Einflussgrößen nennt und zueinander in Beziehung setzt. Ziel des Modells ist es, die Entwicklung eines Bahnhofs zu einem erfolgreichen Versorgungsstandort zu erleichtern. Außerdem hilft es, die Effekte der Bahnhofskommerzialisierung auf Standortcharakter und städtischen Raum abzuschätzen. Der Modellentwurf wird mit Hilfe einer Bestandsaufnahme auf Bahnhofs- und Angebotsseite und einer Besucherbefragung überprüft und inhaltlich konkretisiert, so dass schließlich ein verifiziertes Modell zum Versorgungsstandort Bahnhof vorliegt, das mit empirischen Daten und Planungshilfen untermauert ist und zur Anwendung bereitsteht. / Since the 1990s there has been a growing significance of transit areas like gas stations, airports and railway stations as retail locations. This development is caused by various reasons. Having compared the three types of transit areas in general the thesis illustrates how the setting-up of retail in transit areas is put into practice. The shopping areas of airports and gas stations are presented on the basis of a literature review. The retail in railway stations is analysed by own research. Starting point of the study is a deductive model describing the railway station in its function as retail location. It shows the key elements of the retail system and their relations to each other. The model aims at facilitating the development of profitable shopping areas within railway stations and it helps assess the effects of the commercial using on the location''s character and its surroundings. To check and fill up the model with empirical data own surveys (inventory, interviews) have been carried out in the metropolitan area of Berlin. Eventually a verified model describing the railway station in its function as retail location exists. It is supported by empirical data and planning aids and ready for application.