News

May 29, 2015

A paper on distance decay functions in the settlement system of Slovakia was published in Rendiconti Lincei – Scienze Fisiche e Naturali.

February 25, 2015

A special issue of Moravian Geographical Reports on functional regions and functional regionalisation was announced, Pavel Klapka, Marián Halás and Bohumil Frantál being the guest editors.

December 31, 2014

A paper on functional regions in the Czech Republic was published in Moravian Geographical Reports.

July 1, 2014

The 4th geographical discussion forum (geoforum.upol.cz) organised by the Centre for Analysis of Regional Systems, Palacký University in Olomouc, Institute of geonics of ASCR and University of South Bohemia is announced.

February 25, 2014

A paper on distance decay functions for daily travel-to-work flows published in Journal of Transport Geography.

July 1, 2013

The 3rd geographical discussion forum (geoforum.upol.cz – in Czech) organised by the Centre for Analysis of Regional Systems, Palacký University in Olomouc, Institute of geonics of ASCR and University of South Bohemia is announced. It is held on the ocassion of the 35th anniversary of the publication of the social geographical regionalisation of the Czech Socialist Republic.

July 1, 2013

Types of functional regions with a short commentary were added to the section graphics.

June 30, 2013

Section terms & concepts launched. Presently it covers the terminology concerning functional regions.

April 24, 2013

An invited lecture „Administrative and functional regions: principles, comparison, commentary“ presented at the Department of Geography, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

March 26, 2013

Maps of peripheries in Slovakia with a short commentary were added to the section graphics.

March 14, 2013

An invited lecture „Spatial interactions and distance decay“ presented at School of Education and Humanities, Dalarna University, Borlänge, Sweden.

March 5, 2013

Map of simple nodal regions of the Czech Republic with a concise explanation of the method applied was added to the section graphics.

February 22, 2013

Matrix of chorems with a short commentary and sources was added to the section graphics.

February 2, 2013

Section graphics launched. Presently it covers the proposal of administrative division of the Czech Republic and Slovakia based on the spatial interaction modelling, modelled spheres of influence (tributary areas) of regional centres both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and very simple example of application of the spatial interaction model in historical geography. More graphics are coming soon.