XXIV. mezinárodní kolokvium o regionálních vědách

Title in English: 24th International Colloquium on Regional Sciences: Conference proceedings. The conference proceedings consists of papers presented at the 24rd International Colloquium on Regional Sciences that was organized by Department of Regional Economics and Administration FEA MU. It contains 79 articles arranged by topic. The individual articles deal with e.g. socioeconomic disparities among regions, regional policy, territory attractiveness, tourism or regional public administration

Planning the development of cycling infrastructure using spatial decision making support methods

Planning the development of cycling infrastructure underlines the importance of suitable and sustainable transportation inside cities. In spite that decision making process implements many statistical tools, proposing new cycle paths is based on both quantitative evaluating and qualitative respecting strategic intent of the city. The main goal of the paper is to extend currently accepted approaches in modelling of cycling infrastructure towards geostatistical analysis. The research documents a comparative study of different interpolation techniques producing raster surfaces for further processing using multicriterial evaluation. To choose an appropriate interpolation method several methods were tested, especially Inverse Distance Weighted, Radial Base Function, Simple Kriging, Ordinary Kriging and Empirical Bayesian Kriging. Besides interpolated data taken from field counting, points of cyclists´ interest have been implemented into the assessment. Considering two strategies (safety and preparedness for cycling infrastructure development) determining weights, two sets of proposals have been also presented. The results were equally reclassified into five classes for possible comparison

Multi-perspective quality of life index for urban development analysis, example of the city of Brno, Czech Republic

Urban system present dynamic systems, where many interactions take place and revealing deeper spatial relations of the urban system and the quality of life is a necessary part of decision-making process in sustainable urban development. The proposed multi-perspective index aims to evaluate the urban quality of life on the basis of five groups of factors and in combination with a cluster analysis it enables a deeper insight of the urban system and its spatial organization. The study is based on quantitative and publicly available data. In total 41 environmental, demographic, social, economic and technical indicators were included. The data used were collected with a clear methodology by official institutions, such as the Czech Statistical Office, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, the Ministry of Health and the European Union's Earth observation programme Copernicus. Using these kinds of data sources ensures the feasibility and transferability of the method to other cities in the Czech Republic but also to other countries, where data on a similar basis are collected. The case study of Brno, Czech Republic, helped to identify disparities in living conditions among the city districts. The influence of historical city development on the quality of life was revealed using cluster analysis.OA-hybri