2nd International Summer School GEOREGNET

Changes in Geographical Organisation of Society
in Central Eastern Europe: Two Decades After

A two-week summer school on economy geography will take place at the Department of Geography, Palacký University Olomouc, between 30 August and 10 September 2010. Students will learn from lectures and workshops about topics given by 12 invited professors. For further details on the schedule, topics and readings please check the following files and information:

Schedule and Topics (DOC)
How to Reach Faculty and Dormitory (PDF)

Study Materials

Monday 30 August

Jordan, P.
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Administrative decentralisation processes in Central Europe in a comparative way and their meaning (in the context of spatial disparity equalisation)

Readings:

Jordan, P.: Major problems of administrative regionalisation and decentralisation in Central and Southeastern Europe (DOC 665 kB) Jordan, P.: Yugoslavia and successor states (DOC 244 kB) PRESENTATION

Tuesday 31 August

Lorber, L.
University of Maribor, Slovenia

Socio-economic trends in contemporary CEE Europe: the case of Slovenia

Readings:

OECD: Slovenia and OECD countries (PDF 5.8 MB) Statistical Office of Slovenia: Statistical Portrait of Slovenia in the EU 2009 (PDF 2.0 MB) Lorber, L.: Sloweniens Weg von einer Agrargesellschaft zum Postindustriellen Staat (DOC 8.3 MB) Lorber, L.: The development of industrial areas of Maribor ... (DOC 3.6 MB) Lorber, L.: Global crisis – an opportunity for completion of structural changes ... (DOC 916 kB) Lorber, L.: Slovenian economy on the way from independence ... (DOC 2.8 MB) PRESENTATION 1 PRESENTATION 2

Wednesday 1 September

Gosar, A.
Primorska University, Koper, Slovenia

The transition of the tourism industry in East Central Europe. From a centralised to a disoriented market economy

Readings:

Primorska University: Protected areas and coastal tourism ... (DOC 38 kB) Gosar, A.: Impacts of the transition to market economy in the tourism sector of postsocialist countries of South-eastern Europe (DOC 195 kB) Gosar, A.: Tourism in postsocialist countries of Souteastern Europe : trends and challenges (DOC 725 kB) Gosar, A.: Sustainable tourism – reality or fiction? The Alpen-Adria experience (DOC 111 kB) Gosar, A.: The recovery of international tourism in Slovenia (DOC 166 kB) Gosar, A.: Grain by grain yields bread, brick by brick produces a new tourist destination : the cross-border brick-laying concept in the Alpen-Adria region (DOC 308 kB) Gosar, A.: Health tourism growth in spas of East Central Europe (DOC 202 kB) PRESENTATION 1 PRESENTATION 2 PRESENTATION 3

Thursday 2 September

Matlovič, R.
Prešov University, Slovakia

The transformation processes in post-communist cities

PRESENTATION

Matlovičová, K.
Prešov University, Slovakia

Branding as Important Tool of the City Competitiveness

PRESENTATION

Friday 3 September

Stiperski, Z.
University of Zagreb, Croatia

Economical and social change in CEE countries (World Bank statistics)

PRESENTATION 1

PRESENTATION 2

Monday 6 September

Horvat, U.
University of Maribor, Slovenia

Geographical typisation of tourist resorts

PRESENTATION

Ira, V.
Geographical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Quality of life in Central Europe and its perception by local population

Readings:

Beuttner, T., Ebertz, A.: Quality of life in the regions : results for German counties (PDF 482 kB) Ira, V. et al.: Quality of life : geographical research in Slovakia (PDF 295 kB) Young, C., Kaczmarek, S.: Local government, local economic development and quality of life in Poland (PDF 97 kB) Marans, R. W.: Understanding environmental quality through quality of life studies : the 2001 DAS and its use of subjective and objective indicators (PDF 438 kB) PRESENTATION

Tuesday 7 September

Novotný, J.
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Block A: Globalization and global division of labor: trends and some implications
Block B: Socioeconomic convergence and divergence of regions in the enlarged EU

Readings:

Students' assignment (DOCX 16 kB) PRESENTATION

Wednesday 8 September

Ptáček, P.
Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Excursions to car factory Hyundai in Nošovice and to Tatra car museum in Kopřivnice
Excursion to Brno South Moravian Innovation Centre and to Honeywell Technology Centre

The role of foreign direct investment for successful economic development in CEE

Readings:

Asheim, B., Boschma, R., Cooke, P.: Constructing regional advantage ... (DOC 162 kB) Bradshaw, M. J. FDI and economic transformation in CEE (PDF 703 kB) Guidot, M. B.: A case study on the car industry of the Czech Republic ... (DOC 101 kB) Pavlínek, P.: Transformation of CEE passenger car industry ... (PDF1.41 MB) Pickels et al.: Technologies of transition: FDI ...  (PDF 931 kB) Porter, M. E.: The competitive advantage of nations PRESENTATION

Thursday 9 September

Young, C.
Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

Post-socialist cultural landscapes, place identities and history

Readings:

Light, D. Young, C.: Reconfiguring socialist urban landscapes ... (PDF 4.6 MB) Czepczyński, M.: Interpreting post-socialist icons ... (PDF 200 kB) PRESENTATION

Friday 10 September

Gál, Z.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pécs

The regional nature and impacts of the global financial crisis – a post crisis environment in CEE

Readings:

Engelen E., Faulconbridge, J.: Introduction : financial geographies—the credit crisis as an opportunity to catch economic geography's next boat? (PDF 95 kB) Gál, Z., Sass, M.: Emerging new locations of business services ... (PDF 729 kB) Karreman, B., Financial geographies and emerging markets in Europe (PDF 424 kB) Kattel, R.: Financial and economic crisis in Eastern Europe (PDF 285 kB) Kiraly, J. et al.: „No (more) free lunch" (PDF 1.15 MB) Lee, R. et al.: The remit of financial geography—before and after the crisis (PDF 180 kB) Samary, C.: Towards a Western/Eastern Europe banking and social tsunami (DOC 112 kB) Wojcik, D.: Geography, stupid! A note on the credit crunch (PDF 59 kB) PRESENTATION