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Since its establishment in 1959, our department has been devoted to both teaching students and conducting scientific research. The current major scope of our research is concentrated into the following topics:

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Research projects

Projects in progress in the year 2023

Overview of projects accomplished in preceding years

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Recent publications

Journals included in the Web of Science

Klusáček, P., Alexandrescu, F., Frantál, B., Konečný, O. (2025): Desert or garden? Energy sacrifice zones, territorial affordances and competing visions for post-coal landscapes: The case of the Czechoslovak Army Mine. Energy Research & Social Science 119, 103876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103876 [link]

Jurek, M., Geletič, J., Koukalová, A., Květoňová, V., Létal, A., Lehnert, M. (2025): Measured nighttime effect of green, blue, and grey features on thermal exposure: A pilot study in Czech cities. Energy and Buildings 343, 115952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115952 [link]

Wagner, M., Květoňová, V., Jirmus, R., Lehnert, M. (2025) Towards greener cities: Evaluating urban green space accessibility using the 3-30-300 rule exampled on the city of Olomouc (Czech Republic). Moravian Geographical Reports 33, 2, 139–142. https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2025-0010 [link]

Květoňová, V., Pánek, J., Šerý, M., Lehnert, M. (2025): Seasonal variations in thermal perception of urban environments: Summer and winter in-situ assessment from a Central European town. Geographica Pannonica 29, 2, 137-148. https://doi.org/10.5937/gp29-59002 [link]

Lehnert, M., Jirmus, R., Květoňová, V., Geletič, J., Jurek, M., Středová, H., Frajer, J. (2024): Overheated children's playgrounds in Central European cities: The effects of surfaces and shading on thermal exposure during hot summer days. Urban Climate 55, 101873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101873 [link]

Květoňová, V., Pánek, J., Geletič, J., Šimáček, P., Lehnert, M. (2024): Where is the heat threat in a city? Different perspectives on people-oriented and remote sensing methods: The case of Prague. Heliyon 10, 16, e36101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36101 [link]

Brisudová, L., Huck, J. J., Solymosi, R. (2024): Does real time experience matter? Comparison of retrospective and in-situ spatial data in participatory mapping. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 113, 102159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2024.102159 [link]

Janků, Z., Belda, M., Bureš, M., Krč, P., Lehnert, M., Resler, J., Řezníček, H., Krayenhoff, E. S., Krüger, E., Geletič, J. (2024): Towards climate-responsible tree positioning: Detailed effects of trees on heat exposure in complex urban environments. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 101, 128500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128500 [link]

Frajer, J., Fiedor, D., Kovařík, F., Šerý, M., Aigelová, E., Charvát, M. (2024): Changing ‘casinoscape’: spatial patterns of casino municipalities and impacts of the new gambling act in the Czech Republic. Journal of Maps 20, 1, 2387921. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2387921 [link]

Doležal, D., Šimáček, P., Šerý, M. (2024): Attractive places in an ostensibly unattractive town: Přerov through the eyes of its inhabitants. Geografie 129, 3, 357–382. https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie.2024.011 [link]

Frantál, B., Pasqualetti, M., Brisudová, L. (2024): Challenges, dilemmas and success criteria of recycling coal mining landscapes. Moravian Geographical Reports 32(4), 216–232. https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2024-0018 [link]

Janků, Z., Geletič, J., Lehnert, M., Dobrovolný, P. (2024): The increase in urban heat due to global warming can be significantly affected by the structure of the land use and land cover. International Journal of Climatology 44, 15, 5381–5397. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8642 [link]

Chapters in monographs

Tàbara, J. D., Mangalagiu, D., Frantál, B., Mey, F., Maier, R., Lilliestam, J., Sarrica, M., Mandel, A., Lieu, J., Cottone, P., Veland, S., Martínez-Reyes, A. (2024): Transformative Emergence: Research Challenges for Enabling Social-ecological Tipping Points Toward Regional Sustainability Transformations. In: Tábara, D. et al. (eds.): Positive Tipping Points Towards Sustainability: Understanding the Conditions and Strategies for Fast Decarbonization in Regions (pp. 325–343). Cham, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50762-5 [link]