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| Assessment of human impact and climate change to the transformation of river channels using novel 3D geodata | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0016/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Afzali Hamid, M.Sc., Mgr. Jančovič Marián, Khan Akhtar Zeb, MS, Ing. Kidová Anna, PhD., Mgr. Labaš Peter, RNDr. Lehotský Milan, CSc., Mgr. Michaleje Lukáš, PhD., RNDr. Mindová Šárka, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project focuses on applying modern 3D technology to identify the dynamics of the river system in Slovakia. The river systems are the most biologically diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. In this project, we focus on the response of river systems to climate change and human impact based on analyses of modern 3D technology such as drones (UAV), aerial lidar or satellite data (Sentinel, PlanetScope). The project proposal focuses on detecting individual sediment fluxes based on their physical connection from the source to accumulation zones through quantitative analyses of elevation models (DEM) and connectivity indices. These dynamics will be compared by the physical properties of rivers (morphology and vegetation), which reflects changes in the quality and spatial structure of the fluvial ecosystem. A comprehensive approach for assessing sediment transport is necessary for good river management and good quality status of water bodies. |
| Regions and changes in their social climate in the crisis and post-crisis period | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0006/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Michálek Anton, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Bilková Kristína, PhD., Mgr. Výbošťok Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | For understanding and solving existing problems and potential impacts of the three currently ongoing crises (pandemic, energy and inflation), it is important to know their differentiated impacts on the social situation of the population in the regions. Social conditions directly reflect the level of economic development, the quality of life of residents and the social climate of regional societies. Due to the significant impact of crises on social conditions in the regions, the project will be focused on the research of two important phenomena, namely income and poverty and their spatial inequalities. Both phenomena will be investigated from the perspective of changes in selected indicators that define and characterise them. The project has the ambition to evaluate the social impacts of crises based on the recorded changes in income and poverty, expand the knowledge of their general and unique effects, and contribute relevantly to the reduction of potential social risks. |
| MaRoCoHazard - Marginalized Roma concentrations in the context of natural hazards and social inequality | |
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2023 - 30. 6. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-22-0428 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Ing. Kidová Anna, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Ficeri Ondrej, PhD., Mgr. Filčák Richard, MSc. PhD., Mgr. Hrustič Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Jančovič Marián, Khan Akhtar Zeb, MS, Mgr. Kohoutová Klara, PhD., Mgr. Labaš Peter, Mgr. Michaleje Lukáš, PhD., RNDr. Michálek Anton, CSc., Mgr. Polačková Zuzana, M.A., PhD., RNDr. Solín Ľubomír, CSc., Mgr. Škobla Daniel, PhD., Mgr. Zachar Podolinská Tatiana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Marginalized Roma concentrations in environmentally unstable areas (floods, landslides, contamination) together with their social status and population trend represent a very current research challenge in the context of increasing society\'s resilience, especially to flood risk. The present project responds to this challenge and the research focuses mainly on the analysis of: i) flood exposure of Roma settlements, whether due to the impact of morphological changes in river channels or evolution trends of segregated Roma settlements, ii) vulnerability of marginalized Roma concentrations to flood risk due to their social status, iii) public policies in terms of their effectiveness to help Roma communities in settlements to cope with the negative consequences of flood hazard, iv) the natural environment around Roma settlements in the context of its impact on flood risk compared to the rest / majority population. Research will be carried out at national, regional and local levels. Methodologically, the project is based on data obtained by multitemporal analysis of remote sensing data, morphometric analysis of georelief, data on socio-economic and spatial-functional relationships and data obtained from field research. |
| Detection of landscape diversity and its changes in Slovakia based on remote sensing data in the context of the European Green Deal | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2023 - 31. 12. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0043/23 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Szatmári Daniel, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD., Ing. Nováček Jozef, Polyvach Kateryna, PhD., Mgr. Rosina Konštantín, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The Project is focused on the development of innovative approaches to the processing and visualisation of satellite data in the research of landscape diversity. The output of the Project will be the proposal of methodology for automated classification of landscape diversity by a set of indicators of the agricultural landscape composition, indicators of the agricultural landscape configuration, and indicators of changes in the landscape mosaic. The methodical procedure will be verified in selected experimental sites with various landscape types. Results of the Project will be applicable to monitoring the implementation of measures stipulated by the European Green Deal and other EU Strategy Documents. |
| Genealogy of modern geographical thought in Slovakia: interference of autochthonous and allochthonous conditionalities | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0058/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Matlovič René, PhD., LL.M. |
| Annotation: | The project is based on the need to implement a comprehensive analysis of the development of modern geographical thought in Slovakia. In terms of time, it is the period from the establishment of geography in Slovakia as a modern academic discipline in the 1920s to the present. The main goal of the project will be to investigate the continuities and discontinuities of geographical thought in Slovakia as a result of creative reflection on the conditions of allochthonous and autochthonous provenance. The partial result should be the identification of schools of geographical thought in Slovakia in terms of their originality and contribution to the development of geographical thought in a supranational context. The identification and justification of the original contribution of Slovak geography to the world geographical thought should also be one of the results. |
| Peripheral and economically lagging territories: current "status quo" in the context of chances and threats of their sustainable development | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0072/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD., Mgr. Novotný Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Although peripheral and lagging territories were identified in different ways in the past, several measures aimed at achieving spatial convergence were unsuccessful and spatial polarization in Slovakia is deepening. The causes that can be negatively manifested by feelings of exclusion from the life of society among the affected residents of “problem” territories can be both global and local in nature and can reflect differences in the level and use of uneven territorial capital, as well as the ability to recognize and respond to development impulses from the government, local stakeholders and the civil public community. The aim of the project is to identify alternative opportunities and threats of selected peripheral and economically lagging territories by applying various quantitative-qualitative research procedures with regard to defining sustainable development. It is assumed that the dependence of development on the chosen paths will be confronted with the necessity and risk of their creative destruction. |
| Social and spatial aspects of transport exclusion in Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0008/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rišová Katarína, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Sládeková Madajová Michala, PhD., doc. Mgr. Šveda Martin, PhD., Mgr. Výbošťok Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Transport exclusion is defined as insufficient accessibility to opportunities due to limited mobility of an individual. It is caused by not only external factors, but also by personal characteristics and life conditions of individuals. According to the existing literature, the groups experiencing exclusion in other areas of life are most at risk (e.g. single parents, people with disabilities and the elderly), as well as people with limited opportunities to use a car. Transport exclusion will be examined in the post-socialist environment. From a spatial point of view, peripheral and suburban areas or marginal urban districts are particularly risky, which are characterized by insufficient accessibility to opportunities, which represents a barrier for the future social inclusion of disadvantaged groups. The aim of the research is to analyze various aspects and the level of transport exclusion of disadvantaged groups, as well as to propose solutions for their transport inclusion. |
| MEADOW - Species-rich Carpathian grasslands: mapping, history, drivers of change and conservation | |
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2022 - 30. 6. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-21-0226 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Belák Andrej, PhD., RNDr. Dúbravková Daniela, PhD., Mgr. Galvánek Dobromil, PhD., Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Ivascu Alina - Sorina, Mgr. Opravil Šimon, Mgr., MgA. Panáková Jaroslava, PhD., Mgr. Pazúrová Zuzana, PhD., RNDr. Skokanová Katarína, PhD., Mgr. Škodová Iveta, PhD. |
| Annotation: | European agriculture is at a crossroads. Continuing the industrial intensification of agricultural production and the associated abandonment of marginal land equals continuing the direct negative environmental impacts on landscape quality and further loss of biodiversity. The second available option is adopting the quality of the landscape and its sustainability as essential criteria for optimization and management of agricultural production. The main aim of our transdisciplinary project is to support this second option with practical scientific knowledge on environmental and societal potentials regarding sustainable grassland management in the Carpathians using traditional agricultural practices, as well as on which social and institutional features might help embedding such management within the modern Slovak economy. The main objectives of the project are: 1) to identify and map biodiversity-rich grassland areas in the Carpathians and related local environmental and social factors; 2) identify and map areas with high environmental and social potential for successful grassland restoration in Slovakia; and 3) propose a national strategy for state and non-governmental support regarding ecological restoration, conservation and management of the identified grassland areas. We intend to reach such a comprehensive and practical understanding through a collaborative combination of the latest available earth observation data for the Carpathian region, analytical methods and tools, but also pioneering field research; all in parallel on behalf of the scientific fields of botany, ecology, geography, remote sensing and social anthropology. The planned outputs of the project – scientific studies and the proposal of a national strategy to support species-rich grasslands – can, in addition to direct use by contracted domestic recipient organisations (MoE SR and BROZ), also serve as a template for applied research focusing on ecological grassland restoration in Europe and beyond. |
| SUB-KIK - Suburbanization: Community, identity and everydayness | |
| Duration: | 1. 8. 2021 - 31. 7. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-20-0432 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Šuška Pavel, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. PhDr. Beňušková Zuzana, CSc., Mgr. Bilková Kristína, PhD., Mgr. Gyárfáš Lutherová Soňa, PhD., Mgr. Hlinčíková Miroslava, PhD., Mgr. Kinczer Miroslava, Mgr. Rišová Katarína, PhD., doc. Mgr. Šveda Martin, PhD., Mgr. Voľanská Ľubica, PhD., PhDr. Vrzgulová Monika, CSc., Mgr. Výbošťok Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The general objective of the proposed project is to expand knowledge about the current process of suburbanization in the hinterland of the capital. The study of suburbanization has so far been dominated by quantitative analysis of basic processes (migration, construction, changes in landscape structures), which are viewed from the perspective of the metropolitan area. However, this dynamic environment is characterized by social transformations, negotiation, and creation of new identities, reassessment of the relationship to the localities, and (re)definition of individual perception of a home. Therefore, the main objective of the project is to analyze the specific place-making processes and relations, realized by participants with different socio-demographic characteristics (such as age, gender, ethnicity, religious affiliation, social status and other) and related social and individual identities. These are further reflected in their individual preferences, ideas, or norms and confronted with the socio-cultural and institutional context in the suburbs. The suburban space has a specific position in terms of socio-cultural aspects. On the one hand, a heterogeneous flow of immigrants with different experiences, worldviews, and social status are evident, and on the other, it is a space where these incoming identities meet and interact. The output of this interaction can often be an indeterminate hybrid conglomerate, or the transition to some kind of neoplasm, an alloy formed by combining and remelting these initial cultural elements. There is a negotiation and creation of new identities, a reassessment of the relationship to the locality, community, and redefining the individual and collective experience of home. The central category of home is not a static, but on the contrary, a procedural - and variable phenomenon. |
| JASKO - Nurseries and kindergartens for everyone? Insights into pre-school education in Slovakia from the perspectives of spatial accessibility and social justice | |
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2022 - 30. 6. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-21-0286 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Sládeková Madajová Michala, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Rišová Katarína, PhD., doc. Mgr. Šveda Martin, PhD., Mgr. Výbošťok Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project responds to the current topic of the introduction of compulsory pre-primary education. In such a necessary and socially sensitive area as pre-school education, authorities should be aware of spatial, temporal and socioeconomic consequences. The project identifies the main causes of low share of children included in pre-school education and the insufficient capacity of kindergartens, evaluates the measures taken so far and summarizes the problems that pre-school children, their parents and local governments will face from September 2021 when the law on compulsory pre-school attendance of 5-year-olds entered into force. Given the theoretical nature of the analysis carried out so far and given the fact that compulsory attendance in many regions is likely to be at the expense of younger (mainly 3-year-old) children, the project will focus not only on kindergartens included in the Network of Schools and Educational Facilities but on all care facilities, including those which facilitate the transition to pre-school education in kindergartens. The primary goal is to provide a comprehensive view of the issue of pre-school education in Slovakia from the aspect of spatial accessibility and social justice. Based on research into the heterogeneity of pre-primary education facilities, the environment in which they are located the project will present several concepts of commuting areas based on modeling both temporal and spatial accessibility by using more sophisticated mathematical methods, taking into account the travel-to-work commuting and individual decision strategies. The analysis of the current state, the design of solutions and the forecast of future development will create a comprehensive analytical document that will allow the adoption of effective and timely strategic measures at various levels (individual, local, regional, national). |
| ALTERCONSUM - Alternative food networks: a shift from consumerism to sustainable consumption | |
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2021 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-20-0302 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Bilková Kristína, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Čuláková Katarína, RNDr. Michálek Anton, CSc., Mgr. Šuška Pavel, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Consumption and consumer behavior are the subject of studies in various scientific disciplines, including geography. Consumption can prove to be conventional or alternative. Conventional consumption is currently more dominant and can lead to consumerism. The opposite is alternative consumption. It is consumption in the intentions of sustainable development. Alternative food networks can be characterized as a food system that is opposite to the conventional, mainstream. However, consumption cannot be considered as a simple expression of consumer demand for goods, but can be understood as an expression of consumer identity. The project will focus on consumption and consumer behavior research as a result of a changing society (shift from consumerism to sustainable consumption). An example is the discovery of a possible transformation from a utilitarian to a hedonistic consumer and vice versa. Or consumer reactions to the current pandemic situation. The authors will look for answers to the questions: How, where and why have consumers\' shopping behavior changed in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic? The concepts of sustainable consumption will be explored: responsible and conscious consumption and anti-consumption in Slovakia. The contribution of the project will be new knowledge in understanding consumer behavior in Slovakia. From the point of view of producers (retailers), the added value will be recommendations for the use of academic knowledge in planning practice (eg the definition of the Farmers\' Market Code). Despite the relevance of these research topics in geography, only marginal attention is paid to these topics in the Slovak academic community. We believe that the acquired knowledge will contribute to the development of issues in this research area. A relatively young research team is involved in the project, and the benefits of their cooperation are several research and publication activities focused on consumption, which will be followed by this project. |
| Land surface topography – a source of data on the tectonic evolution of the Western Carpathians in the Pliocene-Quaternary period | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2021 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0052/21 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Prokešová Roberta, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Mindová Šárka, PhD., Mgr. Novotný Ján, PhD., Mgr. Sládek Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Dynamics of the Western Carpathians landscape in the Pliocene-Quaternary period will be studied to identify the expression of neotectonics as one of the potential controls of the relief evolution. Methods of quantitative geomorphometry will be applied to extract data (topographic variables and morphometric indices) from digitalelevation models (DEMs) of various resolutions. Additional data (GIS layers and databases) for spatial and geostatistical analyses will be obtained by completing and adapting available digital data (geological and geophysical maps, climate maps), laboratory analyses and fieldworks. Analysis of multi-source data will be usedto specify the potential drivers of the Western Carpathians landscape evolution in various temporal and spatial scales. The results could be used as a template for effective sampling to quantify rates of uplift and erosion by numerical dating methods and assessment of geohazards (seismic hazard, landslide risks) or landscape sensitivity to future climate change. |
| Assessment of ecosystem services and their adaptation into the strategic planning and future development of the national parks and their hinterland | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2022 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0159/22 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Pazúrová Zuzana, PhD., Mgr. Šuška Pavel, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The goals of the proposed project are to assess the current ecosystem services in the national parks in Slovakia, trade-offs of their different future development and its hinterland and their implementation into the strategic planning. We will particularly focus on the Tatra national park and its closest hinterland as this area is facing in recent years an uncontrolled development pressure related to the development of housing and tourism infrastructure and climate change. Integrating landscape ecology, remote sensing and social sciences we will provide a scientifically sound baseline about the different pathways of landscape development. Integrated knowledge will be provided to the stakeholder to facilitate the decision making process and define the sustainable development of the national parks and their hinterland. Proposed workflow, maps and models will be made available to serve as a template for the assessment of ecosystem services, future scenarios and spatial planning, which may be used elsewhere. |
| Combining Optical and SAR Satellite Data to Improve the Detection of Grassland Management Events | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | APP0525 |
| Program: | DoktoGranty |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Opravil Šimon |
| METELCO - Mapping population distribution and mobility in Slovakia using mobile network data | |
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2021 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-20-0586 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rosina Konštantín, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Hurbánek Pavol, PhD., Mgr. Sládeková Madajová Michala, PhD., doc. Mgr. Šveda Martin, PhD., Mgr. Výbošťok Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Despite the fact that we live in an era characterized by a massive development of information and communicationtechnologies current knowledge of population counts and distribution is still, paradoxically, very limited. There areseveral motives for challenging the relevance of conventional population datasets. In particular, both theoccupational and private activities of the population are less place-bound compared to the past. Furthermore, thegrowing fluctuation and individual mobility of the population have also decoupled the place of residence from the workplace and extended the commute distances. Existing spatial datasets refer only to ‘residential’ population distribution, and more complete datasets reflecting spatiotemporal population variations are still lacking. Exploring and combining new and unconventional datasets can be useful to map spatiotemporal population distribution and to fill data gaps. The mobile phone data has surfaced in recent years as one of the big data sources with a lot of promise for its use in official statistics. Although mobile data does not provide the accuracy of the census, a comparison of this new data source with the census and the population register shows a high correlation and much more dynamism in the aspect of rapid changes. So, in terms of timeliness, quick and short-time indicators could be derived from mobile phone data as an additional source of population information. The project aims at developingand implementing a consistent and validated methodology to produce multi-temporal population distribution for Slovakia by utilizing the localization data of the mobile network. Such datasets will expand the knowledge base of spatiotemporal population patterns across the country. Moreover, multi-temporal population grids can be a useful and straightforward input to several models, particularly transport, land use, economic and environmental models. |
| The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in consumption and its manifestations in new patterns of consumer behavior in Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2022 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0144/22 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Bilková Kristína, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Čuláková Katarína, RNDr. Michálek Anton, CSc., Mgr. Rišová Katarína, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Consumption affects each of us and is constantly changing. It is influenced by various factors and currently the most important is the global COVID-19 pandemic. To stop the virus spreading, we were forced to change our typical activities and the consumption associated with them. The project monitors current trends in society and new challenges, such as the pandemic. One of the research topics are the regionally differentiated impacts of a pandemic on various areas of our lives. The project is focused on the evaluation and analysis of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Research activities will be aimed at identifying and quantifying the effects of a pandemic in retail and services in Slovakia and will respond to changes in consumption patterns using several methods and unique data. The results of the research will find application in other crisis situations, which will certainly appear in the future. The question is not whether it will appear, but when another crisis will arise which affects consumption. |
| Using artificial intelligence for monitoring riparian vegetation | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | APP0461 |
| Program: | DoktoGranty |
| Project leader: | Afzali Hamid, M.Sc. |
| Scholarships for excellent researchers threatened by the war conflict in Ukraine | |
| Duration: | 12. 9. 2022 - 11. 9. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | 09I03-03-V01-00021 |
| Program: | Iné projekty |
| Project leader: | Polyvach Kateryna, PhD. |
| Project website: | http://www.geography.sav.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/next-generation_ua-22/ |