Processes shaping geography of economic activities

The essential aspect of globalization lies in the widening economic inequality between regions. It can be documented on production and profitability of local companies, sectoral specialization and economic activity of inhabitants, ie. on volume and character of job opportunities.

The current applications focus on unemployment, as the key aspect of economic inequality, and on the success of populist political parties, which captures an important consequence of social-economic deprivation. More applications, aiming at sectoral specialization and acquisitions between companies, are being developed.

Unemployment at the municipal level in Czechia

(2002 – 2020)

This map application presents a visualization and analysis of the evolutionary dynamics of unemployment at the municipal level in Czechia.

Nativism and populism in Czechia from the perspective of electoral outcomes

(1992 – 2021)

This map application focuses on the stability of electoral support for selected nativist and populist political parties in Czechia.

Phantom border of Sudetenland

(1991 – 2021)

The aim of this map application is to visualize the impact of the former Sudetenland border as a primary factor on the socio-spatial differentiation of Czechia in time and space.

Spread of the microbrewery wave in Europe

(1990 – 2020)

The brewing map of Europe has changed unprecedentedly over the last thirty years. The map application shows in detail how the brewing wave spread through Europe from traditional brewing areas to the ‘beer’ periphery.