Partner data:
Personal data of RNDr. Anna Mydlová:


Personal data of František Križan:


Personal data of RNDr. Ladislav Tolmáči, PhD.:


Department of regional geography, planning and environment
Comenius University Bratislava

Contact: tolmaci@fns.uniba.sk

Team Leader: Ladislav Tolmáci

Team Members: Viliam Lauko, Anna Mydlová, Frantisek Križan

Department website: http://www.regionalnageografia.sk

 

Scientific activities of the deparment includes basic and applied research as well. Few years after the establishment workers were devoted mostly to analysis of regional systems. Furthermore, they concerned at theoretical and methodological problems of entire geography, modeling issues, landscape creation and preservation issues, urban and rural systems analysis and problems of regional development and integration processes.

At present, the scientific focus of the department is given to following issues:

  • - a complex study of regional structures at different dimensions, synthesis and prognoses emphasizing rational and ecological usage of its potential
  • - domestic and foreign regions issues and global trend of World development
  • - theory of the geography issues study
  • - development of methods and techniques to regional and macroregional analysis and landscape evaluating
  • - issues of political geography and geopolicy (borders stability, geopolitical development of particular regions).

By its research the department also responds to current issues and therefore is devoted to:

  • - issues of the regional policy, planning and development of Slovakia relationship with European integration
  • - cross-border cooperation issues
  • - the issue of transition of post-socialist countries, its regions and settlements
  • - cultural and local identity of particular localities affected by supranational trends
  • - study of the regional disparities identification as well as the analysis of causes responsible for differences at regional development
  • - the issue of marginal regions and its position under superior regional structures
  • - the study of current urban and rural systems, their problems, current trends in settlements development especially suburbanization
  • - the study of current migration trends, mostly concerned to changes in their spatial structure in post-transition period
  • - the issue of socio-pathogenic phenomenon especially unemployment
  • - sustainable development issue
  • - the study of the accessibility, its measures and possibility to being useful in practice.