Project
Institute of Geography
International Projects
INTUF - European Network for the Integrative Approach of Urban Forestry
Európska sieť pre multidisciplinárny prístup k mestskej vegetácii
| Duration: | 25. 9. 2024 - 24. 9. 2028 |
| Evidence number: | CA23148 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš PhD. |
| Annotation: | Urban forests have been proposed by European Commission as a strategy to support climate adaptation capacity and sustainable development in the urban areas where over 70% of the EU’s population live. Urban forests produce numerous ecosystem services which reach significant levels when trees reach maturity. Unfortunately, urban trees have an average lifespan of 30 years resulting in failing ecosystems services. Urban forestry is a complex discipline because of the required multidisciplinary, the diversity of stakeholders’ and the long timeframe of trees. It is therefore essential to approach urban forestry from a sustainable and integrative viewpoint. The current approach is unable to fulfill the strategies of the European Commission due to lack of standardisation and scattering networks. New tools and better integration of different knowledge pools are urgently needed. The Action will bring together a pan-European network of scientists and stakeholders. The network will 1) integrative assess and benchmark the urban forest, 2) develop frameworks for strategic long-term, science-driven management and 3) stimulate stewardship by building cross-sectoral and inclusive management partnerships. The main pillar of attaining the challenges is by knowledge transfer between group members involved and from the Action to the global community. The Action will enhance networking among European scientists and increase the competitiveness of European research by promoting the exploitation of transnational research outcomes (SMEs). Finally, by knowledge creation and sharing, the Action will train young scientists. Career development of Young Researchers and Innovators and research impulses in Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC) will be considered as a priority in the Action. |
| Project web page: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23148 |
Biodiversa-plus - The European Biodiversity Partnership
The European Biodiversity Partnership
| Duration: | 1. 10. 2021 - 30. 9. 2028 |
| Evidence number: | 101052342 |
| Program: | Horizont Európa |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kopecká Monika PhD. |
G4B - Grasslands for biodiversity: supporting the protection of the biodiversity-rich grasslands and related management practices in the Alps and Carpathians
Trávne porasty pre biodiverzitu: podpora ochrany trávnych porastov bohatých na biodiverzitu a súvisiacich postupov hospodárenia v Alpách a Karpatoch
| Duration: | 1. 4. 2023 - 31. 3. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | Biodiversa2021-532 |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pazúr Róbert PhD. |
| Annotation: | The objectives of the proposed project are (1) to identify diversity-rich grasslands and their distribution in the Alps and Carpathians; (2) to identify diversity-enhancing grassland management practices and their changes and persistence; (3) to identify areas suitable for the expansion of the protected grassland network; and (4) to propose new protected areas and their management in the Alps and Carpathians. In addressing these objectives, we will work with stakeholders to (i) identify effective methods for extrapolating vegetation patterns across mountain ranges; (ii) identify drivers of grassland management and historical influences on grassland diversity; (iii) identify constraints and motivations for biodiversity-supportive management practices; and (iv) provide a scientific basis for expanding the network of protected areas in the Alps and Carpathians. |
| Project web page: | https://www.biodiversa.eu/2023/04/19/g4b/ |
3DForEcoTech - Three-dimensional forest ecosystem monitoring and better understanding by terrestrial-based technologies
Trojrozmerné monitorovanie lesných ekosystémov a ich lepšie porozumenie prostredníctvom pozemných technológií
| Duration: | 13. 10. 2021 - 12. 10. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | COST Action CA20118 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rusnák Miloš PhD. |
| Annotation: | Forest ecosystems across the world are facing high pressures due to climate changes. In many areas, they are in a transition to adopt the changes. However, many are damaged in this process. It is crucial to make forest ecosystems more resistant to face these challenges, through resilience strengthening and close-to-nature forestry. Implementing such approaches and monitoring their progress requires accurate knowledge about forest ecosystems that rely on a forest in situ data at high spatial and temporal resolution. Novel terrestrial-based technologies will play an important part to face these challenges. Such technologies have experienced a fast development in recent years. The forests can now be observed and monitored in a very high spatial and temporal resolution that was not possible even a few years ago. Researchers and practitioners are facing a unique opportunity to deepen the understanding of forest ecosystems and to change the forestry to adopt the climate, environment and industrial changes. Various research groups across EU and beyond are testing such technologies or developing processing algorithms for precision forestry and forest ecology. But further cooperation is strongly required. 3DForEcoTech project aims to establish a strong network of scientists and stakeholders (i.e. practitioners) and sensor manufacturers to synchronise the knowledge, to develop general protocols and algorithms for forest ecosystem state survey and forest functioning, and to make these novel technologies available to a broad audience. Specifically, 3DForEcoTech will develop protocols for data acquisition, processing, fusion for forest inventory and ecological applications, and will establish open-data and open-source algorithm databases. |
| Project web page: | www.cost.eu/actions/CA20118 |
National Projects
3Driver - 3D technology and machine learning methods for remote environmental monitoring and assessment of river health
3D technológie a metódy strojového učenia pre environmentálny monitoring a hodnotenie kvalitatívneho stavu riek
| Duration: | 1. 9. 2024 - 30. 6. 2028 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-23-0265 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rusnák Miloš PhD. |
| Annotation: | Riparian zones are among the most biologically diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. They are shaped by underlying physical processes associated with river flow, including erosion and deposition of sediment, periodic inundation, and groundwater-surface water exchange. High-resolution point cloud topography data offers new opportunities for detailed assessment and monitoring of streams, from the catchment areas to detailed local studies. Three-dimensional morphology of stream can be mapped at a resolution that can also be used to infer process, volumetric changes detection, species monitoring, channel bathymetry, flow velocity or automatic grain size calculation of gravel-bed and submerged channel. The project proposal focuses on the development of the protocol for seamless 3D point cloud generation with biophysical properties of the riverine ecosystem consisting of species composition and properties for assessment and understanding in-channel properties and evaluation of hydromorphological quality. For analyses will be selected study location with a length of more than 2 km of river length, so we not focus on a really detailed study. Also, river systems with different channel widths and river systems that are selected for revitalisation will be preferred. Monitoring this habitat is a critical element of the Water framework directive (2000/60/EÚ) and national environmental assessments of river channels. A complex approach for the assessment physical structure of habitat type is necessary for river management and good qualitative status of water bodies. Finally, we produce a workflow design with an automatic procedure stored in program language with open access to process multiple sensors to a seamless 3D point cloud model of the river channel and stored as a scalar field (SF) in the point cloud. |
Unveiling Housing Affordability: A Comprehensive Exploration Across Slovak Regions
Demaskovanie dostupnosti bývania: hĺbkový výskum slovenských regiónov
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2024 - 31. 12. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | APD0083 |
| Program: | PostdokGrant |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Výbošťok Ján PhD. |
Detection of landscape diversity and its changes in Slovakia based on remote sensing data in the context of the European Green Deal
Detekcia diverzity krajiny Slovenska a jej zmien na báze údajov diaľkového prieskumu v kontexte Zelenej dohody EÚ
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2023 - 31. 12. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0043/23 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Szatmári Daniel 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. |
MEADOW - Species-rich Carpathian grasslands: mapping, history, drivers of change and conservation
Druhovo bohaté lúky a pasienky Karpát: mapovanie, história, príčiny zmien a ochrana
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2022 - 30. 6. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-21-0226 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pazúr Róbert 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. |
Genealogy of modern geographical thought in Slovakia: interference of autochthonous and allochthonous conditionalities
Genealógia moderného geografického myslenia na Slovensku: interferencia autochtónnej a alochtónnej podmienenosti
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0058/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír CSc. |
| 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. |
Assessment of human impact and climate change to the transformation of river channels using novel 3D geodata
Hodnotenie transformácie vodných tokov vplyvom človeka a zmeny klímy prostredníctvom presných 3D geodát
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0016/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rusnák Miloš 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. |
JASKO - Nurseries and kindergartens for everyone? Insights into pre-school education in Slovakia from the perspectives of spatial accessibility and social justice
Jasle a škôlky pre každého? Predškolské vzdelávanie na Slovensku z aspektu priestorovej dostupnosti a sociálnej spravodlivosti
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2022 - 30. 6. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-21-0286 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Sládeková Madajová Michala 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). |
Comprehensive Analysis of Abandoned Agricultural Land in Slovakia
Komplexná analýza spustnutej poľnohospodárskej pôdy na Slovensku
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2024 - 31. 12. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | APD0119 |
| Program: | PostdokGrant |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš PhD. |
MaRoCoHazard - Marginalized Roma concentrations in the context of natural hazards and social inequality
Marginalizované rómske koncentrácie v kontexte prírodných hrozieb a sociálnej nerovnosti
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2023 - 30. 6. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-22-0428 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Ing. Kidová Anna 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. |
Peripheral and economically lagging territories: current "status quo" in the context of chances and threats of their sustainable development
Periférne a ekonomicky zaostávajúce teritóriá: súčasný status quo v kontexte šancí a ohrození ich udržateľného rozvoja
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0072/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Székely Vladimír CSc. |
| 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. |
Regions and changes in their social climate in the crisis and post-crisis period
Regióny a zmeny ich sociálnej klímy v krízovom a post krízovom období
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0006/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Michálek Anton CSc. |
| 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. |
Social and spatial aspects of transport exclusion in Slovakia
Sociálne a priestorové aspekty dopravného vylúčenia na Slovensku
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2024 - 31. 12. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | 2/0008/24 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rišová Katarína 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. |
SUB-KIK - Suburbanization: Community, identity and everydayness
Suburbanizácia: Komunita, identita a každodennosť
| Duration: | 1. 8. 2021 - 31. 7. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | APVV-20-0432 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Šuška Pavel 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. |
Research infrastructure for mapping natural hazards in the context of extreme hydrological events
Výskumná infraštruktúra pre mapovanie prírodných hrozieb v kontexte extrémnych hydrologických udalostí
| Duration: | 1. 5. 2024 - 30. 4. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | 09I03-03-V06-00132 |
| Program: | Plán obnovy EÚ |
| Project leader: | Ing. Kidová Anna PhD. |
2023-SK-AGRI_EOy - Using Earth observation for improving crop yield estimation for agricultural statistics in Slovak Republic
Využitie diaľkového prieskumu Zeme na zlepšenie odhadu úrody pre poľnohospodársku štatistiku v Slovenskej republike
| Duration: | 1. 9. 2024 - 31. 8. 2027 |
| Program: | Iné projekty |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Opravil Šimon |
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Využitie satelitných snímok pri štúdiu dopadov klimatických zmien a zmien krajinnej pokrývky na povodňové ohrozenie
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2024 - 31. 12. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | APD0126 |
| Program: | PostdokGrant |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Michaleje Lukáš PhD. |
Projects total: 20