3 2006 MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS VOLUME 14 NUMBER ISSN 1210 - 8812 Legend: 1 – erosional-denudational ridge 2 – monoclinal ridge 3 – denudational peak 4 – saddle (unsorted) 5 – saddle (windgap) 6 – saddle (dislocated) 7 – landslide scarp (morphologically pronounced) 8 – landslide scarp (supposed) 9 – landslide accumulation, not specifi ed 10 – deep-seated gravitational slope deformation of the block type 11 – bulging 12 – creep 13 – debris fl ow, landslide recently active 14 – landslide boundary, fi rst order 15 – landslide boundary, second order 16 – permanent stream, wide-open valley 17 – permanent stream, usu. cutting through bedrock, sharp V-shaped valley 18 – gully, temporary stream 19 – hillslope hollow, dellen 20 – alluvial fan 21 – fl uvial accumulation, alluvium 22 – scarp of individual blocks, pronounced in relief 23 – small landslide (one side less than 50 m) 24 – erosional-denudational slope 25 – structurally-determined slope 26 – slope located at the outer escarpment of the brachysyncline 27 – slope along a fault line 28 – anthropically-transformed area 29 – agrarian terrace 30 – contour (25 m) 31 – label of a peak Fig. 2: Geomorphological map of the Hodslavický Javorník range. ArcGIS 8.3 Illustration to B. Žižková, T. Pánek’s paper. Fig. 11: The memorial near Říkov in north-eastern Bohemia on the left bank of Úpa R., the tributary of Labe R., commemorating the fl ood in summer 1897 (Photo: J. Habermann). Illustration to J. Munzar’s et al. paper Fig. 9: Water gauge on the Labe River in Ústí nad Labem with the marking of historical fl oods Fig. 16: A comparison of fl oods in 1903 and 1997 on the Opava R., the left-bank tributary of Odra R., (Photo: J. Šrejbr). on a house in the town of Opava (Photo: V. Dlabola). Illustration to J. Munzar’s et al. paper Illustration to J. Munzar’s et al. paper Vol. 14, 3/2006 MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS EDITORIAL BOARD Articles: Bryn GREER-WOOTTEN, York University, Toronto Andrzej T. JANKOWSKI, Silesian University, Sosnowiec Petr KONEČNÝ, Institute of Geonics, Ostrava Antonín VAISHAR, Margit WERNER REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY IS DEAD. Ivan KUPČÍK, University of Munich LONG LIVE REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY! .... ........................... 2 Henrik LIGMAJER, Göteborg (Regionální geografi e je mrtvá. Ať žije regionální geografi e!) Sebastian LENTZ, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig Petr MARTINEC, Institute of Geonics, Ostrava Barbara ŽIŽKOVÁ, Tomáš PÁNEK Oldřich MIKULÍK, Institute of Geonics, Brno THE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION Jozef MLÁDEK, Comenius University, Bratislava OF THE HODSLAVICKÝ JAVORNÍK BRANCHYSYNCLINE Jan MUNZAR, Institute of Geonics, Brno (THE MORAVSKOSLEZSKÉ BESKYDY MTS., Metka ŠPES, University of Ljubljana CZECH REPUBLIC) ................................................................. 9 Milan TRIZNA, Comenius University, Bratislava (Geomorfologická transformace brachysynklinály Pavel TRNKA, Mendel University, Brno Hodslavického Javorníku, Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Antonín VAISHAR, Institute of Geonics, Brno Česká republika) Miroslav VYSOUDIL, Palacký University, Olomouc Arnošt WAHLA, University of Ostrava Grzegorz JANKOWSKI Jana ZAPLETALOVÁ (editor-in-chief), Institute CHANGES IN TIME AND SPACE OF POND FARMING of Geonics, Brno IN THE AREA OF RUDY WIELKIE (POLAND) .................. 19 Georgette ZRINSCAK, University Sorbonne, Paris (Časoprostorové změny v rybnikářství v oblasti Rudy Wielkie, Polsko) EDITORIAL STAFF Bohumil FRANTÁL, technical editor Alžběta KLÍMOVÁ, executive editor Jan MUNZAR, Mathias DEUTSCH, Libor ELLEDER, Stanislav Zdeněk NOVOTNÝ, technical arrangement ONDRÁČEK, Eva KALLABOVÁ, Mojmír HRÁDEK Martina Z. SVOBODOVÁ, linguistic editor HISTORICAL FLOODS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND THEIR DOCUMENTATION BY MEANS Three numbers per year OF FLOODMARKS AND OTHER EPIGRAPHICAL MONUMENTS .......................................................................... 26 PRICE (Dokumentace historických povodní ve střední Evropě pomocí 10 EUR (excluding VAT) povodňových značek a jiných epigrafi ckých památek) per copy plus the postage 28 EUR (excluding VAT) per volume (three numbers per year) plus the postage Reports PUBLISHER Czech Academy of Sciences Antonín VAISHAR Institute of Geonics, Branch Brno PROJECT SOCIO-SPATIAL CONSEQUENCES Drobného 28, CZ-602 00 Brno OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN EAST CENTRAL Identifi cal number: 68145535 EUROPEAN CITIES ............................................................. 45 (Sociálně prostorové důsledky demografi ckých změn ve městech MAILING ADDRESS východní části střední Evropy) MGR, Institute of Geonics, ASCR Drobného 28, 602 00 Brno Czech Republic (fax) 420 545 422 710 (e-mail) [email protected] (home page) http://www.geonika.cz Brno, October, 2006 PRINT Ing. Jan Kunčík, Úvoz 82, 602 00 Brno © INSTITUTE OF GEONICS 2006 ISSN 1210-8812 1 MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS 3/2006, Vol. 14 REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY IS DEAD. LONG LIVE REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY! Antonín VAISHAR, Margit WERNER Abstract The problems of regional geography as a geographical discipline are discussed in this paper. On the one hand, diffi culties are seen to exist in the traditional descriptive character of education and, on the other hand, in methods of regional synthesis that are not clearly defi ned, especially in terms of relations between physical and human aspects of regions. The situation is further complicated by tendencies to refi ne specialisations in individual geographical sciences. The future of regional geography is seen as connected to the future of geography in general. Modern regional geography, in this sense, must not be a simple set of old and new fi ndings from partial geographical sciences, but rather it must be a bridging geographical discipline dealing with regions and using specifi c methods, including GIS. Relations between the natural and social aspects of regional development are considered to be of key importance. The main objective of this paper is to defi ne a relative balance between the specifi c features and the general characteristics of regions. It is necessary to construct a theory of regional geography, using the partial theories of regionalization, hierarchy of regions, regional typology, and partial synthetic approaches in geography. Shrnutí Regionální geografi e je mrtvá. Ať žije regionální geografi e! Příspěvek diskutuje problematiku regionální geografi e jako geografi cké discplíny. Obtíže jsou spatřovány v tradičním popisném charakteru regionálně geografi ckého vzdělávání na jedné straně a v nejasných metodách regionálních syntéz, zvláště ve vztahu mezi přírodními a humánními aspekty regionů. Situace je komplikována tendencemi k prohlubování specializace v jednotlivých geografi ckých vědách. Autoři spojují budoucnost regionální geografi e s budoucností geografi e jako takové. Moderní regionální geografi e v tomto smyslu nesmí být pouhým souborem poznatků jednotlivých dílčích geografi ckých věd, ale musí být vrcholnou geografi ckou disciplínou, zabývající se regiony a používající specifi ckých metod včetně geografi ckých informačních systémů. Za klíčové lze považovat relace mezi přírodními a sociálními aspekty regionálního vývoje. Hlavním cílem studia je vymezit proporce mezi specifi ckými jevy a obecnými vlastnostmi regionů. Je nezbytné vybudovat teorii regionální geografi e při využití dílčích teorií: regionalizace, hierarchie regionů, regionální typologie, parciálních syntetických přístupů v geografi i. Key words: regional geography, geography, regions, theory, methodology Introduction a physical one such as mountain area, drainage basin or monsoon region. Geography of regions was important already in the 17th century when it was of strategic interest to politicians From the academic point of view, regional geography and military leaders. In the beginning of the 20th century was looked down upon as not being scientifi c – it lacked there came a boom in regional geography headed by the general theories and models. This was most obvious after French school, with Paul Vidal de la Blache as the leading the Second World War when geography, fi rst its physical geographer. Up to the 1950s, regional geography was in a part and later the human part, became incrementally way the core of geography (Matthews, Herbert, 2004). nomothetic, dealing with facts and fi gures instead of being idiographic. Regional geography was descriptive and dealt with everything that could be regarded as spatial within For some time regional science seemed to replace regional a region, geology and climate, as well as population geography. Regional science was created by the American and trade. In general terms, the region was considered economist Walter Isard in the early 1950s. It employs to be the administration, nation, county/department formal neoclassical theory and rigorous statistical or community. Sometimes a region was regarded as techniques to examine special issues on economics, 2 Vol. 14, 3/2006 MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS geography and planning (Johnston et al., 1995). Regional (2004) identify 21 different regional geographies which science, however, gradually moved to the margins of emphasize different attributes, processes, structures human geography and became a discipline of its own. and events. Their conceptual focus on creating regions ranges from the traditional outline via spatial science, So, while the regional science moved away from the core-periphery, assisted-, hyperspace-, intelligent regions geography, the regional geography is still an important etc. to sustainable ones. subject at schools and universities. Area studies are other ways