Geografie 2000, 105, 118-128
Czech Human Geography: Research and Problems
The contribution has two main aims. Firstly, it is an evalution of contemporary research trends in the Czech human geography. The consequences of the recent long - lasting isolation of the Czech Republic, as well as the impact of current world human geography are both explored and assessed. Secondly, theoretical issues of human geography are discussed, such as the cognitive function of geography, its relations to social and environmental sciences, problem of regularities in human geographical realm, etc.
Keywords
paradigms of human geography, research topics, classification of real systems, hierarchical organization.
Funding
The authors would like to thank Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (project number 403/99/1006/) for support of this contribution.
