Jakub Novak
Biographic Data
| ID | 3818017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jakub Novak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jakub |
| FAMILY NAME | Novak |
| SIGNATURE | NOVÁK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1222-6456 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 142 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Combined Approach to Locate Medieval Fortified Manor Houses in Central Moravia (the Czech Republic)
A systematic prospection of medieval fortified manor houses (FMHs) in Central Moravia (Czech Republic) was conducted with the aim of mapping their distribution and facilitating both further scholarly research and more effective heritage protection by responsible institutions. Given the inherent limitations of individual investigative techniques, a combined methodological framework drawing on historical research, socio‐historical approaches and na…
Disciplinární řád československých legií na Rusi
The legal system of the Czechoslovak legionnaires in Russia developed autonomously from the beginning of 1918 as a result of their separation from the headquarters in Europe. Although its central element was undoubtedly the military courts in several levels, there was also a system of disciplinary authority of commanders. This disciplinary system, after an attempt to adapt foreign regulations, specifically French and Russian, was ultimately built…
Development of the Medial Longitudinal Arch of the Foot in Czech Pre- and Primary School Children—A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Approach
Background/Objectives : The medial longitudinal arch (MLA) is initially masked by a fat pad that makes the foot appear flat. In preschool age, this fat pad resorbs, and the arch becomes more defined. The exact age at which the arch attains its final form remains uncertain due to high inter-individual variability and differing assessment methods, which complicates the distinction between physiological development and potential abnormalities. Moreo…
Omezení sňatků v československých legiích na Rusi a jeho důsledky
This paper introduces the specifics of war marriages in the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia during the period of their involvement in the Russian Civil War. After a brief introduction to the historical context, it aims to describe the restrictions imposed on marriages for Czechoslovak legionnaires and their reasons which eventually led to a temporary total ban of war marriages within the Legion for several months after the 1st Convention of Czecho…
A multidisciplinary investigation of historical charcoal production in the 18–19th centuries (Czech Republic)
Explaining voter turnout in local elections
The determinants of voter turnout in local elections are examined using global cross-national time-series comparative evidence from 97 countries. Despite the vast research agenda on turnout, only a few comparative tests at the local level are available. Filling this lacuna, the article explores how seven institutional features are related to local turnout. It analyses both the effects of rules applicable exclusively to local politics (size of mun…
A synthetic approach to the delimitation of the Prague Metropolitan Area
The main objective of this paper is to apply a synthetic approach to the delimitation of metropolitan areas, which combines traditional commuting data from the population census with alternative approaches. The presented delimitation, which was originally realized in response to a request from Prague’s planning authority, is based on three methodological pillars: the use of economic and social aspects of metropolization; suburbanization; and dail…
The Effect of Direct Democracy on Turnout
Does direct democracy lead to increased electoral turnout? Research in the United States has demonstrated this effect and proposed two reasons for it: (1) the process of being involved in direct political participation may educate citizens and lead to their increased long-term political engagement (this explanation draws on the theory of participatory democracy) and/or (2) underlying issues and competitive campaigning draw public interest and cau…
Neighbourhood Trajectories in the Inner Cities of Prague and Tallinn
This paper explores neighbourhood trajectories in the inner cities in terms of social and demographic change in a comparative perspective, and analyses the role of in situ change and residential mobility in this change. The research is based on a quantitative census‐based study of Prague (the Czech Republic) and Tallinn (Estonia) at a detailed neighbourhood level. The study shows that in spite of many political and historical similarities, the di…
Patterns of Socioeconomic Segregation in the Capital Cities of Fast-Track Reforming Postsocialist Countries
Socioeconomic disparities have been rising on both sides of the Atlantic for the last forty years. This study illuminates the relationship among economic inequality, other contextual and institutional factors, and socioeconomic intraurban segregation in Eastern Europe. We draw our empirical evidence from the capital cities of so-called fast-track reforming postsocialist countries: Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The a…
Safe life in the suburbs? Crime and perceptions of safety in new residential developments in Prague’s hinterland, Czech Republic 1
Despite a rich body of literature dealing with suburbanization across Central and East Europe, the issues of crime and safety in residential suburbs have not been addressed. At the same time it is obvious that the existing knowledge on suburban crime derived mainly from Western experience cannot be simply transferred to the post-socialist transition context. This research investigates the issues of crime and safety in new residential neighbourhoo…
Investigating the effects of prompt characteristics on the comparability of Toefl iBTTM integrated writing tasks
This study examined the influence of prompt characteristics on the averages of all scores given to test taker responses on the TOEFL iBT TM integrated Read-Listen-Write (RLW) writing tasks for multiple administrations from 2005 to 2009. In the context of TOEFL iBT RLW tasks, the prompt consists of a reading passage and a lecture. To understand characteristics of individual prompts, 107 previously administered RLW prompts were evaluated by partici…
Application of mobile phone location data in mapping of commuting patterns and functional regionalization
The paper presents initial steps into the research of commuting patterns and functional regions using mobile phone location data. The main aim is to introduce and discuss the potential of mobile phone location data as an alternative data sources to censuses for mapping commuting flows and subsequent functional regionalization. A set of analytical maps covering various aspects of regular daily movements of population and functional regionalization…
Everyday Life and Spatial Mobility of Young People in Prague
The aim of the pilot study is to examine the possibilities of mobile phone location data in geographical research of the everyday life and individual spatial mobility of the population. Developing and testing a new research instrument thus represent the key aims of the pilot study. The proposed technique is 'tried out' on a group of young people living or working in Prague. Their daily activities and spatial mobility are explored and discussed ag…
Daily street life in the inner city of Prague under transformation
The paper is concerned with the everyday manifestation of increasing social, lifestyle and cultural diversity in the transforming inner city of Prague. The Smíchov neighbourhood and particularly its central hub, the Anděl junction, were chosen as the focus of the study. The regeneration dynamics during the post-socialist transformation make this place particularly interesting for an inquiry into the interplay of the social and physical environmen…
Housing Estates in the Czech Republic after Socialism
Growing income differentiation in society, diversification of housing supply and selective population mobility are resulting in increasing socio-spatial differentiation in Czech cities and neighbourhoods during the post-socialist transition. Housing estates are no exception to the processes of urban change. The paper shows that development trajectories of housing estates vary in different parts of the country, in various locations within each cit…
Everyday Life, Daily Mobility and the Coping Strategies of People Living in Peripheral Localities
The availability of labour, education, services and transportation significantly influences the quality of life in urban and rural areas. The supply of job opportunities and services is not sufficient in rural and peripheral villages and particularly young and well-educated people often respond by migrating. The people who remain cope with the problems of accessibility by various commuting methods. However, the poor supply of jobs and social infr…
Spatial Patterns of Socioeconomic Differentiation in the Czech Republic at the Level of Municipalities
The contemporary socio-spatial differentiation of the Czech Republic is the focus of this article. The main aim is (1) to identify spatial clusters of municipalities formed by similar structural and developmental socioeconomic characteristics, and (2) to uncover the basic socioeconomic factors of the spatial differentiation of municipalities. To achieve the proposed aims a unique dataset covering a wide range of social, demographic, and economic …
A city in motion
This contribution attempts to reveal the relations between new suburban areas and other parts of the Prague metropolitan area by investigating the time‐space activity and mobility patterns of the inhabitants of newly built suburban districts. The focus on some aspects of the everyday life of people in new suburbs helps us to identify the impact of suburbanization on the changing geography of the metropolitan region and to better understand how th…
A city in motion
This contribution attempts to reveal the relations between new suburban areas and other parts of the Prague metropolitan area by investigating the time‐space activity and mobility patterns of the inhabitants of newly built suburban districts. The focus on some aspects of the everyday life of people in new suburbs helps us to identify the impact of suburbanization on the changing geography of the metropolitan region and to better understand how th…
Patterns of Socioeconomic Segregation in the Capital Cities of Fast-Track Reforming Postsocialist Countries
Socioeconomic disparities have been rising on both sides of the Atlantic for the last forty years. This study illuminates the relationship among economic inequality, other contextual and institutional factors, and socioeconomic intraurban segregation in Eastern Europe. We draw our empirical evidence from the capital cities of so-called fast-track reforming postsocialist countries: Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The a…
Housing Estates in the Czech Republic after Socialism
Growing income differentiation in society, diversification of housing supply and selective population mobility are resulting in increasing socio-spatial differentiation in Czech cities and neighbourhoods during the post-socialist transition. Housing estates are no exception to the processes of urban change. The paper shows that development trajectories of housing estates vary in different parts of the country, in various locations within each cit…
Explaining voter turnout in local elections
The determinants of voter turnout in local elections are examined using global cross-national time-series comparative evidence from 97 countries. Despite the vast research agenda on turnout, only a few comparative tests at the local level are available. Filling this lacuna, the article explores how seven institutional features are related to local turnout. It analyses both the effects of rules applicable exclusively to local politics (size of mun…
The Effect of Direct Democracy on Turnout
Does direct democracy lead to increased electoral turnout? Research in the United States has demonstrated this effect and proposed two reasons for it: (1) the process of being involved in direct political participation may educate citizens and lead to their increased long-term political engagement (this explanation draws on the theory of participatory democracy) and/or (2) underlying issues and competitive campaigning draw public interest and cau…
Neighbourhood Trajectories in the Inner Cities of Prague and Tallinn
This paper explores neighbourhood trajectories in the inner cities in terms of social and demographic change in a comparative perspective, and analyses the role of in situ change and residential mobility in this change. The research is based on a quantitative census‐based study of Prague (the Czech Republic) and Tallinn (Estonia) at a detailed neighbourhood level. The study shows that in spite of many political and historical similarities, the di…
Everyday Life, Daily Mobility and the Coping Strategies of People Living in Peripheral Localities
The availability of labour, education, services and transportation significantly influences the quality of life in urban and rural areas. The supply of job opportunities and services is not sufficient in rural and peripheral villages and particularly young and well-educated people often respond by migrating. The people who remain cope with the problems of accessibility by various commuting methods. However, the poor supply of jobs and social infr…
Spatial Patterns of Socioeconomic Differentiation in the Czech Republic at the Level of Municipalities
The contemporary socio-spatial differentiation of the Czech Republic is the focus of this article. The main aim is (1) to identify spatial clusters of municipalities formed by similar structural and developmental socioeconomic characteristics, and (2) to uncover the basic socioeconomic factors of the spatial differentiation of municipalities. To achieve the proposed aims a unique dataset covering a wide range of social, demographic, and economic …
Everyday Life and Spatial Mobility of Young People in Prague
The aim of the pilot study is to examine the possibilities of mobile phone location data in geographical research of the everyday life and individual spatial mobility of the population. Developing and testing a new research instrument thus represent the key aims of the pilot study. The proposed technique is 'tried out' on a group of young people living or working in Prague. Their daily activities and spatial mobility are explored and discussed ag…
Safe life in the suburbs? Crime and perceptions of safety in new residential developments in Prague’s hinterland, Czech Republic 1
Despite a rich body of literature dealing with suburbanization across Central and East Europe, the issues of crime and safety in residential suburbs have not been addressed. At the same time it is obvious that the existing knowledge on suburban crime derived mainly from Western experience cannot be simply transferred to the post-socialist transition context. This research investigates the issues of crime and safety in new residential neighbourhoo…
A city in motion
This contribution attempts to reveal the relations between new suburban areas and other parts of the Prague metropolitan area by investigating the time‐space activity and mobility patterns of the inhabitants of newly built suburban districts. The focus on some aspects of the everyday life of people in new suburbs helps us to identify the impact of suburbanization on the changing geography of the metropolitan region and to better understand how th…
Daily street life in the inner city of Prague under transformation
The paper is concerned with the everyday manifestation of increasing social, lifestyle and cultural diversity in the transforming inner city of Prague. The Smíchov neighbourhood and particularly its central hub, the Anděl junction, were chosen as the focus of the study. The regeneration dynamics during the post-socialist transformation make this place particularly interesting for an inquiry into the interplay of the social and physical environmen…
Housing Estates in the Czech Republic after Socialism
Growing income differentiation in society, diversification of housing supply and selective population mobility are resulting in increasing socio-spatial differentiation in Czech cities and neighbourhoods during the post-socialist transition. Housing estates are no exception to the processes of urban change. The paper shows that development trajectories of housing estates vary in different parts of the country, in various locations within each cit…
Everyday Life, Daily Mobility and the Coping Strategies of People Living in Peripheral Localities
The availability of labour, education, services and transportation significantly influences the quality of life in urban and rural areas. The supply of job opportunities and services is not sufficient in rural and peripheral villages and particularly young and well-educated people often respond by migrating. The people who remain cope with the problems of accessibility by various commuting methods. However, the poor supply of jobs and social infr…
Spatial Patterns of Socioeconomic Differentiation in the Czech Republic at the Level of Municipalities
The contemporary socio-spatial differentiation of the Czech Republic is the focus of this article. The main aim is (1) to identify spatial clusters of municipalities formed by similar structural and developmental socioeconomic characteristics, and (2) to uncover the basic socioeconomic factors of the spatial differentiation of municipalities. To achieve the proposed aims a unique dataset covering a wide range of social, demographic, and economic …
Everyday Life and Spatial Mobility of Young People in Prague
The aim of the pilot study is to examine the possibilities of mobile phone location data in geographical research of the everyday life and individual spatial mobility of the population. Developing and testing a new research instrument thus represent the key aims of the pilot study. The proposed technique is 'tried out' on a group of young people living or working in Prague. Their daily activities and spatial mobility are explored and discussed ag…
Investigating the effects of prompt characteristics on the comparability of Toefl iBTTM integrated writing tasks
This study examined the influence of prompt characteristics on the averages of all scores given to test taker responses on the TOEFL iBT TM integrated Read-Listen-Write (RLW) writing tasks for multiple administrations from 2005 to 2009. In the context of TOEFL iBT RLW tasks, the prompt consists of a reading passage and a lecture. To understand characteristics of individual prompts, 107 previously administered RLW prompts were evaluated by partici…
Application of mobile phone location data in mapping of commuting patterns and functional regionalization
The paper presents initial steps into the research of commuting patterns and functional regions using mobile phone location data. The main aim is to introduce and discuss the potential of mobile phone location data as an alternative data sources to censuses for mapping commuting flows and subsequent functional regionalization. A set of analytical maps covering various aspects of regular daily movements of population and functional regionalization…
Safe life in the suburbs? Crime and perceptions of safety in new residential developments in Prague’s hinterland, Czech Republic 1
Despite a rich body of literature dealing with suburbanization across Central and East Europe, the issues of crime and safety in residential suburbs have not been addressed. At the same time it is obvious that the existing knowledge on suburban crime derived mainly from Western experience cannot be simply transferred to the post-socialist transition context. This research investigates the issues of crime and safety in new residential neighbourhoo…
Patterns of Socioeconomic Segregation in the Capital Cities of Fast-Track Reforming Postsocialist Countries
Socioeconomic disparities have been rising on both sides of the Atlantic for the last forty years. This study illuminates the relationship among economic inequality, other contextual and institutional factors, and socioeconomic intraurban segregation in Eastern Europe. We draw our empirical evidence from the capital cities of so-called fast-track reforming postsocialist countries: Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The a…
Neighbourhood Trajectories in the Inner Cities of Prague and Tallinn
This paper explores neighbourhood trajectories in the inner cities in terms of social and demographic change in a comparative perspective, and analyses the role of in situ change and residential mobility in this change. The research is based on a quantitative census‐based study of Prague (the Czech Republic) and Tallinn (Estonia) at a detailed neighbourhood level. The study shows that in spite of many political and historical similarities, the di…
The Effect of Direct Democracy on Turnout
Does direct democracy lead to increased electoral turnout? Research in the United States has demonstrated this effect and proposed two reasons for it: (1) the process of being involved in direct political participation may educate citizens and lead to their increased long-term political engagement (this explanation draws on the theory of participatory democracy) and/or (2) underlying issues and competitive campaigning draw public interest and cau…
A synthetic approach to the delimitation of the Prague Metropolitan Area
The main objective of this paper is to apply a synthetic approach to the delimitation of metropolitan areas, which combines traditional commuting data from the population census with alternative approaches. The presented delimitation, which was originally realized in response to a request from Prague’s planning authority, is based on three methodological pillars: the use of economic and social aspects of metropolization; suburbanization; and dail…
Explaining voter turnout in local elections
The determinants of voter turnout in local elections are examined using global cross-national time-series comparative evidence from 97 countries. Despite the vast research agenda on turnout, only a few comparative tests at the local level are available. Filling this lacuna, the article explores how seven institutional features are related to local turnout. It analyses both the effects of rules applicable exclusively to local politics (size of mun…
Omezení sňatků v československých legiích na Rusi a jeho důsledky
This paper introduces the specifics of war marriages in the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia during the period of their involvement in the Russian Civil War. After a brief introduction to the historical context, it aims to describe the restrictions imposed on marriages for Czechoslovak legionnaires and their reasons which eventually led to a temporary total ban of war marriages within the Legion for several months after the 1st Convention of Czecho…
A multidisciplinary investigation of historical charcoal production in the 18–19th centuries (Czech Republic)
Disciplinární řád československých legií na Rusi
The legal system of the Czechoslovak legionnaires in Russia developed autonomously from the beginning of 1918 as a result of their separation from the headquarters in Europe. Although its central element was undoubtedly the military courts in several levels, there was also a system of disciplinary authority of commanders. This disciplinary system, after an attempt to adapt foreign regulations, specifically French and Russian, was ultimately built…
Development of the Medial Longitudinal Arch of the Foot in Czech Pre- and Primary School Children—A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Approach
Background/Objectives : The medial longitudinal arch (MLA) is initially masked by a fat pad that makes the foot appear flat. In preschool age, this fat pad resorbs, and the arch becomes more defined. The exact age at which the arch attains its final form remains uncertain due to high inter-individual variability and differing assessment methods, which complicates the distinction between physiological development and potential abnormalities. Moreo…
Combined Approach to Locate Medieval Fortified Manor Houses in Central Moravia (the Czech Republic)
A systematic prospection of medieval fortified manor houses (FMHs) in Central Moravia (Czech Republic) was conducted with the aim of mapping their distribution and facilitating both further scholarly research and more effective heritage protection by responsible institutions. Given the inherent limitations of individual investigative techniques, a combined methodological framework drawing on historical research, socio‐historical approaches and na…
Geography (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Economic geography (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Archaeology (4 works)