Landscape diversity: development, risks, contexts
Research in this area focuses on the diversity of living organisms (biodiversity) in space, as well as processes and
objects of an abiotic nature (geodiversity). We explore the current state, changes and development of natural and cultural landscapes, including
bio-monitoring, mapping and assessing natural hazards and geo-hazards, as well as their impacts and management, and the 3D documentation of natural
and cultural objects. In addition, the possibilities of integrating the public into decision-making processes and the geographic aspects
of citizen science fall into the ambit of this thematic area. Other important topics are represented by research activities focused on geoconservation,
risk assessment on geoheritage, geodiversity-culture relationships and urban geotourism.
PROJECTS
The Caves of Bohemian Switzerland NP and Elbe Sandstone PLA: interdisciplinary research for nature conservation purposes using modern
methods; TACR, SS07010065, 2024—2026
Confluence of Moravia and Dyje - present and future; TACR, SS07010025, 2024—2026
Inventory of the landscape heritage of the sugar industry in the Czech lands and support for general public awareness of its presence
in the current landscape; NAKI III, DH23P03OVV065, 03/2023—12/2027
Dynamic planet Earth – Traces of humans and geodiversity; Czech Academy of Sciences, since 2023
Promoting tourism by entering to the landscape paintings and photographs; TACR, TL02000222, 2019—2022
Geodiversity within urban areas: perception, function, potential; TACR, TL02000219, 2019—2021
Cultural heritage of landscape of the Archdiocese of Olomouc - research, presentation and management; NAKI II,
DGB 16P02B014, 2016—2020
Inventory of pre-industrial landscape in Moravia and publics information ensuring about it as cultural heritage;
NAKI II, DG16P02B042, 2016—2020
The optimization of forest management strategies on slopes endangered by landslides and rock falling – a methodology for
forest-planting practices; 2015—2018
Disaster management support scenarios using geo-information technologies; Ministry of Interior of Czech
Republic, VG3VS/114, 2013—2015
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Kubalíková, L., Kirchner, K., Migoń, P. (2025): Geoheritage values and threats related to sandstone crags of the Chřiby ridge (Moravian Carpathians, Czech Republic). Moravian Geographical Reports, 1/2025 (in press).
- Matthews, J., Kubalíková, L., Strba, L., Tukiainen, H. (2024): Geodiversity challenges for a sustainable future. Nature Geosciences 17, 948.
Doi: 10.1038/s41561-024-01551-w (IF 2023 = 15.7; Q1/AIS)
- Kubalíková, L. (2024): Risk assessment on dynamic geomorphosites: A case study of selected abandoned pits in South-Moravian Region (Czech Republic).
Geomorphology, 458, 109249. Doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109249 (IF 2023 = 3.1; Q2/AIS)
- Andráško, I., Duží, B., Martinát, S. (2024): A dam or a polder? Stakeholders’ dispute over the “right” flood-protection measure in the Czech Republic. Ambio,
53(10), 1505—1521. Doi: 10.1007/s13280-024-02022-7 (IF 2023 = 5.8; Q1/AIS)
- Holuša, J., Kuda, F., Kovář, P., Nývlt, D., Woronko, B. (2024): Internal structures of the Last Glacial Period multi-phase cold-climate aeolian dunes, Moravian
Sahara, Czechia. Geomorphology, 452, 109117. Doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109117 (IF
2023 = 3.1; Q2/AIS)
- Roštínský, P., Pospíšil, L., Švábenský, O., Melnyk, A., Nováková, E. (2024): Recent Reactivation of Variscan Tectonic Zones: A Case of Rodl Kaplice Blanice
Fault System (Bohemian Massif, Austria/Czech Republic). Surveys in Geophysics, 45(3), 609—661. Doi:
10.1007/s10712-023-09811-x (IF 2023 = 4.9; Q1/AIS)
- Gray, M., Fox, N., Gordon, J. E., Brilha, J., Charkraborty, A., Garcia, M. G., Hjort, J., Kubalíková, L., Seijmonsbergen, A. C., Urban, J. (2024): Boundary of
ecosystem services: A response to Chen et al. (2023). Journal of Environmental Management, 351, 119666. Doi:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119666 (IF 2023 = 8; Q1/AIS)
- Andráško, I., Dolák Klemešová, K., Dvořák, P. (2024): Clarifying “flood experience”: A novel conceptual model demonstrates how a flood experience emerges
and what determines its intensity and character. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 100, 104150. Doi:
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104150 (IF 2023 = 4.2; Q2/AIS)
- Lenart, J., Kašing, M., Pánek, T., Braucher, R., Kuda, F. (2023): Rare, slow but impressive: > 43 ka of rockslide in river canyon incising crystalline rocks
of the eastern Bohemian Massif. Landslides, 20(8), 1705—1718. Doi: 10.1007/s10346-023-02062-2
(IF 2023 = 5.8; Q1/AIS)
- Kubalíková, L., Balková, M. (2023): Two-level assessment of threats to geodiversity and geoheritage: A case study from Hády quarries (Brno, Czech Republic).
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 99, 107024. Doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2022.107024
(IF 2023 = 9.8; Q2/AIS)
- Bradák, B., Kereszturi, Á., Steinmann, V., Gomez, C., Csonka,D., Hyodo, M., Szeberényi, J., Novothny, Á., Végh, T., Barta, G., Medveďová, A., Rostinsky, P.,
Mihály, E., Jó, V., Horváth, E. (2022): The magnetic susceptibility of Pleistocene paleosols as a martian paleoenvironment analog. Icarus, 387, 115210.
Doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115210 (IF 2022 = 3.2; Q2/AIS)
- Bradák, B., Csonka, D., Novothny, A., Szeberényi, J., Medveďová, A., Roštínský, P., Fehér, K., Barta, G., Végh, T., Kiss, K., Megyeri, M. (2021): Late
Pleistocene paleosol formation in a dynamic aggradational microenvironment - A case study from the Malá nad Hronom loess succession (Slovakia). Catena,
199, 105087. Doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.105087 (IF 2021 = 6.367; Q1/AIS)
- Kubalíková, L., Drápela, E., Kirchner, K., Bajer A., Balková, M., Kuda, F. (2021): Urban geotourism development and geoconservation: Is it possible to
find a balance? Environmental Science & Policy, 121, 1—10. Doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.03.016
(IF 2021 = 6.424; Q1/AIS)
- Roštínský, P., Pospíšil, L., Švábenský, O., Kašing, M., Nováková, E. (2020): Risk faults in stable crust of the eastern Bohemian Massif identified by
integrating GNSS, levelling, geological, geomorphological and geophysical data. Tectonophysics, 785, 228427.
Doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228427 (IF 2020 = 3.933; Q2/AIS)
- Kolejka, J., Krejčí, T., Nováková, E. (2020): The Pre-industrial landscape in Moravia. The case study of inventory and analysis of the ancient land
use structures in the Czech Republic). Land Use Policy, 97, 104712. Doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104712
(IF 2020 = 5.398; Q2/AIS)
- Szeberényi, J., Kovács, J., Bradák, B., Barta, G., Csonka, D., Medveďová, A., Roštínský, P., Kiss, K., Varga, G. (2020): Experiencing new perspectives
in the application of reflectance spectroscopy in loess research. Quaternary International, 552, 36—49.
Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.09.035 (IF 2020 = 2.13; Q2/AIS)
- Rypl, J., Kirchner, K., Kubalíková, L., Divíšek, J. (2020): Geological and Geomorphological Conditions Supporting the Diversity of Rock Landforms in the
Pohořská Mountains (South Bohemia, Czech Republic). Geoheritage, 12, 2. Doi: 10.1007/s12371-020-00430-1
(IF 2020 = 2.680; Q4/AIS)
OUTREACH
Cooperation with TIC Brno (Tourist Information Centre in Brno)
- Guided walks (Geodiversity in the Brno Centre)
- Guided cruises on Brno Dam (Geodiversity around Brno Reservoir)
- Programs for schools (Geodiversity in the city)
- Training of the tourist guides (together with Czech Association of Tourist guides)
- Brno’s centre geotrail
Cooperation with LIPKA (Non-governmental organisation focused on environmental education)
- Guided tours for teachers of secondary schools and high schools
Cooperation with Municipal Office of Brno
- Environmental education, geoeducation
- Maps, leaflets about geodiversity
Cooperation with Czech Geological Survey
- Mapping and assessment of geodiversity, promotion of geoheritage
- Kubalíková, L., Kirchner, K., Kuda, F., Nováková, E., Buriánek, D., Bajer, A., Balková, M., Baldík, V., Rez, J. (2024) Geodiverzita města Brna (Geodiversity of Brno City). Institute of Geonics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Czech Geological Survey, 208 p.