scholarly journals Cooperation between non-governmental organizations and the State in the matter of flood risk management in the Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dostál
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
The State ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations

scholarly journals An approach to the implementation of European Directive 2007/60/EC on flood risk management in the Czech Republic

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1977-1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Dráb ◽  
J. Říha
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Flood Risk Analysis

Abstract. Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks (the Flood Risk Directive) signifies that flood risk analysis methods are gaining ground in EC Member States and, therefore, also in the Czech Republic (CR). Procedures of flood risk analysis have been developed in the Czech Republic since the catastrophic floods of 1997 in line with European and worldwide trends and have been tested and applied in hundreds of case studies to date. Currently, the Flood Risk Directive Guideline based on past experience with flood risk analysis applications is being processed. The aim of the paper is to present flood risk analysis procedures and specially developed techniques for the assembly of flood hazard, danger and flood risk maps. Methods related to flood risk management plans are briefly mentioned as well. The following particular problems are discussed in more detail: an application and extension of the "danger matrix" approach, the definition of residual danger, the formulation of efficiency criteria and preliminary multi-criteria flood risk assessment. These issues were tested in practical applications at pilot locations in the Czech Republic. Present experience provides evidence that the flood risk analysis methods used in the Czech Republic are in harmony with the requirements of the Flood Risk Directive. The proposed and applied methods are based primarily on existing available data such as flood extent maps, cadastral maps, the Register of Census Districts and Structures and others.

scholarly journals Reemigration of the Volhynian Czechs

Geografie ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-121
Author(s):  
Eva Janská ◽  
Dušan Drbohlav
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Mother Country ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Czech Society

The article focuses on integration of resettlers - Volhynian Czechs - into the Czech society. This community of reemigrants began to return to their mother country in 1991 when also humanitarian aid programme was launched. The analysis is based on a questionnaire survey within the resettlers, experience and databases of state institutions and non-governmental organizations. How the resettlers adjust their lives to conditions in the Czech Republic and which factors influence most the migration/integration policies in the Czech Republic is formulated in the conclusion.

scholarly journals Influence of the Introduction of Tax Assignations on the Amount of Donations and Subsidies

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 319-326
Author(s):  
Milena Otavová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Additional Source ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
Visegrad Group ◽  
Similar Development

Tax assignations give tax‑paying citizens an opportunity to make decisions about a portion of their income tax paid and determine its recipient. Tax assignations are an additional source of income for non‑governmental non‑profit organizations. The Czech Republic has not introduced them yet, however, the other Visegrád Group countries have embodied this concept in their tax systems. The aim of the paper is to confirm or possibly refute the benefits of the concept of tax assignations for the current tax system of the Czech Republic. The influence of the possible introduction of tax assignations is being investigated in connection with the amount of government subsidies and in relation to motivation for philanthropic giving. In this context, the paper presents current conditions for the introduction of tax assignations. It also discusses the pros and cons of tax assignations that may serve as main arguments for or against the introduction of tax assignations in the Czech Republic. The focus of this paper is on the application of tax assignations in Slovakia as Slovakia with its historical development and structure is very close to the Czech Republic. If tax assignations are introduced in the Czech Republic, a similar development can be expected. Analysis of statistical data for Slovakia was used to explore whether tax assignations affected the amount of transfers to non‑governmental organizations and whether tax assignations could be a good additional source of funding for non‑profit organizations in the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals What the state does but fails: Exploring smart options for urban flood risk management in informal Accra, Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 100038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Poku-Boansi ◽  
Clifford Amoako ◽  
Justice Kufuor Owusu-Ansah ◽  
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Urban Flood ◽  
Urban Flood Risk
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