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            How has city life been developing and changing in the last few years, what changes have ta

            the number and age or nationality structure of the population and which areas are consider
            by the local population? These are only a few of the many questions for which scientists f
            and Regional Laboratory [ URL "http://web.natur.cuni.cz/ksgrrsek/urrlab/?en"] (URRlab) of 

            of Science are seeking answers. Selected results of their research will be presented from 
            an exhibition entitled Social Deprivation in the Urban Environment at the faculty building
            Prague.

            The exhibition was preceded by a four-year project of the Czech Science Foundation, realis
            team at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development of the Faculty of Scie

            exhibition takes a look at various aspects of social deprivation in Czech towns and cities
            localities and the daily rhythm of towns and cities and the life of senior citizens in tow
            well as mobility and commuting. We also address specific topics such as counter-urbanisati

            of people from towns to the countryside – Ed.). The exhibition addresses a truly wide rang
            added Mgr. Jana Jíchová from the Urban and Regional Laboratory.
            Visitors to the exhibition can look forward to seventeen panels full of information, maps,

            graphs. The exhibition will also include a collection of themed publication and the presen
            online projects run by the laboratory. The first of these is the so-called Atlas obyvatels
            Atlas), a website dedicated to the publishing of maps on populations and their movement, q

            housing and settlement. The second project is the website suburbanizace.cz (Czech only) [ 
            www.suburbanizace.cz/"] , where researchers present the results of their research into sub
            “The exhibition is aimed at both scientists and students of (not only) urban studies, as w

            public. Visitors to the exhibition will see a large number of studies addressing, for exam
            localities in which they live, so they can know their town or city from a slightly differe
            We hope that our work can also inspire people at town halls and local authorities,” emphas

            The exhibition, located in the foyer of the Geographical Library of the Faculty of Science
            from 17 October until 22 November. Entry is free of charge. Once the exhibition is finishe
            offer the exhibition on loan to non-commercial institutions addressing changes in towns an