Urbex in the V4 countries: analysis of popularity trends

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://gcass.science.upjs.sk/gc-2025-1" target="_blank" >https://gcass.science.upjs.sk/gc-2025-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33542/GC2025-1-04" target="_blank" >10.33542/GC2025-1-04</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Urbex in the V4 countries: analysis of popularity trends

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Urbex, or urban exploration, is an increasingly prominent term associated with non-conformist leisure activities and an alternative way of exploring specific places. As urbex activities are located in a grey area and authentic urbex is limited by its own rules, it is difficult to quantify it directly in terms of analysing its popularity across countries or regions. This makes it challenging to empirically confirm the general view that urbex is growing in popularity. The aim of this paper is therefore to indirectly assess the interest in urbex in the Visegrad Four countries between January 2014 and July 2024 and to specify it for NUTS3 regions in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The methodology combines mul-tiple data sources with the analytical tool Google Trends and the specification and compar-ison of recalculated numerical information related to the term urbex and urban exploration. The findings confirm the assumption of increasing interest in urbex in the V4 countries, with the highest relative popularity of this type of modern exploration in the Czech Republic.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Urbex in the V4 countries: analysis of popularity trends

Popis výsledku anglicky

Urbex, or urban exploration, is an increasingly prominent term associated with non-conformist leisure activities and an alternative way of exploring specific places. As urbex activities are located in a grey area and authentic urbex is limited by its own rules, it is difficult to quantify it directly in terms of analysing its popularity across countries or regions. This makes it challenging to empirically confirm the general view that urbex is growing in popularity. The aim of this paper is therefore to indirectly assess the interest in urbex in the Visegrad Four countries between January 2014 and July 2024 and to specify it for NUTS3 regions in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The methodology combines mul-tiple data sources with the analytical tool Google Trends and the specification and compar-ison of recalculated numerical information related to the term urbex and urban exploration. The findings confirm the assumption of increasing interest in urbex in the V4 countries, with the highest relative popularity of this type of modern exploration in the Czech Republic.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Geographia Cassoviensis

ISSN

1337-6748

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

19

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

59-74

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105014636265