Contents // Part One: Introduction // Chapter 1: Introduction (PetrDostál) ... 11 // Chapter 2: Changing geographical systems and risk processes: general considerations- 15 // (Petr Dostál) // Part Two: // Geographical systems and diverse risk processes at various geographical scales // Chapter 3: Europe in the global system: is the European integration necessary?... 37 // (Petr Dostál, Martin Hampl) // Chapter 4: Landscapes at risk: about change in the Eufopean landscapes... 57 // (MarcAntrop) * // Chapter 5: Geographic approaches to flood risk modelling... 81 // (Jakub Langhammer) // Chapter 6: Different risks of population aging: EU old and new members ... 101 // (Jitka Rychtaríková) // Part Three: Case studies // Chapter 7: High-altitude lake outburst: Tien Shan case study... 113 // (Bohumír Janský, Miroslav Šobr, Zbynek Engel, Sergei Yerokhin) // Chapter 8: Irregular activities of migrants in the Czech Republic: a Delphi study about adaptations in a globalising economy (Dušan Drbohlav, Lenka Lachmanová)... 129 // Chapter 9: Changing face of the Czech retailing in post-communist transformation: // risks of extreme polarisation under globalisation pressures (Jana Spilková)... 157