Shluková analýza obcí ČR podle imisní zátěže ovzduší a souvisejících zdravotních ukazatelů

This thesis analyzes spatial differences in ambient air pollution across municipalities in the Czech Republic and their relationship to population health, represented by standardized mortality rates. The main aim of the study is to identify typologically distinct groups of municipalities with similar environmental and health characteristics and to describe regional patterns of environmental burden. The analysis is based on long-term air pollutant concentration data and mortality statistics. Due to strong correlation among environmental variables, principal component analysis was applied to reduce their dimensionality. Cluster analysis was then performed on the transformed data, comparing hierarchical clustering methods with the k-means algorithm. The results identified six clusters of municipalities differing in both the level and the structure of air pollution and mortality. The findings show that the relationship between air pollution and health is spatially. The main contribution of the thesis is a more nuanced spatial classification compared to administrative divisions and the identification of critical areas suitable for targeted environmental and public health interventions.