Dojížďka v ČSSR na úrovni dojížďkových regionů i v mezistřediskovém pojetí =Commuting in Czechoslovakia, regional pattern and links between central places

Abstract

In Czechoslovakia, the census in 1980 registered about 2,7 mil. commuters, the majority of whom (2,3 mi!) were commuting daily. Although a significant part of the process is "hidden" In administratively merged basic settlement units, the number still represents 29,6 % of au economically active persons In Czechoslovakia. The paper deals predominantly with 87 top hierarchy central places in Czechoslovakia and their commuting regions (labour pools). The relation between the number Of Job opportunities In a centre and within the radius of Ideal commuting sphere is hypothetical. There Is a qualitative distinction between a central place-hinterland relation and the opposite relation hinterland-central place (as). From this point of view, the role of hinterland in the spatial balance of labour was most significant in Slovakia, while In Bohemia this role was less important, signalizing a more advanced concentration of labour. Moravia was somewhere between the two "extremes". Finally, much attention was paid to commuting within the system of central places on a case of two large administrative regions. In conclusion, the author suggests the modelling of this process representing In same centres the main integrating force