K otázce vymezení zázemí Plzně =To the demarcation of the hinterland of Plzeň

Abstract

Plzeň is the fourth largest town in the Czech Socialist Republic, the core of one of the defined urban regional agglomerations. At the same time it represents the largest concentration of population and economics In Western Bohemia influencing significantly the whole region. This rather extreme concentration of population, working possibilities and ether economic activities determines the spatial pattern of the town’s hinterland. Our work focuses on the development and changes of the spatial pattern of the flow area of Plzeň. It is based on the evaluation of relations between territorial units and regional processes related to the population. The following regional processes were observed: a) working migration to employment, b) migration (of population), c) flow of population to service centres. Each of these processes characterizes a different level of relation between the centre and the hinterland, a different intensity and territorial range, the quality and total significance that influences the creation of the structure of the town‘s setting. We have focused on each of the above-mentioned regional processes separately, comparing data from 1961, 1970, 1980 and their development changes. The comparability of the time data is secured by the elaboration of the data according to the administrative circumscription of spatial urban units in the 1980 census. The town of Plzeň is evaluated and considered in area of the district Plzeň-city. The confrontation of the three regional processes enabled us to define in the hinterland of Plzeň the area with the highest intensity of relations considering all regional processes at the same time