Kvantifikace síly hraničního efektu na hranicích Libereckého kraje

Quantifying the Power of Border Effect on Liberec Region Borders

Emil Drápela, Jan Bašta

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 22, Číslo (Issue) 1, 2018, p. 51-60, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2018.22.1.51-60

Abstract

The article describes the method of quantifying the border effect using the gravity model of spatial interactions. As input data used in the model were the number of inhabitants of the villages, the distance between them in meters, and the average daily traffic flow on the roads. By comparing the expected spatial interaction (the result of the gravity model) and the real spatial interaction (real traffic on the road), the power of border effect was calculated. The article compared the strength of border effect on the border with Germany, Poland and other Czech regions. The results showed that the negative effect of border effect is indeed greater at state borders, but not much, because many years of cross-border cooperation in the region and entry to the Schengen area helped to mitigate the negative effects considerably.

Keywords: spatial interactions, gravity model, border effect, cross-border cooperation, transport geography, Liberec region

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