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Moving towards more cohesive and polycentric spatial patterns? Evidence from the Czech Republic

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  • Ondřej Mulíček
  • Jiří Malý

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Territorial cohesion discourse represents normative and ideological vision of ideal spatial practices that should be applied in order to ensure balanced and polycentric spatial development. However, spatial diversity of existing territorial settings often diverge from political representations of spaces. Using the Czech Republic as a case study, the paper focuses on the development of urban system hierarchy by analysing the changes of work‐commuting flows in the post‐socialist period. The results show that the configurations of everyday spatial routines and functioning of real urban systems differ from political imaginaries to a great extent and are moving towards a more polarized pattern. El discurso de la cohesión territorial representa una visión normativa e ideológica de las prácticas espaciales ideales que se deberían aplicar para asegurar un desarrollo espacial equilibrado y policéntrico. Sin embargo, la diversidad espacial de las configuraciones territoriales existentes difieren a menudo de las representaciones políticas de los espacios. Utilizando a la República Checa como estudio de caso, el artículo se centra en el desarrollo de la jerarquía del sistema urbano mediante el análisis de los cambios en los flujos de desplazamientos al trabajo en el período postsocialista. Los resultados muestran que las configuraciones de las rutinas espaciales cotidianas y el funcionamiento de los sistemas urbanos reales difieren en gran medida de los imaginarios políticos y se mueven hacia un patrón más polarizado. Territorial cohesion discourse (地域的結束の講話)とは、均衡的かつポリセントリックな空間開発を確実にするために採用されるべき理想的な空間的実践の規範的および観念的なビジョンを表している。しかしながら、既存の領土設定の空間的多様性は、空間の政治的代表 (political representation)から乖離していることが多い。本稿では、チェコ共和国のケーススタディを用いて、社会主義後の労働‐通勤のフローの変化を分析し、都市システムの階層の発展に注目する。結果から、現実の都市システムの日常の空間的ルーチンと機能の構成は、政治的な想像とは大きく異なっており、より分極化したパターンに向かっていることが示された。

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  • Ondřej Mulíček & Jiří Malý, 2019. "Moving towards more cohesive and polycentric spatial patterns? Evidence from the Czech Republic," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(2), pages 1177-1194, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:2:p:1177-1194
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12383
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    1. David Burgalassi & Chiara Agnoletti & Leonardo Piccini, 2019. "Polycentricity and regional development: an analytical framework and some evidence from Italy," Discussion Papers 2019/249, Dipartimento di Economia e Management (DEM), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
    2. Chiara Garau & Giulia Desogus & Mauro Coni, 2019. "Fostering and Planning a Smart Governance Strategy for Evaluating the Urban Polarities of the Sardinian Island (Italy)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(18), pages 1-24, September.

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