Observations in population spatial dynamics – toward a common pattern ?

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Table of contents

PART I. Theoretical concept, societal context and research questions 
1. Theoretical background
1.1 Terminological note
1.2 Towards a general description and explanation of agglomeration mechanisms – New Economic Geography Perspective
1.3 Observations in population spatial dynamics – toward a common pattern?
2. General context of societal development in the Czech Republic
2.1. Pre-1989 shifts in economic orientation, policies and their repercussions on regional development
2.2. Post-1989 societal transformation and its repercussions on regional development
3. Research questions, hypothesis and outline of the thesis
3.1 Research questions and hypothesis
3.2 Outline of the thesis
PART II. Quantitative conceptualisation of space and definition of spatial categories 
4. Existing approaches to definitions of the urban-rural gradient and core-periphery regions
4.1 Urban – rural approach
4.1.1 Existing approaches in the Czech Republic
4.1.2. Existing approaches in Europe
4.2 Core-periphery regional approach in the Czech Republic
5. Commuting based classification: a new approach to the urban-rural gradient definition in the Czech Republic
5.1 Method
5.2 Discussion
PART III. Analysis of the spatial population dynamics in the Czech Republic 
6. Descriptive analysis of population structure and dynamics in spatial categories
6.1. General characteristics of space and population
6.2 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the population from a regional and urban-rural gradient perspective
6.2.1 Structural-geographical analysis: analytical tool description
6.2.2 Population change differentiation
6.2.3 Family and fertility patterns differentiation
6.2.4 Differentiation of social and economic characteristics of the population
6.2.5 Spatial differentiation of demographic, social and economic characteristics of the population – general remarks
7. Analysis of migration flows as the main component of spatial population dynamics
7.1 Residential migration data set
7.2 General patterns of residential migration in the Czech Republic
7.3 Description of residential migration across the spatial categories and data reduction
7.3.1 Protocol
7.3.2 Social status, life cycle or sex? Findings about the main determinants of residential migration from descriptive analysis
8. Structure and determinants of residential migration: explorative analysis
8.1. Gravity model
8.2 Results
CONCLUSIONS: A tale of conservative commuters and population not-very-dynamics in the Czech Republic after 1989 
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