Publication details
Questioning territorial cohesion: (Un)equal access to services of general interest
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Papers in Regional Science |
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| Web | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pirs.12250/full |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12250 |
| Keywords | territorial cohesion; services of general interest; accessibility; spatial justice; Czech Republic |
| Description | Although the debates about access to services of general interest have been at the core of the EU territorial cohesion discourse since the late 1990s, the impact of unequal accessibility to living conditions has yet be the subject of close inspection. The paper examines the relationship between the accessibility of services of general interest and demographic and socio-economic conditions in a specific Czech region. The analysis reveals inter-municipal disparities and identifies spatially excluded areas. Despite the negative association of insufficient access with education and depopulation characteristics, the results suggest that demographic and socio-economic development stems from a more complex set of factors. |