Geografie 2009, 114, 298-315
https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2009114040298
Geographical organisation of the transport system in Czechia and its development in the transformation period
The article deals with the geographical organization of the Czech transport system and with the changes in the transport hierarchy of settlement centres of Czechia during the transformation period. This paper focuses on long-term development tendencies in the transport hierarchy of settlement centres development, which create the basic framework for further research. It also considers changes of significance and structure in the transport hierarchy of settlement centres between 1990 and 2005 with regard to the trends in the development of the transport sector. The analyses mainly result from the Road transport census and are focused only on changes in the transport system of Czechia at the national level.