Permeability of Czech-Polish border using by selected criteria

KOLEJKA, Jaromír, Wiesława ŹYSZKOWSKA, Kateřina BATELKOVÁ, Stanislaw CIOK, Sylwia DOŁZBŁAS, Karel KIRCHNER, Tomáš KREJČÍ, Andrzej RACZYK, Waldemar SPALLEK and Jana ZAPLETALOVÁ. Permeability of Czech-Polish border using by selected criteria. Geographia Technica. Cluj: CLUJ UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2015, vol. 10, No 1, p. 51-65. ISSN 1842-5135.

Basic information

Original name

Permeability of Czech-Polish border using by selected criteria

Name in Czech

Propustnost česko-polské hranice podle vybraných kritérií

Authors

KOLEJKA, Jaromír, Wiesława ŹYSZKOWSKA, Kateřina BATELKOVÁ, Stanislaw CIOK, Sylwia DOŁZBŁAS, Karel KIRCHNER, Tomáš KREJČÍ, Andrzej RACZYK, Waldemar SPALLEK and Jana ZAPLETALOVÁ

Edition

Geographia Technica, Cluj, CLUJ UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2015, 1842-5135

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography

Country of publisher

Romania

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

UT WoS

000219459200006

Keywords (in Czech)

natural barrier, cross border co-operation, population pressure, foreign entrepreneurs, border segments

Keywords in English

natural barrier, cross border co-operation, population pressure, foreign entrepreneurs, border segments

Tags

assessment method, Czech-Polish border, permeability

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

Czech-Polish border, 800 km long, includes the longest-lasting international borders in Europe in its western half. In the period of real socialism it represented a genuine development barriers and obstacles of cross-border cooperation. After both countries joined the EU (2004) and the Schengen area (2007), the importance of boundaries as barriers significantly weakened. The joint research team of Czech and Polish geographers evaluated the permeability of 100 km long sections of the border according to the criteria for which are publicly available data and GIS processing technology. Following criteria were used for the border permeability evaluation: the presence of orographic or hydrologic barriers in two levels of intensity, the number of road crossings, the number of other crossings, the availability of the inland roads, contrast of population density in the border micro-regions, the number of entrepreneurs from the neighboring country in the villages on the other side of the border, the number of solved micro-projects and the number of solved large projects. Numerical characteristics of criteria were transferred to score and the resulting values are divided into three levels of permeability, while using 1) the same weights of criteria and 2) the doubled weights of the key criteria. Cartographic presentation of the results then showed persistent difficulties with permeability especially in the central section of the Czech-Polish border.

In Czech

Czech-Polish border, 800 km long, includes the longest-lasting international borders in Europe in its western half. In the period of real socialism it represented a genuine development barriers and obstacles of cross-border cooperation. After both countries joined the EU (2004) and the Schengen area (2007), the importance of boundaries as barriers significantly weakened. The joint research team of Czech and Polish geographers evaluated the permeability of 100 km long sections of the border according to the criteria for which are publicly available data and GIS processing technology. Following criteria were used for the border permeability evaluation: the presence of orographic or hydrologic barriers in two levels of intensity, the number of road crossings, the number of other crossings, the availability of the inland roads, contrast of population density in the border micro-regions, the number of entrepreneurs from the neighboring country in the villages on the other side of the border, the number of solved micro-projects and the number of solved large projects. Numerical characteristics of criteria were transferred to score and the resulting values are divided into three levels of permeability, while using 1) the same weights of criteria and 2) the doubled weights of the key criteria. Cartographic presentation of the results then showed persistent difficulties with permeability especially in the central section of the Czech-Polish border.