Jihlava - the centre of the Vysočina region and foreign investments
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, Geographica |
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| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | Jihlava; Vysočina Region; Regional Centre; Labour commuting; Bosch Diesel |
| Description | The city of Jihlava has been since the boom of silver mining in its surroundings in the 13 th century the economic centre of sparsely populated Bohemian-Moravian Highland. In time of the first modern census in 1869 Jihlava presented the fifth largest city in the Czech lands. Mainly thanks to displacement of original German population after 1945 the position of Jihlava in the Czech settlement system considerably weakened. In the 1990s discussions over the new administrative division was led with question whether between Prague and Brno agglomerations a new region should be established or not. The authors deal with issue whether the city of Jihlava is capable of integrating the area of the Vysočina region. They were oriented mainly at analysis of spatial distribution of labour commuting to Jihlava and to the company Bosch Diesel, which represents the most important foreign investment in the whole region. The authors conclude that establishment of the Vysočina region was a right step and that Jihlava is able to defend its position of the regional centre. |
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