COMMUTING TO SCHOOL WITHIN KOŠICE FUNCTIONAL URBAN REGION
COMMUTING TO SCHOOL WITHIN KOŠICE FUNCTIONAL URBAN REGION

Author(s): Eva VÝROSTOVÁ
Subject(s): Public Administration, State/Government and Education, Rural and urban sociology, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: functional urban region; commuting flows to schools; location of elementary schools;
Summary/Abstract: The objective of this paper is to analyse the commuting flows to elementary schools within the functional urban region of Košice, delineated by Bezák (2014), to identify the area with the most intensive commuting flows and to identify factors that help explain the commuting patterns to elementary schools. Linear regression has been used to empirically verify the role of individual commuting factors. The results are mostly in line with prior expectations. Elementary school commuting is strongly negatively related to the localization of elementary schools in municipalities and is positively related to the commuting of economically active inhabitants within the region. The flows to elementary schools in Košice are particularly strong in municipalities neighbouring the city of Košice. Commuting to secondary schools crosses longer distances than elementary schools, which is the result of their localization, which corresponds to Christaller`s central place theory, which states that bigger cities tend to provide products and services higher in the product hierarchy, for a larger area.

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