DOSTUPNOSŤ MALOOBCHODNÝCH PREDAJNÍ V NITRIANSKOM SAMOSPRÁVNOM KRAJI
ACCESSIBILITY OF RETAIL STORES IN THE NITRA SELF-GOVERNING REGION

Author(s): Miroslava Trembošová, Viktoria VLAČUHOVÁ, Imrich Jakab
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Regional Geography
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: accessibility; retail facilities; retail services; Nitra Self-governing Region;
Summary/Abstract: Since 2008, i.e. at the stage of concentration, the retail network of rural areas has been characterized by decline processes. Cancellation of stores under the relentless competitive struggle with transnational chains in towns of the Nitra Self-governing Region is the basic process of concentration stage in rural areas. This process has particularly affected small municipalities and many of them remained without retail facilities. Moreover, another decadent phenomenon was created and deepened such as the so-called food deserts, increased demands for commuting to shops, increased time accessibility to selected stores. This creates an urban-rural conflict in providing retail services in favor of towns/cities. The aim of the paper is to analyze the locations of food stores of COOP Jednota in the Nitra Self-governing Region and definition of distance and time accessibility to these stores for residents living in this area. For Accessibility definition, we applied binary (trivial) accessibility which provides data on distance and time reachability of the node from another node in the network. The result is the knowledge that most municipalities in the Nitra Self-governing Region have COOP Jednota as the nearest food store in the distance of more than 1001 m.

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