POPULATION MOVEMENT IN CZECHIA AND SLOVAKIA ON THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL IN 1996-2015 USING THE METHOD OF WEBB GRAPH
Abstract
Webb graph is a graphical method that can be used to compare the contribution of the natural and migration change of a region population to the overall population increase or decrease. The aim of the article is to evaluate the dynamics of population development in Czechia and Slovakia at the municipal level during 1996-2015.
By using the Webb diagram, it is clearly possible to compare how the development of the natural and migration change of the population is reflected in both populations in the smallest regional units. In Czechia was the development more dynamic than in Slovakia, especially in 2006-2010, when there was a bigger change in the spatial pattern of population movement.
It turned out that population growth in municipalities was more related to migration growth and the process of suburbanization. The population decline was caused by several factors, such as the attractiveness of the given area or the status of the municipality in the hierarchy of municipalities (core vs. periphery).