Pavol Ďurček

• PhD.
• Researcher at Comenius University Bratislava

The main goal of the article is to characterize the functioning of the Urban Public Transport System (UPTS) in the capital city of the Slovak Republic (Bratislava) during different time periods (morning rush, evening, night, average working day, and weekend − Sunday) and express its accessibility for various groups of city residents (low-income hou...

This study focuses on mode of delivery by maternal characteristics such as age, education, marital status, region, and mode of previous delivery. We use microdata provided by the Ministry of Health and find that the likelihood of a C-section increases with the age of the mother, but a previous natural delivery weakens this association. Women who ar...

The article aims to identify factors conditioning regional development. In the research , we decided to apply the approach of critical realism, which consistently distinguishes the role of contextual conditions (factors), causal mechanisms and general processes. We emphasize the distinction between geographic, demographic, cultural and economic con...

This case study refutes some controversial findings about a minor connection between the vaccination coverage and the spread of COVID-19. We try to eliminate some methodological shortcomings and risks, which are included in such previously published studies. Firstly, our selection comprises all regional units in one country. Secondly, the quality o...

The article deals with the spatial pattern of the supply network of the automotive industry according to the time-accessibility to four car assembly plants in Slovakia. Empirical results are anchored in the spatial concept of integrated periphery and theoretical framework of the nested structure. We obtained the data after a personal meeting with t...

The main aim of the paper is to compare the mortality rate of urban and rural areas of the Slovak Republic in three time periods: 1971–1975, 1988–1992, and 2015–2019. The urban areas here are epresented by the centres of functional commuter regions defined in the work of Halás et al. (2012). The rural areas are the hinterlands of these centres. Me...

The study uses a modified version of the Huff model to estimate the distribution of customer potential in the existing network of retail food stores in the municipalities of the Turiec region. The model takes into account the attractiveness of stores expressed by their area, their affinity based on inter-municipal commuting, and the accessibility o...

The main goal of the paper is to show and analyze the impact of traffic intensity on the transport accessibility of cities within the hinterland of the city of Bratislava using the population potential. Traffic intensity is recorded in a network dataset, which was used for calculate distances between individual locations. The network model integrat...

Dynamic economic expansion of metropolitan regions in post-communist central Europe induces dynamic traffic growth, which calls for new transport network solutions and improvements to existing transport infrastructure within the regions. This is also the case of Bratislava as the capital city of post-communist Slovakia, which has recently been faci...

Population ageing in the EU28 is an important twenty-first century phenomenon, affecting virtually every aspect of life in these countries. The results of the latest EUROPOP2018 population forecast indicate that the rate of ageing is accelerating. The aim of this paper is to analyse the current level of population ageing in the EU28, identify spati...

The main aim of this paper is to present the demographic projection up to the year 2024 at the municipal level of the Bratislava functional urban region. The methodology of our demographic estimate is based on the Hamilton-Perry method which we modified for the application for small statistical units. Testing of accuracy is based on several trend e...

The main aim of the paper is to highlight the importance of remaining years of life in relation to demographic ageing. We use the V4 countries as our case study and analyse demographic ageing using the concept of prospective age and the relevant indicators to consider whether statutory retirement age should be readdressed given the rise in remainin...

The main aim of the article is to calculate the intrinsic rates of natural increase and migration balance and use them in the construction of Webb typology. We compare the changes between the three periods, specifically in the years 1988 – 1992, 2000 – 2004, 2012 – 2016 in the municipalities of the Slovak Republic. We localize the areas of the grea...

,e aim of this paper is to analyze the progress of postponement and recuperation of fertility in the context of the differences between functional urban regions and their centers and hinterlands in Slovakia. In addition to the standard indicators for expressing the change in fertility tempo and quantum, we will also analyze the postponement fertili...

The empirical result of our study is a new population raster (grid) for the territory of Bratislava city (Fig. 1). We have used the principle of disaggregation, more precisely the dasymetric method, when, on the basis of auxiliary spatial data on inhabited buildings, we redistributed the number of inhabitants from the Basic Residence Units (ZSJ) of...

New approaches to assessing the population ageing process and their application for Slovakia and Europe Population ageing is one of the most important phenomenon of the 21st century. This is especially true for the Slovak population. According to almost all population projections and analyzes, the population ageing process of Slovakia will become m...

Fertility postponement is one of the most important trends in the demographic behavior in Slovakia after collapse of previous political regime. The reproduction model which was primarily characterized by early motherhood began to diminish in late 1960s and with every new generation, it loses further ground. It is manifested in continuous rise in co...

The study examines the development of population policy in socialist Slovakia in connection to reproductive behaviour between 1948 and 1989. The paper analyzes the nature and gradual spreading of various types of population measures aimed at pregnant women, the period of childbirth and postnatal care, interruptions, the life of families with childr...

The long-term trend in cohort fertility in Czechia and Slovakia has led to a significant decrease to fewer than two children. Significant changes in the structure of the female population by parity are taking place in the background of this decline.This article seeks to analyze the development of completed cohort fertility in Czechia and Slovakia i...

Population development in Czechia and Slovakia after 1989 has in many ways resulted in historically unique changes in the character of demographic reproduction. These are characterised by a dramatic decline in nuptiality, fertility and induced abortion, postponement of childbirth, and delayed entry into first marriage. At the same time, divorce rat...

The transformation of fertility and family behaviour in post-socialist countries was quick and the changes were striking. An account of the changes is the subject of dispute and the mechanisms have still not been explained in a fully satisfying manner. Relatively little attention has been paid to the changes in spatial aspects concerning the broade...

Educational attainment is one of the most important features of differential fertility. The aim of this paper is to analyse the development of cohort fertility in Czechia and Slovakia by level of education, to identify changes in the structure of women by the number of births and education, and to highlight the development of parity progression rat...

Centres and hinterlands of the functional urban regions in Slovakia through the lens of cohort fertility The fertility of women in the last quarter of a century in Slovakia is undergoing very important changes. It turns out that these transformations have a significant regional dimension, contributing to accommodate a wide regional disparities in...

Importance of cohabitations (as an expression of the Second Demographic Transition) began to grow in the 60s of the 20th century in northern Europe and after that was spread to Western and Southern Europe and other developed countries. Taking into consideration strongly controlled family policy as well as weak society acceptance of cohabitation in...

The fertility of women in the last quarter of a century in Slovakia is undergoing very important changes. It turns out that these transformations have a significant regional dimension, contributing to accommodate a wide regional disparities in the realized fertility and structure of women by the number of children (parity). A very important aspect...

Importance of cohabitations (as an expression of the Second Demographic Transition) began to grow in the 60s of the 20th century in northern Europe and after that was spread to Western and Southern Europe and other developed countries. Taking into consideration strongly controlled family policy as well as weak society acceptance of cohabitation in...

Ďurček, P., Šuvada, M., 2015. Populačná dynamika euroregiónu Tatry. In: Acta Geographica Universitatis Comenianae, vol. 59, 2015, no. 2, pp. 219-242

Urban environments in post-socialist cities have generated new challenges for urban planners and decision makers. As one example, the transport infrastructure of Bratislava has not been adjusted with respect to increasing mobility and the transit problems of its intra-urban environment. An upgrading of the conventional railway networks within the c...

The main objective of the study is to verify and discover the relationship between the global character of human development and the development of demographic reproduction. In the paper we use the dataset of 194 countries from 1950, 1970, 1990 and 2010. We apply the frequently used human development index to describe the degree of overall developm...

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The paper focuses on the geographical dimension of demographic inequalities within the contemporary European Union member states and the NUTS-II regions. Five demographic indicators have been selected in order to introduce the geographical dimension to the study of relative regional inequalities. Among others, the Theil index as the indicator of sp...