Open Access Article SciPap-889
Time-Spatial Dynamics of Selected Demographic Indicators in Brno Metropolitan Area in 2001 and 2011 Using Spatial Autocorrelation
by Aleš Ruda 1,* and Kateřina Pavlíková 2

1 , Vysoká škola Karla Engliše, Mezírka 775/1, Brno 602 00, Czechia

2 Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno 61300, Czechia

* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Abstract: Time-spatial dynamics illustrates a change of significant spatial patterns in time. These analyses help to identify spatial associations pointing at socio-spatial distribution. Reflecting important demographic changes during last decades a specific feedback of politicians is expected as a result of ongoing suburbanization process. Confirmed spatial autocorrelation among examined demographic variables approved to use a set of spatial statistic tools distinguishing the change between inner core and the periphery within Brno metropolitan area (BMA). In fact, Moran´s I criterion indicating the intensity of autocorrelation and Getis-Ord Gi* statistic generating hot spots and cold spots were applied. According to results it is clear that the city of Brno lost between 2001 and 2011 its population dominance. The age structure correlates with suburbanization process. It was also proved that spatial associations of indicators dealing with age structure, level of education and employment were detected in the periphery of BMA, especially in southern area the rise of population in productive age group, low level of education and high unemployment in agricultural sector is significant.

Keywords: Demographic Changes, Suburbanization, Hot Spot Analysis, Spatial Pattern, City Development

JEL classification:   C46 - Specific Distributions • Specific Statistics,   D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory

SciPap 2017, 25(3), 889

Received: 1 September 2016 / Accepted: 23 October 2017 / Published: 5 December 2017