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<p>In this article, we identify the spatial mobility of the populations of selected urban centres in Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. In total, 1,616 interviews were conducted. Additionally also interviews with the employees responsible for crisis management were conducted. Based on the analyses, five different clusters were identified, with different patterns of inhabitants in terms of their spatial mobility in the event of war. The most significant factors influencing their mobility in crisis situations are country of residence, age, number of people in the household and sex. This research can help develop evacuation strategies at different levels of governance.</p>
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In this article, we identify the spatial mobility of the populations of selected urban centres in Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. In total, 1,616 interviews were conducted. Additionally also interviews with the employees responsible for crisis management were conducted. Based on the analyses, five different clusters were identified, with different patterns of inhabitants in terms of their spatial mobility in the event of war. The most significant factors influencing their mobility in crisis situations are country of residence, age, number of people in the household and sex. This research can help develop evacuation strategies at different levels of governance.

Spatial mobility of the inhabitants of the countries of NATO’s eastern flank in the event of a military conflict

Institute of the Built Environment and Spatial Policy, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz

Department of Security Studies, Polish Air Force University

Department of Economic and Social Geography

Department of Social Geography and Regional Development Planning

Institute of Mathematics, Lodz University of Technology

Moravian Geographical Reports

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In this article, we identify the spatial mobility of the populations of selected urban centres in Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. In total, 1,616...

Spatial mobility of the inhabitants of the countries of NATO’s eastern flank in the event of a military conflict

Data publikacji: 03 kwi 2024

Zakres stron: 51 - 65

Otrzymano: 08 lis 2023

Przyjęty: 08 lut 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2024-0005

Słowa kluczowe
spatial mobility, planning evacuation, NATO, military conflict, Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), cluster analysis, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary

© 2024 Marta Borowska-Stefańska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Spatial mobility of the inhabitants of the countries of NATO’s eastern flank in the event of a military conflict

Data publikacji: 03 kwi 2024

Zakres stron: 51 - 65

Otrzymano: 08 lis 2023

Przyjęty: 08 lut 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2024-0005

Słowa kluczowespatial mobility, planning evacuation, NATO, military conflict, Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), cluster analysis, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary

© 2024 Marta Borowska-Stefańska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
spatial mobility, planning evacuation, NATO, military conflict, Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), cluster analysis, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary