Road infrastructure in the regions of the Slovak Republic and Poland

• Authors: Jana Masárová , Eva Ivanová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

One of the important assumptions and factors of social and economic development of countries and their regions is road infrastructure. This is particularly true in countries where road transport is the largest component of overall transportation, such as in Slovakia and Poland. Road infrastructure as part of the transport infrastructure is here regarded as one of the main pillars for achieving economic growth, to increase competitiveness and prosperity, contributing to the development of the Trans-European transport network and the improvement of transport infrastructure in support of a single European market in order to ensure the free flow of goods, people and overall competitiveness of the EU. This article offers a comparison of road infrastructure in Slovakia and Poland, highlighting regional disparities in road infrastructure in these countries.

Keywords

EN

region; road infrastructure; motorway; expressway; road density

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 33
• Pages: 79-90

Dates

published

2016-09-01

received

2015-03-30

revised

2015-07-29

accepted

2016-01-26

online

2016-07-26

Contributors

author

Jana Masárová

• CDFMR, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Faculty of Social and Economic Relations, Department of Economics and Economy, Študentská 3, 911 500 Trenčín, Slovakia

author

Eva Ivanová

• CDFMR

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/bog-2016-0026