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Fig. 3: Population development between 1869 and 1900
Source: Historický lexikon obcí ČR, 2006
Fig. 4: The population size of municipalities in 1869 and 1900
Source: Historický lexikon obcí ČR, 2006
of the whole researched territory is then subtracted
from 100. Theoretically it assumes values ranging
between 50 (maximal dispersion of the phenomenon)
and 100 (maximal concentration of the phenomenon).
The development of the population concentration in
the Nový Jičín region is, as the H index and its changes
between consequent years, presented in Tab. 4. We see
an accelerating concentration process in the Nový Jičín
region with its maximum between 1890 and 1900. The
general development of this process is in accord with
the findings of Hampl, Gardavský, Kühnl (1987) and
Hampl (2005) from the territory of the Czech lands.
Now, let us analyze more closely the population
concentration and its development, since Tab. 4 does
not say anything about the spatial image of the H
index. The concentration process was in the Czech
lands related to the process of industrialisation and
consequent phenomena. Both 1850 and 1869 present
a relatively fragmented pattern of municipalities with
about a half of the population in the region (Fig. 5).
In 1880, we see an increasing concentration in the
eastern and southern part of the Nový Jičín region,
which is accented in 1890 and 1900 (in these years the
municipalities forming half a population of the region
are the same, which is a sign of the completion of the
process and stability of the settlement system) – Fig. 5.
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