Services, spatial distribution, Czechia, knowledge-intensive business services, creative industries, retail

Kniha se věnuje empirické analýze současného rozmístění vybraných podnikatelských služeb na území Česka.

In this book we deal with the analysis of current spatial distribution of services in Czechia. Our principal goal is to explain various localisation patterns of particular service industries and discuss briefly their implications for the development of Czech cities and regions. We focus on business industries that may have significant positive or negative impacts on spatial organisation of industries and regional development: knowledge-intensive business services, creative industries, tourism industries and retail. Public services such as education, health care or administration are studied in order to provide a comparison with spatial patterns of business services and also as important actors affecting spatial organisation of business services. We try to identify the key trends of growth and organisation of business services rather than to describe localisation patterns of all service industries.