TY - JOUR
TI - Geographic structure of road transportation and logistics infrastructure in the Republic of Belarus
AU - Bezruchonak, Andrei
TI - Geographic structure of road transportation and logistics infrastructure in the Republic of Belarus
AB - 
	Transportation, representing 6% of GDP, plays vital role in social and economic development of the Republic of Belarus. The purpose of this article is to present the geographic analysis of current spatial structure of the road transportation in Belarus in 2000-2014. The choice of transport mode for the article was influenced by several factors, such as historic development, network coverage, transformational changes in productivity, rapid increase in car ownership numbers, emergence of logistic centers and intelligent transportation systems. The article reviews the range of topics, including morphology of the major roads network, logistic centers spatial distribution and regional features of passenger and cargo productivity, discusses current transformational changes within the road transportation sector in Belarus. The key findings indicate that current changes in spatial structure of the road transportation in Belarus have uneven nature, shaped by social, economic, political and geopolitical external and internal factors and are a subject of interest for both transportation researchers and practitioners.
VL - 2017
IS - 20 (2)
PY - 2017
SN - 1426-5915
C1 - 2543-859X
SP - 8
EP - 18
DO - 10.4467/2543859XPKG.17.007.7389
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/pkgkptg/artykul/geographic-structure-of-road-transportation-and-logistics-infrastructure-in-the-republic-of-belarus
KW - road transportation system
KW - transportation accessibility and productivity
KW - logistics geography
KW - GIS-T models
KW - network analysis