Transport and geographical position of the big and average cities of the Ukrainian Black Sea region

Shulevskyi S. O. Transport and geographical position of the big and average cities of the Ukrainian Black Sea region. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(2):636-649. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.834077 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4646 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.02.2017. Revised 24.02.2017. Accepted: 27.02.2017. Transport and geographical position of the big and average cities of the Ukrainian Black Sea region S. O. Shulevskyi Odessa National Mechnykov I. I. University Abstract There were features of the transport and geographical position of large and average cities of the Ukrainian Black Sea region described in the article. The situation of cities in relation to the existing network of main types of transport connections like road, rail, water, aviation was analyzed. The location of cities in relation to regional centers, the regional center of Odessa, the capital of the country and the state border were characterized. The situation of cities in relation to international transport corridors and the international E-road network was examined. The cities with the most and least favorable transport and geographical location in the region were highlighted. Key words: transport and geographical position, transport network, the Ukrainian Black Sea region, big cities, average cities