Abstract
Transformation of Poland's Spatial-Economic Structure in the Years 1998-2008 The article consists of two parts. Part one offers a diagnostic description of the current spatial-economic structure of Poland in which regions are divided into core and peripheral ones. The division rests on a systemic measure of the level of economic development, viz. the income potential / population potential ratio. Part two is an analysis of changes in Poland's spatial-economic structure over the years 1998-2008 where an attempt is made to determine how far those changes coincided with visions of the country's spatial structure presented in planning conceptions.
Highlights
The systemic transformation that took place in Poland after 1989 and the process of modernisation of its society and economy in the conditions of European integration have a spatial dimension
Part one offers a diagnostic description of the current spatial-economic structure of Poland in which regions are divided into core and peripheral ones
The analytical category adopted in the description of the spatial-economic structure of Poland is a dichotomous spatial model moulded on Friedmann’s (1967) core-periphery conception
Summary
The systemic transformation that took place in Poland after 1989 and the process of modernisation of its society and economy in the conditions of European integration have a spatial dimension. Potential defines the intensity of interaction among the territorial units as a variable dependent on their properties, and on their relative locations, i.e. the distance separating them It is a systemic measure because each territorial unit is characterised with reference to the remaining ones and to itself. In the further research procedure, this distribution as an index of socio-economic development served as a basis for distinguishing core regions and peripheries in Poland’s spatial structure
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