CHARACTERISTICS OF THE URBAN SETTLEMENT NETWORK IN WARMIA AND MAZURY

• Authors: Bogdanski Marcin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study is based on the assumption that a developed network of large and medium-sized urban centres is an important factor which determines the economic potential of a region, with urban development - through a system of feedbacks with the surrounding area - driving the growth of the whole region. Based on this notion, an analysis of the urban dynamic processes was conducted and the urban centres network in the province of Warmia and Mazury was characterised. The aim of the analysis was to answer the question of whether the relatively lower level of socio-economic development of Warmia and Mazury, which has been observed for the past several decades, can be attributed to inadequate development of the urban settlement network and is disadvantageous - from the developmental point of view - for town size structure. The research conducted for the study supports the proposed hypothesis. The network of large and medium-sized urban centres in Warmia and Mazury is poorly developed, with a considerable disparity between it and, not only better urbanised areas, but also the national average. When the data is juxtaposed with the regional differentiation of the economic development in Poland, a significant positive correlation between those two factors appears.

Keywords

EN

URBAN CENTRES NETWORK; URBAN DEVELOPMENT RATE; URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATE; URBANISATION PROCESSES

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Olsztyn Economic Journal
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 134-149
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bogdanski Marcin

• Marcin Bogdanski, Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, Katedra Makroekonomii, ul. Obitza 2, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA076616