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The research incorporated the following general aims, which were pursued with varying degrees of success. 1. The following issues were asked of population living in gmina and towns: a) the need to change the administrative structure of the country. Interviewees were asked to select one o f three boundary schemes; b) preferences regarding the highest order administrative areas proposed by the three models; c) the selection of administrative centres in future powiats. 2. The establishment of differences in opinion regarding the above matters as between the elite and other members of the community. non-obligatory links. 4. The identification of the extent of towns suitability to become the seats of powiats with new administrative and sodo-cultural functions. 5. The establishment of general levels of developmental processes, growth potential in the researched gmina, and also their links with other gmina and towns. The aim of the research was to investigate peoples preferences regarding administrative areas. Interviewees were selected from particular districts and towns which were capable of preparing themselves for the financial and other functions associated with the chief towns of powiats. The field of research involved the borders of the Łódź województwo as it was prior to the reforms of 1975 (Fig. 1) in order to establish the possible overlap with other large towns. The study area was divided into 8 regions containing settlements capable of becoming powiat chief towns: Kutno, Łowicz, Rawa Mazowiecka, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Radomsko, Wieluń, Sieradz and Poddębice. The detailed research results are presented in turn. Some 58 administrative areas were investigated belonging to 8 województwa, 47 gmina and 11 towns. The work was undertaken in July 1996, initially through face-to-face interviews with the population and then with different institutions. Some 5.800 people were interviewed, comprising 100 from each gmina. Of these 90 did not work for local government and they were selected on intellectual and economic grounds. The other 10 were drawn from the elite. The demographic situation is presented in Figs. 2 and 3. Questionnaires were used to establish peoples’views. The main questions asked were: a) the need for change in Polish administrative boundaries; b) the number of administrative levels in the country; c) the affiliation of settlements to particular województwa; d) the affiliation of settlements to particular powiats; e) the nature of and contacts with other settlements by interviewees; f) opinions regarding the towns chosen as potential województwa and powiat seats as centres of local government, economic and cultural functions. The results of the research were entered into statistical tables. From these cartograms and maps were derived, on which analytical descriptions and final proposals were based. (Synthetic maps for the whole research area were published separately - see M. Koter, S. Liszewski, A. Suliborski, 1996).
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Artykuł stanowi wprowadzenie metodyczne do zawartych w niniejszym tomie szczegółowych wyników badań empirycznych, przeprowadzonych w różnych częściach regionu łódzkiego. Określono w nim ogólne cele, założenia, zakres przedmiotowy i terytorialny oraz metodę badania. W części końcowej zaprezentowano cechy demograficzne wszystkich respondentów.
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This article represents theoretical and methodological reflections on the creation of national reforms on local government boundary reorganisation: the aims, subject, domain and methods, together with the role of geographers in their preparation, particularly regarding the definition of urban territorial boundaries and other spatial results. The notion of territorial structure was formerly understood to be all the changes concerned with the competence of particular of central and local government. This may or may not results in the creation of other hierarchical structures, and also in the drawing up of new administrative boundaries. The main aim of the reform is change in the present structure of Polish local government boundaries in the light of needs, and may be influenced by political, economic and social considerations. Reform should be derived from not less than two directions: legal and spatial. Geographers should play the main role in studies of boundary reform following their interest in the delimitation of local government boundaries. The principal value of geography is its holistic approach taking into consideration social, economic and political arguments. Changes in the territorial organisation of the country, if they are thought desirable, must be accepted by the population, and society must take part in the decision-making processes involved in reform, especially in the practical stages of likely spatial outcomes. Research into peoples boundary preferences fulfils three functions: the acquistion of knowledge, reality and information-éducation. This research into peoples opinions, views and statements was effected by means of specially prepared questionnaires completed by the interviewer. The material so derived has been reformed cartographically, a very satisfactory way of representing the views of interviewees.
PL
Artykuł jest pewną próbą refleksji teoretycznej i metodycznej nad istotą reformy terytorialno-administracyjnej państwa, a także udziałem geografów w jej przygotowaniu - zwłaszcza w określeniu jej zasięgu i skutków przestrzennych. Zdefiniowano w nim samo pojęcie reformy ustroju terytorialnego oraz określono jej cele polityczne, gospodarcze i społeczne. Wyróżniono zakres przedmiotowy reformy - prawny i terytorialny. W końcowej części artykułu zwrócono uwagę na konieczność uczestnictwa społeczeństwa w procesie opracowania reformy. Uczestnictwo to przede wszystkim powinno polegać na uwzględnieniu preferencji administracyjnych mieszkańców, które należy określić za pomocą specjalnie prowadzonych badań.
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In this article the authors discuss the results of research done within the programme: „The Future Łódź Voivodship Delimitation Study - Empirical Research” and was carried out in the region of weakening Łódź influences. The analysis comprises the following problems: 1. Respondents’ attitude towards changes in the administrative division of Poland. 2. Their preferences for belonging to the certain administrative units. 3. The current functional relations between the citizens and the planned capitals of the administrative units (voivodships and subregional districts). 4. The recognition of citizens’ migratory directions. 5. The identification of the level of Kutno in preparation to become a subregional capital. More than the half of the respondents were for the change of the administrative division of Poland (those reform supporting were majority in each commune) while one third were against. Also the majority - 46.1% - opted for a, three-level administrative division and 37% preferred a two-level division. The whole region, irrespective of the number of administrative levels, gravitated towards Łódź as the future voivodship centre (75% of 25-voivodship-variant supporters and 85% of 17 and 12-voivodship-variant supporters). More than 90% of respondents and all the elite members saw Kutno as a potential capital of subregional district. For most interviewees Kutno was the place where they could realise their needs for services. The second declared option was Łódź. Analysis of migratory flows, although they were very different, shows that most migrants go only short distance (to Kutno, Krośniewice, Żychlin). It is worth stressing that among subregional capitals Kutno was the most popular migratory destination; among voivodships Łódź was the most popular. Kutno, with a long, subregional tradition begin in 1867, possessed ail the attributes needed to become capital of the subregional district. Four elements might be mentioned here: - there were many regional institutions which could be transformed into subregional ones; - strong functional relation with the region; - institutional background for economic activities of the region and the town; - local initiatives in organising integrated, administrative-self-govemmental structure, future subregional district (Association of Kutno Region Communes). In conclusion one must stress that citizens of the region were not satisfied with the present administrative division of Poland. They expected the revision of the current voivodship structure. However, it is impossible to point out clear preferences. The twenty-year old administrative division has not fundamentally changed the old regional and subregional relations. In all three aspects: declaration of belonging, socio-functional relations, and migration the researched communes, definitely gravitated towards Łódź as a metropolitan centre and Kutno as a potential subregional district capital.
PL
Artykuł poświęcony jest analizie przestrzennych ciążeń północnej części dawnego powiatu kutnowskiego w aspekcie preferencji przynależności administracyjnej mieszkańców, rzeczywistych związków funkcjonalnych i migracji oraz ocenie przygotowania Kutna do pełnienia funkcji powiatowej.
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Artykuł dotyczy miasta Ozorkowa w jego granicach administracyjnych, położonego w aglomeracji łódzkiej, 25 km od Łodzi. Celem badań było wykorzystanie koncepcji „funkcji miejsca” i jej doprecyzowanie empiryczne w badaniach małego miasta, wyróżniającego się na tle całej aglomeracji specyficzną strukturą funkcjonalną.
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The article concerns the town of Ozorków within its administrative boundaries, located in Łódź agglomeration, 25 km from Łódź. The aim of the study was to use the concept of „function space” and its clarification of empirical studies of a small town, standing out against the background of the entire agglomeration specific structure functional.
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