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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE URBAN SETTLEMENT NETWORK IN WARMIA AND MAZURY

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Bogdanski M.
Olsztyn Economic Journal
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2008
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vol. 3
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issue 1
134-149
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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.
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URBAN DETERMINANTS OF POLARISATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN POLAND

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Bogdanski M.
Olsztyn Economic Journal
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2010
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vol. 5
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issue 2
269-279
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Studies which deal with the reasons for disparities between the levels of regional development are an important part of economics theory. According to the neoclassical approach, all differences are transient and they will gradually diminish, owing to various factors, including perfect mobility of the means of production. On the other hand, according to the theories from New Economic Geography, regional polarisation of economic development is a relatively permanent process and the mechanism of its increase is based on so called agglomeration benefits. Based on this concept, the study assumed that one of the basic reasons for the disparities between the levels of economic development is the diversity of the development of an urban settlement network. In order to verify the hypothesis, sixteen provinces were divided into three groups with different levels of economic development, measured by the value of GDP per capita. Subsequently, the development of urban settlement network was evaluated within such groups by means of such indexes as: urbanisation index, city density index, structure of urban centre by size. The analyses performed have confirmed the assumption. At least partially, economic development of provinces depends on urbanisation processes. However, it means that development disparities between regions are likely to grow in the future.
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