The Economic Performance of Central Europe Metropolises. A Comparative Approach

• Authors: Arkadiusz Mroczek

Title variants

Osiągnięcia gospodarcze metropolii Europy Środkowej. Podejście porównawcze

Abstracts

PL

Od upadku komunizmu, duże miasta Europy Środkowej stały się częścią światowej sieci metropolii, a ich rola gospodarcza znacznie wzrosła. Może to oznaczać, że region ten doświadcza procesu metropolizacji polegającego na skupianiu aktywności na ograniczonych obszarach dużych miast i ich bliskiego otoczenia. Z tego względu celem artykułu jest zbadanie procesu metropolizacji w EŚW. Badanie to jest oparte na analizie porównawczej metropolii i obszarów niemetropolitalnych pod względem poziomu rozwoju gospodarczego. W badaniu wykorzystano taksonomiczną miarę rozwoju Hellwiga. Użyto w nim danych Eurostatu (na poziomie NUTS 3) w zakresie szeregu wskaźników społeczno-ekonomicznych. Wyniki wskazują, że metropolie z regionu są bliższe pod względem gospodarczym metropoliom Europy Zachodniej, niż obszary niemetropolitalne z regionu w stosunku do ich zachodnich odpowiedników. Wartością dodaną artykułu jest spojrzenie na kwestię rozwoju regionu Europy Środkowej przez pryzmat przestrzenny i metropolitalny.

EN

Since the fall of communism, the big cities of Central Europe have been included in the international metropolitan network, and their economic performance has improved significantly. Based on that, it can be asserted that the whole region is undergoing a process of metropolisation, which may be manifested by a focus of development in the limited areas of metropolises. Therefore this paper aims to present the results of a closer examination of this process in Central Europe. It is based on a comparative analysis of the metropolises in relation to their countries in terms of economic performance. A taxonomic approach based on Hellwig’s development pattern is adopted. The available Eurostat data (NUTS 3 level) on a range of socio‑economic characteristics is used. The study results show that the economic performance of Central European metropolises is relatively closer to Western Europe’s cities than the countries’ non‑metropolitan parts. Highlighting development issues in Central Europe from the spatial‑metropolitan point of view is the paper’s added value.

Keywords

PL

metropolie; Europa Środkowa; metropolizacja; taksonomia

EN

metropolises; Central Europe; metropolisation; taxonomy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 105-122

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Arkadiusz Mroczek

• Ph.D., Cracow University of Economics, College of Economics, Finance and Law, Cracow, Poland

• https://orcid.org/000000033736437X

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/1508-2008.24.33

Biblioteka Nauki

2033918