Population trends in Polish cities – stagnation, depopulation or shrinkage?

• Authors: Andrzej Zborowski , Maria Soja , Anna Łobodzińska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The authors attempt to diagnose the contemporary situation of demographic development in Polish cities after the fall of socialism in 1989. The paper focuses on selected issues and processes related to major urbanisation tendencies during the period of Poland’s centrally planned economy. The depopulation of cities and urban shrinkage are presented in the context of suburbanisation, some aspects of internal migration (job migration in particular) as well as international migration. Special attention was paid to rates of population change in cities, which allowed the authors to distinguish several types of rates. Moreover, a variety of factors underlying demographic changes are also discussed.

Keywords

EN

Polish cities; shrinking of cities; depopulation processes

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Prace Geograficzne
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 130
• Pages: 7-28

Dates

published

2012

online

2012-07-16

Contributors

author

Andrzej Zborowski

author

Maria Soja

author

Anna Łobodzińska

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20833113PG.12.017.0658