<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The problem of using the concept of post-industrialism to define regions with traditional industries is addressed in this article. It focuses on the diversity of industrial development in the Katowice conurbation (Poland) and the difficulties of situating the region in the widely-used taxonomy by Phelps and Ozawa, which assumes a one-way transition from the late-industrial to post-industrial stage. The authors point to the fact that only some of the towns can be described as post-industrial, since there are also towns in which traditional industries continue to develop relatively well and others at an advanced stage of re-industrialisation. The proposal is made that the Katowice conurbation can be described as a “trans-industrial region” in order to account for the various stages of development in the industrial sector in the towns of the conurbation, and to underline the dynamic nature and temporal variability of the industrialisation factor in the region.</p></abstract>

The problem of using the concept of post-industrialism to define regions with traditional industries is addressed in this article. It focuses on the diversity of industrial development in the Katowice conurbation (Poland) and the difficulties of situating the region in the widely-used taxonomy by Phelps and Ozawa, which assumes a one-way transition from the late-industrial to post-industrial stage. The authors point to the fact that only some of the towns can be described as post-industrial, since there are also towns in which traditional industries continue to develop relatively well and others at an advanced stage of re-industrialisation. The proposal is made that the Katowice conurbation can be described as a “trans-industrial region” in order to account for the various stages of development in the industrial sector in the towns of the conurbation, and to underline the dynamic nature and temporal variability of the industrialisation factor in the region.

Some dilemmas of post-industrialism in a region of traditional industry: The case of the Katowice conurbation, Poland

Department of Economic Geography, Silesian University, Sosnowiec, Poland

Moravian Geographical Reports

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The problem of using the concept of post-industrialism to define regions with traditional industries is addressed in this article. It focuses on the diversity...

Some dilemmas of post-industrialism in a region of traditional industry: The case of the Katowice conurbation, Poland

Published Online: Apr 09, 2016

Page range: 42 - 54

Received: Mar 25, 2015

Accepted: Jan 25, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2016-0004

Keywords
post-industrial region, re-industrialisation, de-industrialisation, the Katowice conurbation, Poland

© 2016 Robert Krzysztofik et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Some dilemmas of post-industrialism in a region of traditional industry: The case of the Katowice conurbation, Poland

Published Online: Apr 09, 2016

Page range: 42 - 54

Received: Mar 25, 2015

Accepted: Jan 25, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2016-0004

Keywordspost-industrial region, re-industrialisation, de-industrialisation, the Katowice conurbation, Poland

© 2016 Robert Krzysztofik et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
post-industrial region, re-industrialisation, de-industrialisation, the Katowice conurbation, Poland