<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A nation’s economic potential is always concentrated within cities. Polish cities were faced with quite radical changes in the last two decades. During this period, some cities saw losses of more and more citizens and were not ready to develop new economic approaches. Other cities were able to attract both people and businesses. The main objective of the article is to identify the changes in the economic position of Polish cities and the factors which were the driving forces behind them (including, in particular, the role of European integration). Results of the conducted regression analyses confirm that it is easier to identify “losing” factors (e.g. dependency on declining industry) than “winning” ones (as they are more individualized and more difficult to capture in statistical models).The availability of EU funds for local governments has been confirmed to be a significant factor explaining the changes in the economic position of Polish cities.</p></abstract>

A nation’s economic potential is always concentrated within cities. Polish cities were faced with quite radical changes in the last two decades. During this period, some cities saw losses of more and more citizens and were not ready to develop new economic approaches. Other cities were able to attract both people and businesses. The main objective of the article is to identify the changes in the economic position of Polish cities and the factors which were the driving forces behind them (including, in particular, the role of European integration). Results of the conducted regression analyses confirm that it is easier to identify “losing” factors (e.g. dependency on declining industry) than “winning” ones (as they are more individualized and more difficult to capture in statistical models).The availability of EU funds for local governments has been confirmed to be a significant factor explaining the changes in the economic position of Polish cities.

Factors explaining the changes in the rankings of Polish cities’ economic position (1992-2013)

Department of Local Development and Policy

Miscellanea Geographica

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A nation’s economic potential is always concentrated within cities. Polish cities were faced with quite radical changes in the last two decades. During this...

Factors explaining the changes in the rankings of Polish cities’ economic position (1992-2013)

Published Online: Mar 30, 2018

Page range: 48 - 55

Received: Jul 28, 2017

Accepted: Jan 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0035

Keywords
Local government, local economic development, urban rankings, factors of development, European integration

© 2017 University of Warsaw – Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, published by Sciendo

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

Factors explaining the changes in the rankings of Polish cities’ economic position (1992-2013)

Published Online: Mar 30, 2018

Page range: 48 - 55

Received: Jul 28, 2017

Accepted: Jan 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0035

KeywordsLocal government, local economic development, urban rankings, factors of development, European integration

© 2017 University of Warsaw – Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Local government, local economic development, urban rankings, factors of development, European integration