<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of the work is to characterize the potential for the smart development of urban-rural communes of the Lublin Province as potential catalysts for the implementation of the smart villages’ concept. In order to determine the potential for the smart development, the zero-unitarization method was used. In specific areas of smart village concept a synthetic index was determined. The study negatively verified the relationship between the level of potential for the smart development of the studied communes and the accessibility of transport and communication of the region’s capital. The study also revealed a positive correlation between the size of the urban centre in the urban-rural commune and the level of the potential of smart development of urban-rural communes.</p></abstract>

The purpose of the work is to characterize the potential for the smart development of urban-rural communes of the Lublin Province as potential catalysts for the implementation of the smart villages’ concept. In order to determine the potential for the smart development, the zero-unitarization method was used. In specific areas of smart village concept a synthetic index was determined. The study negatively verified the relationship between the level of potential for the smart development of the studied communes and the accessibility of transport and communication of the region’s capital. The study also revealed a positive correlation between the size of the urban centre in the urban-rural commune and the level of the potential of smart development of urban-rural communes.

The potential of smart development of urban-rural communes in peripheral region (a case study of the Lublin Region, Poland)

Miscellanea Geographica

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The purpose of the work is to characterize the potential for the smart development of urban-rural communes of the Lublin Province as potential catalysts for...

The potential of smart development of urban-rural communes in peripheral region (a case study of the Lublin Region, Poland)

Published Online: Apr 30, 2019

Page range: 85 - 91

Received: Nov 16, 2018

Accepted: Mar 19, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0017

Keywords
concept, operacionalization of potential, the method of zero-state unitarisation, peripheral region, urban-rural communes

© 2019 Danuta Guzal-Dec, Magdalena Zwolińska-Ligaj, Łukasz Zbucki, published by Sciendo

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

The potential of smart development of urban-rural communes in peripheral region (a case study of the Lublin Region, Poland)

Published Online: Apr 30, 2019

Page range: 85 - 91

Received: Nov 16, 2018

Accepted: Mar 19, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0017

Keywordsconcept, operacionalization of potential, the method of zero-state unitarisation, peripheral region, urban-rural communes

© 2019 Danuta Guzal-Dec, Magdalena Zwolińska-Ligaj, Łukasz Zbucki, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
concept, operacionalization of potential, the method of zero-state unitarisation, peripheral region, urban-rural communes