<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Since the 1990s, large urban agglomerations in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have shown highly dynamic functional and spatial changes resulting from the transformation of their political systems. The aim of this study is to present differences in social, economic and environmental living conditions among the communes of a single agglomeration. This, in turn, allows a discussion, in the first place, of local factors, assuming that national and regional conditions in a given area are uniform. The study focused on the agglomeration of Poznań, which consists of the city of Poznań and 17 surrounding communes (Polish: gmina) forming the district, or ‘poviat’ (Polish: powiat) of Poznań. The analysis of variations in living conditions uses a set of nine indicators reflecting the local level of development in social, economic and environmental terms. The results lead to the conclusion that the development of urbanisation processes in suburban areas over the past 20 years has had a significant share in improving the living conditions of their inhabitants. In some communes they are, in fact, better than in the central city of Poznań</p></abstract>

Since the 1990s, large urban agglomerations in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have shown highly dynamic functional and spatial changes resulting from the transformation of their political systems. The aim of this study is to present differences in social, economic and environmental living conditions among the communes of a single agglomeration. This, in turn, allows a discussion, in the first place, of local factors, assuming that national and regional conditions in a given area are uniform. The study focused on the agglomeration of Poznań, which consists of the city of Poznań and 17 surrounding communes (Polish: gmina) forming the district, or ‘poviat’ (Polish: powiat) of Poznań. The analysis of variations in living conditions uses a set of nine indicators reflecting the local level of development in social, economic and environmental terms. The results lead to the conclusion that the development of urbanisation processes in suburban areas over the past 20 years has had a significant share in improving the living conditions of their inhabitants. In some communes they are, in fact, better than in the central city of Poznań

Determinants of the Quality of Life in the Communes of the Poznań Agglomeration: A Quantitative Approach

Institute of Physical Geography and Environmental Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Since the 1990s, large urban agglomerations in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have shown highly dynamic functional and spatial changes resulting...

Determinants of the Quality of Life in the Communes of the Poznań Agglomeration: A Quantitative Approach

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 67 - 80

Received: Sep 13, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0050

Keywords
quality of life, Poznań agglomeration, sustainable development

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

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Determinants of the Quality of Life in the Communes of the Poznań Agglomeration: A Quantitative Approach

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 67 - 80

Received: Sep 13, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0050

Keywordsquality of life, Poznań agglomeration, sustainable development

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

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

Keywords
quality of life, Poznań agglomeration, sustainable development