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The article consists of two parts. Part one offers a diagnostic description of the current spatial-economic structure of Poland in which regions are divided into core and peripheral ones. The division rests on a systemic measure of the level of economic development, viz. the income potential / population potential ratio. Part two is an analysis of changes in Poland's spatial-economic structure over the years 1998-2008 where an attempt is made to determine how far those changes coincided with visions of the country's spatial structure presented in planning conceptions.

Transformation of Poland's Spatial-Economic Structure in the Years 1998-2008

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

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The article consists of two parts. Part one offers a diagnostic description of the current spatial-economic structure of Poland in which regions are divided...

Transformation of Poland's Spatial-Economic Structure in the Years 1998-2008

Published Online: Jun 21, 2012

Page range: 71 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10117-012-0020-x

Keywords
spatial-economic structure, core and peripheral regions, method of potential ratio, transformation of spatial structure, planning conceptions, Poland

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Transformation of Poland's Spatial-Economic Structure in the Years 1998-2008

Published Online: Jun 21, 2012

Page range: 71 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10117-012-0020-x

Keywordsspatial-economic structure, core and peripheral regions, method of potential ratio, transformation of spatial structure, planning conceptions, Poland

This content is open access.

Keywords
spatial-economic structure, core and peripheral regions, method of potential ratio, transformation of spatial structure, planning conceptions, Poland