Powstawanie miast w „strefach bezmiejskich”
Development of towns in 'non-urban' zones

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article was to clarify fundamental models for organizing urbanization process inside of ‘non-urban zones’ in Poland. This question is analyzed in the context of both urban-forming forces, the centripetal and centrifugal ones, and the phenomenon of the urbanity idea diffusion. Two basic models of urbanization in ‘non-urban’ zones has been underlined. The first one was based on mechanistic attributes, while the second one on the strong role of thermodynamic attributes (diffusion).

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