Gordian knots of the regional development in Eastern Poland
Gordian knots of the regional development in Eastern Poland

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to identify the main problems of regional development based on the example of Eastern Poland. These problems create different cooperating negative systems, known by popular metaphor as the Gordian knots. Here three basic types of these knots are distinguished, including sectoral, structural and spatial ones. The strengthening of the Gordian knots and their cooperation reduces the effectiveness of the allocation of the structural assistance of the European Union in the discussed part of the country. Therefore, an attempt at the identification of the most important knots and a description of their action in the three mentioned systems are justified. The morphological description of the knots is the basis for the choice of the fields of increased regional policy interventions, eliminating or neutralizing complicated tangles of development problems.

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