taksonomiczne wskaźniki przestrzennego zróżnicowania rozwoju powiatów
Taxonomic indicators of spatial diversification in development of Polish counties

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the spatial diversification in economic development of the Polish powiats (administrative spatial units of second degree) in the years 2002–2007. The variables considered in the research are as follows: gross capital assets per capita, investment outlays per capita, wages, and unemployment rates. Some taxonomic indicators based on distance in the Euclidean and in the city space were computed by means of the afore-mentioned variables. It follows from the analysis that the powiats typified by the highest level of development are the ones that before 1999 used to be capital towns of the previous administrative regions, as well as the ones that make part of huge agglomeration cities. The powiats located east of the Vistula river, and on agricultural areas are by far least developed. In the period under investigation the spatial diversification increased by little degree.

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