Przestrzenne zróżnicowanie województw Polski pod względem sytuacji społeczno-gospodarczej
Spatial differentiation of Polish voivodeships in terms of socio-economic situation

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of the study is to assess the socio-economic situation of Polish voivodeships and the identification of topological groups of voivodeships similar in terms of the studied phenomenon. The article presents two approaches. The first concerned the classification of voivodeships separately in social and economic terms. The linear ordering was carried out using the method of zeroed unitization. In the second approach voivodeships were divided into topological groups, similar in terms of both characteristics. In this case, the multi-criteria taxonomy was applied. The results of the study found that the voivodeships, well developed in economic terms, were characterized by unfavorable indicators of eg. demographic, health, crime and civic activity. A detailed analysis of the average level of diagnostic characteristic in each group made it possible to characterize the socio-economic situation in the surveyed voivodeships.

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