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FUNCTIONAL AND SPATIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF TOWNS IN A TRADITIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC REGION –A THEORETICAL APPROACH

Author(s): Jerzy Runge
Subject(s): Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: complex settlement system; circular model of economic changes and urbanization; economic base; centripetal and centrifugal forces; Silesian Voivodeship

Summary/Abstract: The first goal of the study is to outline the current state of knowledge on functional-spatial transformations of complex settlement systems, especially those existing in traditional socio-economic regions. The second task is to propose a few model approaches (circular models of economic transformations and urbanization). The author’s starting point is an attempt to model the origin and evolution of the economic base as a crucial element of the remaining changes in the socio-economic space. A model of economic changes and urbanization are complementary to each other, reflecting both the centripetal and centrifugal forces conditioning transformation of the entire settlement system.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 22-33
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English, Polish
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