Zróżnicowanie rozwoju społeczno-gospodarczego powiatów województwa świętokrzyskiego
Diversification of the level of socio-economic development of powiats in Świętokrzyskie voivodship

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to diagnose and evaluate the diversification of socio-economic development of powiats of Świętokrzyskie voivodship and to indicate groups of powiats with comparable levels of development. The research was conducted for the years 2010 and 2015. The indicators applied are systematised into the following areas: demographics and labour market, social potential, economic structure of a powiat, technical infrastructure, condition and protection of the natural environment. Hellwig's method of development pattern was employed to make synthetic evaluation of socio-economic development of powiats and Ward’s clustering method was used to identify groups of powiats similar in terms of the studied phenomenon. The analysis enabled to identify powiats with the highest, high, low and lowest levels of development.

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