Small Towns as Local Economic Centres in Rural Areas

• Autorzy: Krystian Heffner , Brygida Solga
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Small towns play an important role in development of surrounding rural areas. Irrespectively of their size and the functional type of the centre, they integrate with their neighbourhood creating local economic zones. However, the integration indices are diversified for individual towns, and in particular, for various units participating in labour force, money, goods and services flows, i.e. non-agricultural and agricultural households, businesses and farms. An analysis of the economic behaviour of inhabitants of towns and of their rural surroundings, as well as of models of economic functioning of businesses, is of a great importance for evaluating the scope of integration of towns with their rural neighbourhood and for determining directions of local development. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

City; Rural areas; Local development

PL

Miasto; Obszary wiejskie; Rozwój lokalny

• Czasopismo: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Rocznik: 2006
• Numer: No. 6
• Strony: 77--87

Twórcy

autor

Krystian Heffner

• Silesian Institute in Opole; Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

autor

Brygida Solga

• Technical University of Opole, Poland

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