The Level of Technical Infrastructure in the Opole Region as a Determinant of the Deyelopment and Competitiveness of Rural Areas

• Autorzy: Dariusz Rajchel , Sabina Kauf
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Developing and increasing the competitiveness of rural areas has become crucially important in recent years from the point of view of both environmental protection and making use of materiał resources. One of the important, if not most important, factors determining the level of local development is infrastructure [Parysek, 1997, 105], The level of development of infrastructure not only influences the living standards of a given region, but is also an indicator of the level of economic development. Technical infrastructure of an appropriate form and level is one of the basie factors in attracting new investors, both domestic and foreign. This is turn determines the growth and development of economic activity in an area. It should be added that the following are taken to be elements of the technical infrastructure: the road and transport network, the communication system, supply of water, gas and energy, as well as technical devices serving the shaping and protection of the natural environment [Drobek, 1999, 81]. The current importance of this subject, together with the increasing importance of the development of infrastructure induced the authors to attempt to indicate the influence of the level of infrastructure on the development of rural centres on the basis of changes that are taking place in the Opole powiat. It is also pointed out that large towns and cities are characterised by a higher level of innovation than rural settlements. This means that large towns and cities play the role of chains introducing new Solutions resulting from European Union programmes and regulations to the surrounding rural area. The influence of technical infrastructure on the change in the number of business units in the countryside of the Opole powiat between 1995 and 2001 is also analysed. A business unit is defined to be an organisation involved in production or providing services in order to make a profit. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Rural development; Rural areas policy; Rural infrastructure

PL

Rozwój obszarów wiejskich; Polityka wobec obszarów wiejskich; Infrastruktura wsi

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2004
• Numer: Vol. 6
• Strony: 137--151

Twórcy

autor

Dariusz Rajchel

• University of Opole, Poland

autor

Sabina Kauf

• University of Opole, Poland

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