Title:

25 years after transformation: changes in spatial distribution of production activities in the case study of Wroclaw ; 25 years after transformation: changes in spatial distribution of production activities in the case study of Wroclaw

Subtitle:

Europa XXI 31 (2016)

Creator:

Barski, Jan ; Barski, Jacek ; Barski, Jan ; Barski, Jacek

Publisher:

IGiPZ PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2016

Description:

Każdy numer posiada własny tytuł.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

industry ; suburbanisation ; spatial distribution of activities

Abstract:

In the post-industrial, free-market economy, the ability of spatial planning to truly influence the location choices of business owners is limited, while the vast majority of means of production are in non-public hands. On top of that, coordinating spatial policies and decisions between administrative entities is a major challenge in numerous places in Europe. The aim of the paper is to assess the case of a medium-sized European city (Wroclaw, Poland) and its spatial management complication which has observable consequences for the spatial structure and economic functioning of the city. The paper examines the situation through the lens of production and manufacturing activities (with a cautious approach to the term ‘industry’). The case is analysed in two inseparable ways: spatial and economic; in parallel, the discussion is developed on the issue of the interconnection of policy-making in the metropolitan area (the city “vs.” its surrounding rural communes). The paper reviews the changes in employment in the subsequent sectors of the metropolitan area in within 25 years since the political transformation of Poland while keeping an eye on the physical and spatial changes of the aforementioned metropolitan area. The secondary output of the paper is outlining the suburbanisation processes of large Polish cities, however as seen not from the most frequently presented perspectives (such as housing or transportation) but from a more economy- and spatial responsibility-focused one.

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Relation:

Europa XXI

Volume:

31

Start page:

5

End page:

14

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

File size 1 MB ; application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

1429-7132 ; 10.7163/Eu21.2016.31.1

Source:

CBGiOŚ. IGiPZ PAN, call nos.: Cz.6406, Cz.6407 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Central Library of Geography and Environmental Protection. Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization PAS

Projects co-financed by:

European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure

Access:

Open