A Quantitative Picture of the Diversity of Technical Infrastructure in the Catchment Areas of Airports in Poland

Abstract

Recent years have brought a very extensive discussion on the definition of regional competitiveness and factors influencing the improvement of the competitive position. The problem of competitiveness is being discussed more and more widely in research on the regional and local economy. Its main factors include technical infrastructure. The aim of the analysis was to verify the differences in its level in districts located in the area of influence of airports in Bydgoszcz, Poznań and Wrocław in the future. Recently, many publications have been published in which researchers make an effort to identify the differences in infrastructure in the regions of the European Union. In the European literature, the lack of articles examining it in the areas of overlapping airport isochrones is particularly acute. The author decided to fill this gap by conducting research, a fragment of which is included in the text, and which is a continuation of previously published research. The research and forecasting tool was the medium-term rate of change method. The forecasts were prepared for the years 2022-2023. The results obtained from the analysis allowed to draw detailed conclusions.