Borough Development Dependent on Agricultural, Tourism, and Economy Levels

Abstract

The study addresses the problem of functional transformations covering rural and urban-rural municipalities in Lower Silesia voivodship, according to the adopted functional typology of municipalities. The division of municipalities into functional types is a continuation of the research conducted in 1996, 2005, and 2010. The year 2016 was adopted as the base year for comparison, using the same criteria for their classification: the level of industrialization, the structure of the economy, and the level of tourist infrastructure development. The statistical analysis carried out within the framework of the study covered changes in the municipalities’ proportions of particular functional types between 1996, 2005, and 2016 and also the impact assessment of the quality of agricultural area and unemployment rate in relation to the determined municipality type. In order to obtain the research results, the statistical analysis using Cochran’s Q test was, among others, performed to determine changes in the proportions of municipalities and also one-way analysis of variance between groups was conducted to establish the indicated correlations. In the case of obtaining a statistically significant result, paired comparisons were carried out (between the types of municipalities) using Hommel’s procedure. The conducted analysis confirmed the adopted research theses, i.e., in the studied period from 1996 to 2016, the majority of the analyzed regions lost their agricultural function in favor of the industrial function.

The National Parks in the Context of Tourist Function Development in Territorially Linked Municipalities in Poland

“…It is worth highlighting that research covering the problems of sustainable development in Central and Eastern European countries indicates an improvement of the situation in this area, even though it is still far from ideal [75]. It should, however, be recognized that Poland is on the right path towards sustainable development [76,77] despite changes in the way land is used [78].…”

The Actual Demand for the Elimination of Architectural Barriers among Senior Citizens in Poland

“…“The region of Lower Silesia is characterized both by the areas of growth and of depopulation. Unfavorable demographic changes affecting the Sudeten villages were observed throughout the entire post-war period [18,19,20,21,22,23]. A further depopulation of medium-sized towns in the Sudeten and in the Kłodzko Valley region is anticipated.…”

Building a Spatial Information System to Support the Development of Agriculture in Poland and Ukraine

“…The surveying management of rural areas covers all kinds of activities as well as technical and organisational measures which, taking into account local natural, economic, legal and social conditions, affect the organisation of agricultural production space, i.e., the part of the agricultural areas directly related to agricultural production. Agricultural production space is currently understood as a fragment of the natural landscape, including biological and technical components whose primary function is farming [24][25][26].…”