Transformation of Rural Areas with High Urban Impact: the Example of the Largest Cities in the Warmia and Mazury Region

Abstract

The paper discusses rural transformations resulting from urban influences. The analyzed area consists of rural municipalities (the smallest administrative units in Poland) in the immediate vicinity of Olsztyn, Elblag and Ełk – the largest cities in Warmia and Mazury. The type and rate of social and spatial changes in rural areas with high urban impact were analyzed. The following issues have been addressed: – a comparison between demographic changes in rural municipalities neighboring on urban centres and demographic changes in the city, – changes in the land use structure of rural municipalities neighboring on urban centers, with particular emphasis on open and protected spaces, – architectural changes in the analyzed suburban areas, – landscape changes in the analyzed suburban areas.

Spatial and Temporal Measurement of the Interaction between the County Economy and Rural Transformation in Xinjiang, China

“…The transformation of production function, spatial consumption, and the commercialization of rural space have also become modes of rural transformation [10][11][12] that produce different results within the spatial transformation of the regional economy [13]. This process has undergone a transition from industrialization to deindustrialization, showing the characteristics of prosperity or decline in different eras [14] as well as changes in time and space with urban life [15]. The social and economic output in the process of rural transformation is released into the market and participates in the development of the regional economy as a new capital element.…”