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Efekty redystrybucyjne zmian regionalnej dostępności transportowej
The Distributive Effects of Regional Transport Accessibility

Author(s): Piotr Rosik
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: accessibility; transport infrastructure; new economic geography

Summary/Abstract: Accessibility indicators can be defined to reflect both within-region transport infrastructure and infrastructure outside the region which affect the region (interregional infrastructure). The new geography models show that increase of accessibility may have no positive impact on poor regions development. The only regions on which it may have an effect are those which are rich or those situated on transport corridors. In countries like Poland transport infrastructure might be effective. However the main result of SASI model and IASON project is that socio-economic trends such as ageing of the population and increases of labour productivity have much stronger impact on cohesion indicators (GDP or employment) than regional transport accessibility.

  • Issue Year: 7/2006
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 65-82
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish