Delimitation of small and medium sized towns functional areas in the Lodz region Cover Image

Delimitacja obszarów funkcjonalnych małych i średnich miast w regionie łódzkim
Delimitation of small and medium sized towns functional areas in the Lodz region

Author(s): Bartosz Bartosiewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: small town; urban functional area; spatial linkages; the Łódź region

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the author is to delimitate functional areas of small and medium-sized towns in the Łódź region. The paper is part of the author’s larger research project which focuses on the problem of delimitation of small and medium-sized towns functional areas in Poland. An important element of the analyses, apart from their cognitive aspect, is a proposal of the own method of delimitation urban functional areas with the use of functional linkages. All the analyses have been conducted on the basis of 25 small and medium-sized towns in the Łódź voivodesh

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 25-37
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English, Polish