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Rail Baltica – Development Perspective for Podlaskie Voivodship
Rail Baltica – Development Perspective for Podlaskie Voivodship

Author(s): Anna Busłowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: railways; regional development; infrastructure

Summary/Abstract: The development of the railway infrastructure can be one of the main factors creating regional development. Relationships at the level of market mechanisms, technical, structural changes, can lead to an increase in the productivity of the regional economy. The basis, in this regard, would be to improve the existing transport infrastructure, in particular routes of international importance. An example for that is the Rail Baltica railway, which may boost the development of the regions, including Podlasie. Therefore, the aim of this article is to identify and evaluate the impact of the development of the basic forms of rail infrastructure on regional development on the example of Rail Baltica route in Podlaskie voivodship. The analysis was made on the basis of available statistical data and literature. The article uses the hypothetical-deductive method of research.

  • Issue Year: 32/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 365-372
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English