ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT CONVERGENCE OF PODKARPACKIE PROVINCE COMMUNES Cover Image

ANALIZA KONWERGENCJI ROZWOJU GMIN WOJEWÓDZTWA PODKARPACKIEGO
ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT CONVERGENCE OF PODKARPACKIE PROVINCE COMMUNES

Author(s): Marek Kiczek
Subject(s): Economy, Geography, Regional studies, Economic development
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: regional development; convergence; Hellwig method; podkarpackie province;

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the paper is to study the occurrence of the convergence effect of Podkarpackie Province communes economic development. The study divided the communes in urban, urban-rural and rural to define in which group of communes convergence effect showed greater rate. To realization such established purpose of this article it was necessary to determine the socio-economic development level of the analysed local government units. The method used in this paper is Hellwig synthetic development measurement. To analyse the indicator of the socio-economic development level applied sigma and beta convergence approach. This method takes into account a number an economic, social, technical and ecological variables. Research focuses on the period between 2007-2012.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 162-171
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish