The impact of EU Cohesion Policy on diffusion of development processes in the regional surroundings of large Polish cities Cover Image

Wpływ polityki spójności na dyfuzję procesów rozwojowych w otoczeniu dużych polskich miast
The impact of EU Cohesion Policy on diffusion of development processes in the regional surroundings of large Polish cities

Author(s): Maciej Smętkowski
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: Cohesion Policy; European Union; diffusion process; city-region relations; evaluation

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the evaluation of Cohesion Policy impacts on diffusion of development processes from cities to their regional hinterlands. We evaluated two things: a) the indicators illustrating metropolitan and regional concentration of population, enterprises, employers, and local governments revenues, and b) the impact of EU funds on the development of municipalities located in the surroundings of large cities (based on local governments survey results). For the first type of analysis, we delimitated the regional surroundings into two zones: metropolitan area and regional hinterlands (the former was only applicable in case of capital cities of voivodships). The outcome of the analysis in this dimension indicates a lack of any significant impact of Cohesion Policy on agglomeration processes in the analyzed spatial scales. However, the studies in the second dimension allow us to identify the thematic categories of public intervention that have the largest relative impact on spread effects from developing large cities to their regional surroundings.

  • Issue Year: 12/2011
  • Issue No: Spec.Iss.
  • Page Range: 123-154
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish