Potencjał demograficzny obszarów funkcjonalnych wybranych miast średniej wielkości Polski i Republiki Czeskiej
Demographic potential of the functional areas of chosen medium-sized cities of Poland and the Czech Republic

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the population problem of urban functional area around chosen mediumsizedcities in Poland and Czech Republic. The research concentrates on 6 cities (on the Polish side – JeleniaGóra, Legnica and Wałbrzych – located in Lower Silesia region; on the Czech side – Hradec Králové, Liberecand Ústí nad Labem). These core cities with suburban areas co-create the functional urban areas witha varied demographic structure and development dynamics. In the analyzed period, the population growthwas observed only in Liberec. The largest total population among the studied areas refers also to Liberecfunctional urban area. The population in the suburban areas on the examined Polish and Czech cities arerelatively younger than in the core cities. The functional approach to the development of urban areas, whichassumes departing from the perception of problem and challenges only through the prism of administrativeborders is becoming more and more important.

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