Wybrane aspekty kurczenia się miast w Polsce
Selected aspects of the shrinking of cities in Poland

Summary/Abstract: One of the most important problems of the present development of many cities is the process of their shrinking. Shrinkage is a complex and varied phenomenon because of its multi-dimensional, multiscalar and multi-temporal character. The dynamics and range of this phenomenon bring a lot of negative consequences. The effects of city shrinkage are visible in cities in the context of social and demographic models, economic processes or spatial changes. The main issue in the paper is the shrinking of the cities in Poland. The paper presents selected demographic, economic and spatial aspects of cities with over 100,000 inhabitants. The study covered the period of 2000–2015.

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