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Deprywacja mieszkaniowa w Polsce na podstawie wybranych czynników
Housing Deprivation in Poland Based on Selected Factors

Author(s): Dorota Sikora-Fernandez
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Environmental Geography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: housing poverty; housing deprivation; housing conditions

Summary/Abstract: Housing deprivation (housing poverty) is defined as the accumulation of short-comings in basic housing conditions. Housing conditions in Poland, measured inter alia by such indicators as overpopulation of flats, lack of housing equipment in the basic technical infrastructure or their functional qualities, are among the worst in the European Union. An analysis of changes in the level of housing poverty in Poland is possible based on the study of housing conditions. For the purposes of the articles, factors related to the lack of basic infrastructure in apartments and economic factors were selected. The article is of a theoretical and empirical nature. Its purpose is to analyze the level of housing deprivation in Poland based on selected factors.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 103-116
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish