Polish Cities and Metropolisation Processes
Polish Cities and Metropolisation Processes
Author(s): Bohdan JałowieckiSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: metropolisation; cities; metropolitan network
Summary/Abstract: Metropolisation is one of the most dynamic processes of contemporary world, changing the existing settlement patterns and creating new relations between large cities. In the recent years, metropolisation has also come to include Central and Eastern European countries. The paper looks at the role of these countries in the European metropolitan network, and describes the process of the emergence of Polish metropolises, in addition to their social and spatial transformation.
Journal: Studia Regionalne i Lokalne
- Issue Year: 7/2006
- Issue No: Spec.Iss.
- Page Range: 75-84
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
