The paper endeavours to present different conditionings of the process of development of rural areas in Poland during the period between the wars, i.e. 1918–1939. The author shows the ethnic population structure, as well as the socio-economic factors in ten individual provinces which have their equivalents on the map of contemporary Poland. The provinces of Poland which currently form the integral parts of such countries as Lithuania, Byelorussia or the Ukraine have not been taken into consideration. The differentiation within the analysed rural area (at the level of provinces) with regard to: the technical and social infrastructure, the level of ruralisation and agrarian structure, as well as the source of income has been presented. Additionally, the ethnic conditionings of such territorial layout resulting in diversity and even the disparities of development of infrastructure in Poland between the First and the Second World Wars have been pointed out. The carried out research confirms the higher level of socio-economic development of the western provinces of Poland between the wars, in comparison with other provinces, especially in terms of infrastructure. This results from the people’s mentality based mainly on the higher level of discipline and good organisation inherited from the German neighbourhood. Concluding, ...
The book concentrates on the issue of parametrical ordering and the levelof development with regard to the rural communes, at a regional scale. The aim ofthe work is to present the method, according to which the process of determiningthe degree of parametrical ordering of rural communes has been realised. Additionally,the author has described the procedure of grouping rural communes intoaggregated areas, as well as the method of mapping out the complex delimitationareas of different degrees. The practical dimension of the research focuses on theevaluation of the degree of ordering and the level of development of rural communesin the spirit of integrated order. The research area covered 127 rural communesof the Małopolska Province, assuming their administrative status on January1st 2006. The survey conducted confirmed the correctness of the assumedresearch hypothesis, presuming that the parametrical ordering of rural communesinfluences their socio-economic level of development and, consequently, affects theliving standard of local communities, constituting at the same time an integralelement of regional development. The parameters aggregation pace method(MKAP) presented in this book is a new and original method serving the evaluationof parametrical ordering of rural communes and enabling the description oftheir general and multi-aspect status. The proposed methodological attitude is alsoof prospective character, ...
