The article is discussing about the communication availability of rural gminas in metropolitan areas. The survey includes analysis of the communication availability in Łódź Metropolitan Area. The communication availability of these local governments lets them to build the their competitiveness. The article is also presenting the level of socio-economic development of rural gminas of Łódź Met-ropolitan Area. The growth indicator was created with the taxonomical measure of development proposed by Hellwig. This method allows for lining local units up using the presented level of development. The next step is creating rankings of this measure which can be subject of in-depth analysis. According to assumptions of UE programs rural areas should develop as a whole multifunctional area. The infrastructure and multifunctional development affect on attraction of rural areas particularly in metropolitan areas. It refers both the communication availability of the gmina and providing with the appropriate service quality for local community. It must be combined with the widely comprehended technical infrastructure and institutional infrastructure. The method presented in the article, show the rural gminas with highest socio-economic development using the communication availability as one of measures of this aspect. The article is also an attempt at comparing rankings of the ...
In the present world information and knowledge are important elements ofthe local course of every stage of the civil service. Information delivered to localcommunity contributes to achieving a high local identity level. Development of informationfunction in gminas is being extorted by permanent progress in the scopeof the information and communication technologies (ICT). In local society, themost important way of holding information should be Internet. It is important becausemore and more households in rural area have opportunities to the access tothe Internet. Local society can use websites erected by local governments to disseminateinformation about functioning and action picked up in administrativedistricts to local actors. Transparent websites are becoming a source of informationas well as they let achieve the competitive edge above other gminas.An attempt of assessment of providing information by authorities and usefulnessof this information from a socio-economic development point of view isthe purpose of the paper. Building transparent and available websites for local societyis the important task for local governments, because well-informed societyparticipates in local life and in local undertaking picked up by authorities. This isimportant, especially in the rural gminas located in metropolitan areas which mustachieve the competitive edge above other gminas. The paper shows that that theinformation constituting ...
