<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents the population problem of urban functional area around selected medium-sized cities in Poland and the Czech Republic. Research work refers to six cities (on the Polish side - Jelenia Góra, Legnica and Wałbrzych – located in Lower Silesia region; on the Czech side - Hradec Králové, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem). These core cities with suburban areas co-create the functional urban areas with varied demographic structure and development dynamics. In the analysed period, the population growth was observed only in Liberec. The largest total population among studied areas refers also to Liberec functional urban area. The population in suburban areas of the examined Polish and Czech cities is relatively younger than in the core cities. Functional approach for development of urban areas founding depart from perception of demographic problem and challenges only by prism of administrative borders becomes more important.</p></abstract>

The article presents the population problem of urban functional area around selected medium-sized cities in Poland and the Czech Republic. Research work refers to six cities (on the Polish side - Jelenia Góra, Legnica and Wałbrzych – located in Lower Silesia region; on the Czech side - Hradec Králové, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem). These core cities with suburban areas co-create the functional urban areas with varied demographic structure and development dynamics. In the analysed period, the population growth was observed only in Liberec. The largest total population among studied areas refers also to Liberec functional urban area. The population in suburban areas of the examined Polish and Czech cities is relatively younger than in the core cities. Functional approach for development of urban areas founding depart from perception of demographic problem and challenges only by prism of administrative borders becomes more important.

Demographic potential in functional areas of the selected medium-sized cities in Poland and the Czech Republic

Department of Regional Economy, Faculty of Economics, Management and Tourism

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The article presents the population problem of urban functional area around selected medium-sized cities in Poland and the Czech Republic. Research work refers...

Demographic potential in functional areas of the selected medium-sized cities in Poland and the Czech Republic

Published Online: Jun 26, 2017

Page range: 16 - 24

Received: Apr 12, 2017

Accepted: Jun 08, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geosc-2017-0002

Keywords
integrated territorial approach, ESPON, population, suburbanisation, Urban Audit, urban functional area, delimitation, urban development

© 2017 Marek Obrębalski, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Demographic potential in functional areas of the selected medium-sized cities in Poland and the Czech Republic

Published Online: Jun 26, 2017

Page range: 16 - 24

Received: Apr 12, 2017

Accepted: Jun 08, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geosc-2017-0002

Keywordsintegrated territorial approach, ESPON, population, suburbanisation, Urban Audit, urban functional area, delimitation, urban development

© 2017 Marek Obrębalski, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
integrated territorial approach, ESPON, population, suburbanisation, Urban Audit, urban functional area, delimitation, urban development