<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents the changes in urban population density in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in an area of approximately 20,000 km<sup>2</sup> in southern Poland, which includes close to 100 towns and cities with a population of almost 4.5 million (in 2011) and an urbanisation index over 70%. It is the most urbanised part of Poland and includes the Cracow agglomeration and the Upper Silesian conurbation. The analysis was performed using one of the statistical methods for estimating discrete distributions, the <italic>kernel function</italic> method. The conclusions served as a basis for the presentation of changes occurring in this area against the backdrop of political and economic transformation in Poland, as well as a scientific discussion concerning the state and future of the merging of these agglomerations in the light of the factors discussed.</p></abstract>

This paper presents the changes in urban population density in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in an area of approximately 20,000 km2 in southern Poland, which includes close to 100 towns and cities with a population of almost 4.5 million (in 2011) and an urbanisation index over 70%. It is the most urbanised part of Poland and includes the Cracow agglomeration and the Upper Silesian conurbation. The analysis was performed using one of the statistical methods for estimating discrete distributions, the kernel function method. The conclusions served as a basis for the presentation of changes occurring in this area against the backdrop of political and economic transformation in Poland, as well as a scientific discussion concerning the state and future of the merging of these agglomerations in the light of the factors discussed.

<bold>Changes in population</bold> density of the urban population in southern Poland in the period 1950-2011 against the background of political and economic transformation

Institute of Urban Geography and Tourism, Faculty of Geographical Sciences

Miscellanea Geographica

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 density of the urban population in southern Poland in the period 1950-2011 against the background of political and economic transformation

This paper presents the changes in urban population density in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in an area of approximately 20,000 km2 in southern...

Changes in population density of the urban population in southern Poland in the period 1950-2011 against the background of political and economic transformation

Published Online: Sep 29, 2017

Page range: 107 - 113

Received: Jul 01, 2016

Accepted: Jul 20, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0017

Keywords
Cracow, Silesia, population density, political transformation, Kernel function

© 2017 Iwona Jażdżewska, published by De Gruyter Open

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

Changes in population density of the urban population in southern Poland in the period 1950-2011 against the background of political and economic transformation

Published Online: Sep 29, 2017

Page range: 107 - 113

Received: Jul 01, 2016

Accepted: Jul 20, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0017

KeywordsCracow, Silesia, population density, political transformation, Kernel function

© 2017 Iwona Jażdżewska, published by De Gruyter Open

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

Keywords
Cracow, Silesia, population density, political transformation, Kernel function