<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This main aim of this study is the examination and discussion of a conceptual and theoretical model for Poland’s areas of strategic intervention. Following a review of the current strategic documents at national and regional levels, it is possible to propose two basic categories of areas of strategic intervention: 1) growth areas (territories with natural or socioeconomic properties particularly favourable for development); and 2)problem areas (territories with unfavourable features and socioeconomic and/or natural processes). Among the problem areas it is possible to distinguish three main types: the social, the economic and the natural, albeit with the possibility of applying an even more detailed typology that allows for combinations of these types. Scientific findings can be combined with the results of empirical research to encourage the proposal of a new method of delimiting areas of strategic intervention. The identification of growth areas is primarily based on expert knowledge, which is clearly qualitative. In turn, the processes by which problem areas are delimited is quantitative in nature, reflecting analyses of selected diagnostic indicators that take social, economic and natural issues into account. The results which were obtained relate to the concept of endogenous development, as well as the assumptions under pinning policies of territorial cohesion.</p></abstract>

This main aim of this study is the examination and discussion of a conceptual and theoretical model for Poland’s areas of strategic intervention. Following a review of the current strategic documents at national and regional levels, it is possible to propose two basic categories of areas of strategic intervention: 1) growth areas (territories with natural or socioeconomic properties particularly favourable for development); and 2)problem areas (territories with unfavourable features and socioeconomic and/or natural processes). Among the problem areas it is possible to distinguish three main types: the social, the economic and the natural, albeit with the possibility of applying an even more detailed typology that allows for combinations of these types. Scientific findings can be combined with the results of empirical research to encourage the proposal of a new method of delimiting areas of strategic intervention. The identification of growth areas is primarily based on expert knowledge, which is clearly qualitative. In turn, the processes by which problem areas are delimited is quantitative in nature, reflecting analyses of selected diagnostic indicators that take social, economic and natural issues into account. The results which were obtained relate to the concept of endogenous development, as well as the assumptions under pinning policies of territorial cohesion.

The delimitation of areas of strategic intervention in Poland: A methodological trial and its results

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences

Moravian Geographical Reports

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This main aim of this study is the examination and discussion of a conceptual and theoretical model for Poland’s areas of strategic intervention. Following a...

The delimitation of areas of strategic intervention in Poland: A methodological trial and its results

Published Online: Jul 04, 2018

Page range: 84 - 94

Received: Jul 04, 2017

Accepted: Apr 16, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2018-0007

Keywords
planning, strategic areas, growth areas, problem areas, Poland

© 2018 Jerzy Bański et al., published by Sciendo

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

The delimitation of areas of strategic intervention in Poland: A methodological trial and its results

Published Online: Jul 04, 2018

Page range: 84 - 94

Received: Jul 04, 2017

Accepted: Apr 16, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2018-0007

Keywordsplanning, strategic areas, growth areas, problem areas, Poland

© 2018 Jerzy Bański et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
planning, strategic areas, growth areas, problem areas, Poland