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<p>Most of the academic literature indicates that high administrative status positively influences the development of a city, while the loss of such status leads to marginalisation. Most of these studies, however, investigated national capitals, and relatively little research has analysed the effect of a change in status at lower levels of government. Poland is an obvious subject for such research, due to the recent extensive reforms of its system of territorial government. This article presents the recent dynamics of socio-economic development in Polish cities and their relation to whether a city maintained or lost its status as a regional capital. These results enable us to identify correlations between the dynamics of socio-economic development and the status of a city. The nature of these correlations is more ambiguous than the results presented in previous studies. The findings of this study give new insight into the effect of changes in a city’s administrative status.</p>
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Most of the academic literature indicates that high administrative status positively influences the development of a city, while the loss of such status leads to marginalisation. Most of these studies, however, investigated national capitals, and relatively little research has analysed the effect of a change in status at lower levels of government. Poland is an obvious subject for such research, due to the recent extensive reforms of its system of territorial government. This article presents the recent dynamics of socio-economic development in Polish cities and their relation to whether a city maintained or lost its status as a regional capital. These results enable us to identify correlations between the dynamics of socio-economic development and the status of a city. The nature of these correlations is more ambiguous than the results presented in previous studies. The findings of this study give new insight into the effect of changes in a city’s administrative status.

The influence of administrative status on the trajectory of socio-economic changes: A case study of Polish cities

Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Department of Mechanics of Structures and Urban Engineering

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Most of the academic literature indicates that high administrative status positively influences the development of a city, while the loss of such status leads...

The influence of administrative status on the trajectory of socio-economic changes: A case study of Polish cities

Published Online: Oct 15, 2022

Page range: 179 - 191

Received: Mar 19, 2022

Accepted: Sep 20, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2022-0012

Keywords
administrative status, level of socio-economic development of cities, territorial reform, Poland

© 2022 Katarzyna Przybyła et al., published by Sciendo

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

The influence of administrative status on the trajectory of socio-economic changes: A case study of Polish cities

Published Online: Oct 15, 2022

Page range: 179 - 191

Received: Mar 19, 2022

Accepted: Sep 20, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2022-0012

Keywordsadministrative status, level of socio-economic development of cities, territorial reform, Poland

© 2022 Katarzyna Przybyła et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
administrative status, level of socio-economic development of cities, territorial reform, Poland