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<p>The work detailed here seeks to recognise features by which areas that can be deemed peri-urban differ from both city and countryside, to the extent that a separate specific identity for them can be discerned. The recognised features made it possible to identify the extent of the peri-urban area. The wealth of relevant literature is first considered, and this is seen to relate to the spatial side and to definition on the one hand, and to ongoing socio-economic processes on the other. Several Polish cities are then selected as the authors seek to discuss indicators useful in determining the spatial scope of the said peri-urban zones. The work proceeds on the assumption that these represent a real component of an urban-rural continuum characterised by reduced diversity and intensity of social and economic phenomena with steadily-increasing distance from the limits of a city in the direction of “traditional” rural areas.</p>
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The work detailed here seeks to recognise features by which areas that can be deemed peri-urban differ from both city and countryside, to the extent that a separate specific identity for them can be discerned. The recognised features made it possible to identify the extent of the peri-urban area. The wealth of relevant literature is first considered, and this is seen to relate to the spatial side and to definition on the one hand, and to ongoing socio-economic processes on the other. Several Polish cities are then selected as the authors seek to discuss indicators useful in determining the spatial scope of the said peri-urban zones. The work proceeds on the assumption that these represent a real component of an urban-rural continuum characterised by reduced diversity and intensity of social and economic phenomena with steadily-increasing distance from the limits of a city in the direction of “traditional” rural areas.

Identification of the spatial extent of the peri-urban area: The case of three cities in Poland

Moravian Geographical Reports

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The work detailed here seeks to recognise features by which areas that can be deemed peri-urban differ from both city and countryside, to the extent that a...

Identification of the spatial extent of the peri-urban area: The case of three cities in Poland

Published Online: Oct 06, 2023

Page range: 165 - 173

Received: May 18, 2023

Accepted: Sep 07, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2023-0015

Keywords
peri-urban area, countryside, town, urban-rural relationships, Poland

© 2023 Jerzy Bański et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Identification of the spatial extent of the peri-urban area: The case of three cities in Poland

Published Online: Oct 06, 2023

Page range: 165 - 173

Received: May 18, 2023

Accepted: Sep 07, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2023-0015

Keywordsperi-urban area, countryside, town, urban-rural relationships, Poland

© 2023 Jerzy Bański et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
peri-urban area, countryside, town, urban-rural relationships, Poland