<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The focus of this article is the study of centre–periphery intraregional development disparities using Poland's largest and most diversified Mazovia Province (Mazowieckie Voivodeship) as an example. The economic downfall of the Radom subregion, in comparison with the booming Warsaw agglomeration, clearly illustrates the polarisation of this province. A research question was if the location of the Radom subregion in Mazovia Province is a significant factor of its relative regression. In order to answer this question, selected development indicators of Mazovian subregions have been compared with their counterparts from surrounding provinces. Research results have shown that a subregion's location in a big and diversified province is a significant factor of intraregional centre-periphery development discrepancies.</p></abstract>

The focus of this article is the study of centre–periphery intraregional development disparities using Poland's largest and most diversified Mazovia Province (Mazowieckie Voivodeship) as an example. The economic downfall of the Radom subregion, in comparison with the booming Warsaw agglomeration, clearly illustrates the polarisation of this province. A research question was if the location of the Radom subregion in Mazovia Province is a significant factor of its relative regression. In order to answer this question, selected development indicators of Mazovian subregions have been compared with their counterparts from surrounding provinces. Research results have shown that a subregion's location in a big and diversified province is a significant factor of intraregional centre-periphery development discrepancies.

Factors of Divergence between Peripheral and Central Subregions: The Case of Mazovia Province, Poland

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies

Quaestiones Geographicae

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The focus of this article is the study of centre–periphery intraregional development disparities using Poland's largest and most diversified Mazovia Province...

Factors of Divergence between Peripheral and Central Subregions: The Case of Mazovia Province, Poland

Published Online: Dec 18, 2020

Page range: 39 - 51

Received: Jun 10, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2020-0031

Keywords
disparities, administrative division, regional development, peripheries, Poland

© 2020 Tomasz Zaborowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Factors of Divergence between Peripheral and Central Subregions: The Case of Mazovia Province, Poland

Published Online: Dec 18, 2020

Page range: 39 - 51

Received: Jun 10, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2020-0031

Keywordsdisparities, administrative division, regional development, peripheries, Poland

© 2020 Tomasz Zaborowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Keywords
disparities, administrative division, regional development, peripheries, Poland