<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Dzierżoniów’s residents definitely represent one of its most valuable resources. Its development and improvement of the generally approached life quality depends on their involvement in solving social and economic problems, their entrepreneurship and creativity. It should also be emphasized that the vast majority of surveyed residents are in favour of their city development. This phenomenon is based on the principle of mutual dependencies, i.e. the better the city functioning, the better living the conditions provided for its residents. On the other hand, the more active and involved the residents are the more effective is their support for the city development (e.g. by their involvement in NGOs’ activities). The presented article was prepared based on the survey studies ordered by Dzierżoniów’s Town Office and conducted in the period July–August 2013 which covered, among others, the city residents (422 respondents). The research was carried out within the framework of one of the stages in developing Dzierżoniów’s Local Sustainable Development Strategy for the period 2014-2020. The purpose of the study is to discuss and assess the selected functional areas of Dzierżoniów Town (geographic environment, economy, technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, city management) based on its residents’ opinions.</p></abstract>

Dzierżoniów’s residents definitely represent one of its most valuable resources. Its development and improvement of the generally approached life quality depends on their involvement in solving social and economic problems, their entrepreneurship and creativity. It should also be emphasized that the vast majority of surveyed residents are in favour of their city development. This phenomenon is based on the principle of mutual dependencies, i.e. the better the city functioning, the better living the conditions provided for its residents. On the other hand, the more active and involved the residents are the more effective is their support for the city development (e.g. by their involvement in NGOs’ activities). The presented article was prepared based on the survey studies ordered by Dzierżoniów’s Town Office and conducted in the period July–August 2013 which covered, among others, the city residents (422 respondents). The research was carried out within the framework of one of the stages in developing Dzierżoniów’s Local Sustainable Development Strategy for the period 2014-2020. The purpose of the study is to discuss and assess the selected functional areas of Dzierżoniów Town (geographic environment, economy, technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, city management) based on its residents’ opinions.

Dzierżoniów Town in the eyes of its residents – a study report

Wrocław University of Economics, Faculty of Economy, Management and Tourism in Jelenia Góra, 3 Nowowiejska Street, 58 – 500 Jelenia Góra, Poland

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Dzierżoniów’s residents definitely represent one of its most valuable resources. Its development and improvement of the generally approached life quality...

Dzierżoniów Town in the eyes of its residents – a study report

Publié en ligne: 13 janv. 2016

Pages: 47 - 55

Reçu: 02 nov. 2015

Accepté: 01 déc. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geosc-2015-0005

Mots clés
local development, Dzierżoniów, local community, city development strategy

© 2015 Andrzej Raszkowski, published by De Gruyter Open

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

Dzierżoniów Town in the eyes of its residents – a study report

Publié en ligne: 13 janv. 2016

Pages: 47 - 55

Reçu: 02 nov. 2015

Accepté: 01 déc. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geosc-2015-0005

Mots cléslocal development, Dzierżoniów, local community, city development strategy

© 2015 Andrzej Raszkowski, published by De Gruyter Open

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

Mots clés
local development, Dzierżoniów, local community, city development strategy