Ethnical diversity and regional development of eastern borderland regions in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia
Ethnic community ; European Union ; Frontier ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Poland ; Regional development
The paper deals with the problems of ethnic diversity of the regions (NUTS 3) belonging to Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, situated along the eastern borderland of the European Union. The ethnic factor, namely, influences in an important manner
in the years 2002-2007 and the Polish population forecast formulated in 2008). Despite their central locations within Poland, Łódzkie and Świętokrzyskie voivodships have experienced a decline in their natural increases per 1000 head of population since 2002
The paper presents a demographic analysis of Polish voivodships, with a focus on Łódzkie and Świętokrzyskie. The basis for the work was provided by statistics from the Central Statistical Office of Poland (e.g. as regards the population of Poland
Conflict ; Cooperation ; National park ; Poland ; Preventive measure ; Social conflict
of the oldest and most valuable mountainous parks in Poland, the second one - to the Wigry National Park - lowland and one of the youngest parks in Poland. - (BJ)
Europe ; European Union ; Indicator ; Infrastructure ; Poland ; Policy ; Transport
This paper presented results from the ESPON 1.2.1 Project, contained the conclusions end recommendations the point of view of Poland, especially from the development of infrastructure in the coming twenty years. Thus, the paper presents
: (a) a shorthand outline of the content of the Report ; (b) the main problems associated with the applied methods, source data and indicators ; (c) a general assessment of the policy recommendations ; (d) conclusions valid for Poland, originating from
Bulgaria ; Comparative study ; Poland ; Rural area ; Rural development
after Poland and Romania. This investigation is based on selected parameters, presented as normalized mean values. The study demonstrates significant differences between the planning regions in the level of funds from SAPARD Program in Bulgaria
. On the basis of this investigation on SAPARD Program implementation in Bulgaria and of the investigation conducted by Rudnicki (2006) for Poland, a comparison is made on the way the SAPARD funds are used in the two countries. - (BJ).
Central-East Europe ; Impact ; Industry ; Locality ; Poland ; Software ; Spatial distribution
The emergence of the software industry in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the uneven spatial distribution of the software industry in Poland needs an in-deepth explanation. Five main factors have been identified behind the emergence of foreign
behind localized growth in Poland is the relation of the founders with their previous place of ressidence, study and work. - (BJ)
This article offers a systematic analysis of the development of hypermarket chains in Poland, seeking rules and insights as regards the general location of such stores and their spatial diversity in Poland, as well as a prognosis regarding
of gaining market share in Poland through companies’ active adaptation of their strategies. The main source of information was a base detailing 377 hypermarkets. There are four identified growth stages: initial (to 1996), spreading (to 2001), concentration
Development ; Frontier region ; Poland ; Region ; Village
The paper deals with performance of the village of Janów Podlaski, a commune’s capital situated in the eastern frontier zone of Poland. The first part describes its socio-economic characteristics and significance for the surrounding localities
Central Europe ; Concept ; Europe ; Geopolitics ; Poland ; Political geography
The paper is dedicated to issues of geopolitical divisions of Europe. The A. attempts to determine the place of eastern Poland in these divisions. Special attention is put to dichotomy in the division of Europe (into the East and the West
Analyzing accessibility by transport mode in Warsaw, Poland
Accessibility ; Centrality ; Commuting ; Form of transport ; Journey to work ; Poland ; Urban area ; Urban function ; Urban structure ; Urban transport ; Warsaw
Classification ; Comparative study ; Czech Republic ; Human geography ; Internet ; Poland ; Slovak Republic ; University
This article has sought to rank centres of human geography in Poland on the basis of citations in the Web of Science bases. It thus discusses: the distribution to numbers of citations of Polish human geographers, the ranking of centres of human
geography on the basis of total numbers of citations and mean numbers per senior academic scholar, and the position of centres in Poland as these compare with counterparts in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. - (BJ)
Congress ; European integration ; Poland ; Teaching of geography
Large number of conferences concentrating on different ways of Geography teaching in context of Poland’s accession to the European Union, opportunities to participate in teachers’ training abroad (e.g. Comenius, Arion) and consequently getting
acquainted with teaching methods used in various European countries, allow to conduct detailed research, comparing effectiveness of geography teaching through different curricula. In Poland there are more than twenty schools authorized to provide
Czech Republic ; European integration ; Frontier region ; Germany ; Lithuania ; National park ; Poland ; Slovak Republic ; Tourism
presents and explains the amount of visitors in these areas. In Poland more than 8 million people visit twelve national parks adjacent to international borders each year (70% of the tourist flow in all national parks in the country). The type of border has
an important infl uence on the development of tourism. The Polish borders with Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania after Poland’s accession to the European Union and to the Schengen Zone are changing their status, and come to existence
Geographical periodical ; Information ; Poland ; Société de géographie ; Years 1910-19 ; Years 1920-29
At the time of its inception in 1918, (the Geographical Review) was the scientific journal of a newly established Polish Geographical Society (Polskoie Towarzystwo Geograficzne) in a newly independent Poland. The first edditor was Ludomir Sawicki
, Jan Szupryczynski, and Zbigniew Taylor. Przeglad Geograficzny established its own line, becoming Poland's leading geographical journal and retaining close links with the Polish academy of Sciences Warsaw based Institute of Geography - (BJ).