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This article examines the growth of the labour market and entrepreneurship in a metropolitan area. In particular, the study attempts to answer how the economy of the rural regions is developing in the hinterland of a large urban complex in Southern Poland, which is transforming from a post-industrial conurbation into a metropolitan area. The study applied Florence’s local specialization index, statistical measures, dynamics indexes, and Pearson’s correlation index. The research results show that the local economy, including the labour market, is systematically growing. Rural communes refer to multifunctional development based on services, and they represent diverse economic specializations. They are subject to economies of scale and benefit from the proximity and impact of a large urban complex. The economic growth of rural areas in the hinterland is related to entrepreneurship, convenient location in relation to cities, and migration from cities to villages.
Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko; Marlena Dyszy. Dynamic Villages in the Hinterland of a Polycentric Region: Case Study of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis in Poland. Land 2021, 10, 779 .
AMA StyleElżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko, Marlena Dyszy. Dynamic Villages in the Hinterland of a Polycentric Region: Case Study of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis in Poland. Land. 2021; 10 (8):779.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko; Marlena Dyszy. 2021. "Dynamic Villages in the Hinterland of a Polycentric Region: Case Study of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis in Poland." Land 10, no. 8: 779.
Brownfields are remnants of the functional and spatial transformations of urban areas in Poland. They are particularly abundant in old industrial districts, based on coal mining and metallurgy. The aim of this study is to identify the transformation directions and functional changes of brownfields in the former Upper Silesian Industrial Region in southern Poland, which has evolved into the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis (GZM) through the process of socio-economic transformation. The study makes use of the χ2 test of independence and Cramer’s V as a post-test, and the method of in-depth interviews. The results indicate that the most popular new functions of post-industrial sites are production and services. When we consider large brownfields such as, in particular, disused mine dumps, dumping sites, settling ponds and workings, the most popular new form of land use is green spaces. Moreover, the study shows that the size of brownfields impacts their new forms of land use.
Sławomir Pytel; Sławomir Sitek; Marta Chmielewska; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko; Anna Runge; Julita Markiewicz-Patkowska. Transformation Directions of Brownfields: The Case of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2075 .
AMA StyleSławomir Pytel, Sławomir Sitek, Marta Chmielewska, Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko, Anna Runge, Julita Markiewicz-Patkowska. Transformation Directions of Brownfields: The Case of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):2075.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSławomir Pytel; Sławomir Sitek; Marta Chmielewska; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko; Anna Runge; Julita Markiewicz-Patkowska. 2021. "Transformation Directions of Brownfields: The Case of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2075.
Obszary wiejskie w zapleczu dużych miast podlegają silnym procesom migracyjnym. To powoduje różne konsekwencje przestrzenne i funkcjonalne, w tym tworzenie się nowych stref oddziaływania na styku miast i wsi. Celem pracy jest wskazanie miast, które wytworzyły własne strefy wpływu migracyjnego na obszarach wiejskich w Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowskiej Metropolii (GZM). Badanie opiera się na wielkości i kierunkach migracji w latach 2002–2017. Najsilniejszej presji migracyjnej podlegają gminy wiejskie, które graniczą z większymi miastami. W regionie policentrycznym strefy oddziaływania miast są zróżnicowane i nakładają się wzajemnie. Miasta oddziałują na obszary wiejskie w różnych kierunkach.
Marlena Dyszy; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko. Strefy wpływu miast a migracje ludności w regionie policentrycznym. Konwersatorium Wiedzy o Mieście 2020, 33, 101 -114.
AMA StyleMarlena Dyszy, Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko. Strefy wpływu miast a migracje ludności w regionie policentrycznym. Konwersatorium Wiedzy o Mieście. 2020; 33 (5):101-114.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarlena Dyszy; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko. 2020. "Strefy wpływu miast a migracje ludności w regionie policentrycznym." Konwersatorium Wiedzy o Mieście 33, no. 5: 101-114.
The paper discusses the emergence of a new regional network of connectivities in the area of advanced producer services in a formerly industrial region in southern Poland. Changes in the region’s job market and the influx of foreign firm centers suggest the presence of globalization processes in the economy. Advanced producer service companies tend to cluster around the regional capital of Katowice and use the city as a gateway to other parts of the studied region. This process leads to the replacement of jobs characterized by lower qualifications with jobs requiring more advanced knowledge, new technologies, and a variety of forms of innovation. International economic networks play an increasingly large role in the entrenchment of economic globalization in the Górnośląsko-Zagłebiowska Metropolis, which has helped the city join other Polish cities in the classification of the World Cities Research Network.
Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko. Role of Advanced Producer Services Shaping Globalization Processes in a Post-Industrial Region: The Case of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis. Sustainability 2020, 13, 211 .
AMA StyleElżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko. Role of Advanced Producer Services Shaping Globalization Processes in a Post-Industrial Region: The Case of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis. Sustainability. 2020; 13 (1):211.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko. 2020. "Role of Advanced Producer Services Shaping Globalization Processes in a Post-Industrial Region: The Case of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis." Sustainability 13, no. 1: 211.
In its methodological context, the article, expands on the idea of the organization of the “Silesia” superstructure. The idea of establishing a common urban organism emerged with the local governments of the Upper Silesian conurbation cities and was dictated by the need to find a way to change the traditional image of the Silesian region and its post-industrial role in the economic space of the country, as well as Europe. Therefore, in 2009, the Metropolitan Association of Upper- Silesia, an association for the initial institutionalization of “Silesia”, was registered, because “Silesia” does not hold any administrative or legal force. Such an organizational “revolution” of the Upper Silesian conurbation initiated a wide social debate, in which the arguments of both supporters and opponents of such an enterprise in the Silesian region became apparent, together with misunderstandings related to the term “metropolis”, and the idea of establishing “Silesia”. Representatives of local governments chose the more prestigious term “metropolis” as if a complex metropolisation had taken place in the Upper Silesian conurbation. It would be adequate, however, to look only for the first features of metropolitan functions in this de-industrialized and restructured region, which are going to shape the longlasting metropolisation process under the influence of globalisation.
Alicja Szajnowska-Wysocka; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko. The Upper-Silesian conurbation on the path towards the “Silesia” metropolis. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 2013, 21, 111 -124.
AMA StyleAlicja Szajnowska-Wysocka, Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko. The Upper-Silesian conurbation on the path towards the “Silesia” metropolis. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series. 2013; 21 (21):111-124.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlicja Szajnowska-Wysocka; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko. 2013. "The Upper-Silesian conurbation on the path towards the “Silesia” metropolis." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 21, no. 21: 111-124.
Role of Services in the Economies of Small Towns of Silesia Region and Wielkopolskie Voivodehip The main aim of the article is to determine the role of services in the economies of small towns of Silesia and Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) regions. It will be achieved through the following steps: (A) characteristic of the set of towns under study, (B) determination of the share of services in their economies, and (C) description of their level of service development. The analysis rests on two criteria employed at each stage of the research: (a) that of location, which embraces the voivodships: Dolnośląskie, Opolskie, Śląskie (Silesia region) and Wielkopolskie voivodship and (b) that of size, with three classes of small towns distinguished: up to 5 thousand, 5-10 thousand, and 10-20 thousand population.
Barbara Konecka-Szydłowska; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko; Robert Szmytkie. Role of Services in the Economies of Small Towns of Silesia Region and Wielkopolskie Voivodehip. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 2010, 14, 51 -62.
AMA StyleBarbara Konecka-Szydłowska, Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko, Robert Szmytkie. Role of Services in the Economies of Small Towns of Silesia Region and Wielkopolskie Voivodehip. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series. 2010; 14 (14):51-62.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbara Konecka-Szydłowska; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko; Robert Szmytkie. 2010. "Role of Services in the Economies of Small Towns of Silesia Region and Wielkopolskie Voivodehip." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 14, no. 14: 51-62.