New towns in Poland

Over the last three decades, more than a hundred new towns have emerged in Poland. The paper concerns the characteristics of these towns. It also addresses transformation of the settlement pattern caused by the change of the towns’ formal-legal status. The paper also verifies the hypotheses aimed at...

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Main Author: Sokołowski Dariusz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń 2014-03-01
Series:Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2014-0010
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description Over the last three decades, more than a hundred new towns have emerged in Poland. The paper concerns the characteristics of these towns. It also addresses transformation of the settlement pattern caused by the change of the towns’ formal-legal status. The paper also verifies the hypotheses aimed at identifying the factors that contribute to the creation of new towns.
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spelling doaj-art-32489bbf6b084ae09df857fc302b929f2025-08-20T03:32:58ZengNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series1732-42542014-03-01232314916010.2478/bog-2014-0010New towns in PolandSokołowski Dariusz0Nicolaus Copernicus University, Faculty of Earth Science, Department of Spatial Management and Tourism, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; phone: +48 566 112 570Over the last three decades, more than a hundred new towns have emerged in Poland. The paper concerns the characteristics of these towns. It also addresses transformation of the settlement pattern caused by the change of the towns’ formal-legal status. The paper also verifies the hypotheses aimed at identifying the factors that contribute to the creation of new towns.https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2014-0010polandnew townsdegraded townstown privilegessettlement networkurban attributes
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poland
new towns
degraded towns
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settlement network
urban attributes
title New towns in Poland
title_full New towns in Poland
title_fullStr New towns in Poland
title_full_unstemmed New towns in Poland
title_short New towns in Poland
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topic poland
new towns
degraded towns
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settlement network
urban attributes
url https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2014-0010
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