Problemy metodyczne oraz wyniki badań nad typologią funkcji obszarów wiejskich
Abstract
The aim of this article is to determine possibilities of
performing typology of rural areas from the viewpoint of functions
fulfilled by themThe analysis encompassed 288 rural administrative communes in
7 administrative provinces of Poland. The source materials come
mainly from data provided by the National Census in 1978. With
regard to some problems It was possible to present changes in
functions performed by administrative communes over the years
1950-1978.
The typology of these functions was performed on the basis of
data concerning, first of all, the rural population’s employment
and its sources of livelihood. Two approaches wore employed: a
more general and a more detailed approach. In the former case, the
share of population earning its living outside agriculture was
a criterion in distinguishing between functional types of communes.
This approach allowed to distinguish four functional types of
administrative communes.
In the latter case, a starting point was division of the
employed according to three economic sectors. There were distinguished
nine types of administrative communes with different
employment combinations.
The performed typology of rural areas revealed a very big differentiation
of their functions. A prevailing part of all rural
areas lost their agricultural character with a relatively greater
role played there by non-agricultural functions. Transformations
in functions performed by administrative communes were diversified
with regard to their character and dynamics. This led to very big
differentiation of rural areas both among administrative provinces
and primarily within them. This involves very important consequences
for provision of industrial goods and services for agriculture
and for the population inhabiting these regions (or
staying there temporarily). Such a situation calls, among others,
for application of different solution in the field of provision
of industrial and consumer goods and services for these regions.
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