Object structure
Title:

Economic effects of increasing concentration of population and economic activity on different geographical scales

Creator:

Adamowicz, Mieczysław

Publisher:

Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2011

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

economic geography ; territorial development ; economic concentration ; demographic density ; urbanization ; regional integration

Abstract:

The paper discusses development problems and challenges posed by the increasing concentration of population and economic activity on the international, national, regional and local scale. The processes of urbanization and concentration of population and economic activity in development centers and, especially, large cities progress dynamically until the moment that the income per head reaches the level of about USD 3,500. Then, they slow down and spread into the neighboring areas. Demographic concentration is faster than economic concentration and the pace and scale of convergence processes vary. The convergence of consumption indicators takes place faster than the convergence of any other economic development indicators, and the convergence of the standards of living as well as the concentration of economic activity occur most swiftly on the local scale. In step with economic growth location becomes less crucial for households but more and more important for businesses. A suitable instrument for measuring demographic and economic densities is the agglomeration index.

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Relation:

Wieś i Rolnictwo

Issue:

4 (153)

Start page:

41

End page:

60

Resource type:

Text

Resource Identifier:

doi:10.53098/wir.2011.4.153/05 ; 0137-1673 (print); 2657-5213 (on-line)

Source:

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Language:

pl

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license, full text available at:

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Rural and Agriculture Development of the PAS

Projects co-financed by:

"Development of scientific journals" program - Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project number RCN/SP/0473/2021/1)

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