The Socio-Economic Development of Polish Regions

Abstract

The processes of socio-economic development appoint distinct spatial and structural diversities. The article presents analysis and evaluation of the socio-economic level of development of Polish regions in 2009 and 2013. For the realization of the purpose of research, 38 diagnostic features were used, which were systematized according to the following aspects: demography and the labour market, the level of social development, the level of economic development and the level of technical infrastructure development. By using the taxonomical Z. Hellwig method, prov-inces were grouped distinguishing regions of highest, high, low and lowest level of development. Adopting such an approach made it possible to identify changes, both negative and positive, in socio-economic development processes taking place in Polish provinces in the analysed years.