The European Union is actively promoting the idea of “smart villages”. The increased uptake
of new technology and in particular, the use of the internet, is seen as a vital part of …

Since the Second World War, Poland has been undergoing an intensive process of
transformation of the economic structure of rural areas, manifested, among other things, in …

The aim of the research was to identify functional changes of villages in peripheral area of
Kłodzko County in the Sudetes Mountains in southwestern Poland. The study area has for …

The article presents the main topics and evolution of scholars' views on the impact of
demographic phenomena and processes on broadly understood local development in …

Entrepreneurs in peripheral areas need to fully utilize a multidimensional regional
environment in order to reduce regional innovation gaps. To gain a deeper theoretical and …

The economic emigration of young people from rural areas in Poland, and in particular the
emigration of young medical personnel, is a relatively little-recognized phenomenon. What …

Purpose: The resources of labor and endogenous capital in these communes are shrinking
due to wash-out effects. The aim of the article is an attempt to identify demographic factors …

Out-migration and the resulting depopulation are currently one of the distinct problems
worldwide. The aim of this research was to evaluate the influence of environmental factors …

erms such as “village”,“rural area”, and “rural people” are commonly used, categories used
in research, however these are often ambiguous concepts poorly understood and defined. In …

The balance of internal migration within Polish rural areas is close to zero, however an
analysis of spatial differentiation of migration processes reveals an interesting trend. Certain …