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Intensity of agricultural production organisation in Poland

open access: yesRozwój Regionalny i Polityka Regionalna, 2014
This article presents changes in the intensity of agricultural production organisation that have taken place after Poland’s accession to the European Union.
Anna Kołodziejczak, Maria Kawińska
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SPAG: A New Measure of Spatial Agglomeration. Theoretical Background and Empirical Examples1

open access: yesQuaestiones Geographicae, 2018
Kopczewska (2017) proposed a new empirical measure of spatial agglomeration (SPAG) of economic activity based on geolocations of firms. The aim of the paper is to introduce theoretical backgrounds of SPAG. The measure is a product of two random variables
Kossowski Tomasz, Hauke Jan
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What works and what does not work in local entrepreneurship support policy?

open access: yesEntrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2023
Objective: The article aims to determine the influence of specific entrepreneurship support instruments in each type of municipality on the increase entrepreneurship level as measured by the number of newly established companies in the area.
Jacek Rodzinka   +3 more
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Methodological Triangulation In Movement Pattern Research

open access: yesQuaestiones Geographicae, 2015
The application of GIS and GPS methods together with qualitative sociological methods is one of the current fields of discussion in studies of human behaviour in space.
Kotus Jacek, Rzeszewski Michał
doaj   +1 more source

An evaluation of urbanisation processes in suburban zones using land-cover data and fuzzy set theory

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2021
The aim of this article was to evaluate urbanisation processes in space using the CORINE Land Cover (CLC) databases. The study was conducted in the rural municipality of Dywity in the direct vicinity of the city of Olsztyn. Basic concepts and methods for
Cieślak Iwona, Górecka Kamila
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City image based on mental maps — the case study of Szczecin (Poland)

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2019
Perception of space is an especially important part of research on urban fabric. The perception of a city is strongly correlated not only with a specific time and place but, first and foremost, with surveyed populations who, apart from having varying ...
Osóch Barbara, Czaplińska Anna
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping Lightscapes: Spatial Patterning of Artificial Lighting in an Urban Landscape [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Artificial lighting is strongly associated with urbanisation and is increasing in its extent, brightness and spectral range. Changes in urban lighting have both positive and negative effects on city performance, yet little is known about how its ...
Davies, Gemma   +5 more
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Evaluating the Efficiency of Municipal Solid Waste Collection Services in Developing Countries: The Case of Chile

open access: yesSustainability, 2022
Due to the increasing volume of waste and the increasingly complex administration of its collection and disposal, solid waste management is quickly becoming a demanding issue for municipalities all over the world.
J. Doussoulin, Cristian Colther
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Intensive woodland management in the Middle Ages: spatial modelling based on archival data

open access: yesJournal of Historical Geography, 2015
Firewood played an indispensable role in European socio-economic systems from prehistory until the nineteenth century. Recent research has shown that in European temperate lowlands the most important management form to produce firewood was coppicing.
P. Szabó   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Creative knowing, organisational learning, and socio-spatial expansion in UK videogame development studios

open access: yes, 2014
Dominant theories of creativity and innovation in economic geography do not seem to apply to the UK videogames development sector, because it does not exhibit strong tendencies to cluster in urban areas or organise production through systems of ...
P. Vallance
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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