The Impact Of Shopping Centers In Rural Areas And Small Towns In The Outer Metropolitan Zone (The Example Of The Silesian Voivodeship)

Heffner Krystian () and Twardzik Małgorzata ()
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Heffner Krystian: Prof. zw. dr hab. Krystian Heffner, Department of Spatial Economics, University of Economics in Katowice, ul. 1 maja 50, 40-287 Katowice, Poland
Twardzik Małgorzata: Dr. Małgorzata Twardzik, Department of Spatial Economics, University of Economics in Katowice, ul. 1 maja 50, 40-287 Katowice, Poland

European Countryside, 2015, vol. 7, issue 2, 87-100

Abstract: Shopping centers in the Silesian Voivodeship have a significant impact on smaller settlement units located in outer areas of agglomerations. It consists mainly in changes related to social, economic, as well as functional and spatial spheres. Studies shows that shopping centers take over more and more functions of higher order (services, public culture, administration) and restrict the economic activity in rural areas outer areas of agglomerations. At the stage of the irrepressible process of suburbanisation of rural areas surrounding large urban agglomerations and structural changes in towns, it is difficult to conclusively assess the consequences of the operation of shopping centers in outer metropolitan areas. The impact of shopping centers on small towns and rural areas is a very dynamic process and requires systematic research.

Keywords: modern trade; shopping centres/malls; rural areas; outer areas of agglomerations; spatial processes; nowoczesny handel; centra handlowe; obszary wiejskie; obszary aglomeracji zwenętrznej; procesy przestrzenne (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1515/euco-2015-0006

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