Produkt krajowy brutto jako miernik rozwoju regionu na przykładzie województwa dolnośląskiego

Abstract

Measures of economic development of particular regions are linked with the following processes: economic growth, structural changes and institutional transformations. From the social point of view there should be added dynamics of changes in the quality of life and social relationships. Social and economic development of every country tends to vary spatially. It is a result of geographic, natural, historical, economic, social and cultural conditions, which cause that the spatial structure of every country is characterised by existence of more and less developed regions. Many measures including GDP are used to asses the level of social and economic development. Studies of development level (based on GDP measure) of the Lower Silesia Region revealed a relatively big importance of this region in Poland and major internal variations in its development accomplishments and forecasts for the future. The highest development level in the Lower Silesia Region in economic conditions of the late 1990s was achieved by its part connected with Wroclaw agglomeration. It was due to a big diversity of its business activity, lack or rapid abandoning of its links with heavy industry characterised by obsolete technologies and agriculture, as well as its orientation at development of manufacturing industries, high technology and services. A major transformation occurred in these parts of the region, which were linked with mining industries during a long period and where one-sector economy prevailed. These were, for instance, the subregions on Legnica and Jeleniogóra-Wałbrzych. These subregions have to build their growth path from the scratch seeking directions of growth and market niches (depending on specific advantages for a given area) and developing assumptions of the economic strategy.