The economic crisis of 2008 – a historical perspective

Wojciech Morawski

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The financial crisis of 2008 will occupy a place in history similar to that of the Great Depression of the 1930s or the oil crises of the 1970s. It is not a temporary downturn, but a solstice that changes the balance of power in the world economy.

Wojciech Morawski, Kryzys gospodarczy 2008 roku – perspektywa historycznaPobierz

Remembrance of Rev. Prof. Richard Rumianek, Ph.D.

Editorial board of Mazowsze Studia Regionalne

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It is with deep regret that the editors of the scientific periodical MAZOWSZE Regional Studies have received the news of the tragic death near Smolensk on April 10, 2010 of the President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczynski and his wife, parliamentarians, priests, military officers and many prominent Poles. They suffered death in the service of the Fatherland and history.

Wspomnienie o ks. prof. zw. dr hab. Ryszardzie RumiankuPobierz

Book review: Territorial cohesion as a challenge for European Union development policy

Mirosław Grochowski

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The publication Territorial cohesion as a challenge for the development policy of the European Union. Polish contribution to the debate is a very up-to-date publication, which contains interesting materials relating to the discussion on the future of the European Union’s regional policy in the context of its territorial cohesion.

Mirosław Grochowski, Recenzja książki: Spójność terytorialna wyzwaniem polityki rozwoju Unii Europejskiej. Polski wkład w debatęPobierz

Book review: Regional Development in Poland. Report 2009

Mirosław Grochowski

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The report presented here deals with development trends and changes in the differentiation of the level of development of the provinces in key areas of social and economic life, from 1999 to the 2007-2008 period, which includes the settlement of the implementation of the National Development Plan 2004-2006.

Mirosław Grochowski, Recenzja książki: Rozwój regionalny w Polsce. Raport 2009Pobierz

Public Health in Regional Development Planning in the Stockholm Region

Tuija Meisaari-Polsa

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A growing interest in public health and development planning is well visible in Sweden, and therefore, also reflected in both regional and municipal plans. There are, however, only few concrete examples of such integration up to now in Sweden and other countries. The aim of this article is to describe how public health issues are addressed in planning in the Stockholm region. What kind of methods has been used and what experiences have been gained from integration of health related issues in the planning of the region.

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Development of the Uusimaa Region

Olli Pekka Hatanpää

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Development problems of the Uusimaa region, called also Helsinki region, is the main topic of the article. The Usimaa region is the only one metropolitan area in Finland, and is inhabited by 1.4 million people. In the article social and economic characteristics of the region are presented together with description of features of this region including level of creative industry development and level of development of knowledge based economy, as well as high productivity of industry located in the region.

Olli Pekka Hatanpää, Development of the Uusimaa RegionPobierz

Impact of Internet and Information Technologies on the Development of Mazovia

Monika Łazowska, Jerzy Pietrasz, Wojciech Rzucek, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki, Beata Ziewiec

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The paper discusses selected aspects of the impact of the Internet and information technologies on the development of Mazovian Region. We have selected four such aspects, typically not discussed in detail. These aspects are: the impact of social knowledge of information technologies on the use of such technologies and thus on socio-economic development; cultural impacts of the Internet use; the impact of the Internet on sports and tourism; the use of information technologies in systems of quality control and their impact on economic competitiveness.

Monika Łazowska, Jerzy Pietrasz, Wojciech Rzucek, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki, Beata Ziewiec, Impact of Internet and Information Technologies on the Development of MazoviaPobierz

New Statistical Approaches in the Systemic Analysis of Regional Factors of Information Society and Economic Development

Jan Grzegorek, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki

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The paper starts with the issue of estimating duality gaps – the differences in development measured in years between diverse districts (powiat in Polish) – in Mazovia, taking the number of computer laboratories per primary or secondary school as a basic index of the development of information society. This is based on a classical statistical approach of estimating the parameters of logistic curves. It turns out that these gaps amount up to 16-17 years – a very large differences in development even between neighboring districts.

Jan Grzegorek, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki, New Statistical Approaches in the Systemic Analysis of Regional, Intra-Regional and Cross-Regional Factors of Information Society and Economic Development; The Case of MazoviaPobierz

Mazovia Quo Vadis? Inspirations from and comments to the Development Strategy for the Mazowieckie Voivodeship

Bruno Amoroso

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The article is an attempt of evaluation of the development strategy of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship from the perspective of international experience in development strategies building and formulation of development policies. There are methodological remarks in the first parts of the article presented.

Bruno Amoroso, Mazovia Quo Vadis? Inspirations from and comments to the Development Strategy for the Mazowieckie VoivodeshipPobierz