Volume 14
Issue 3
Environmental Development
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume14/issue3/abs-01.html
CHANGES IN THE BUILDING STRUCTURE OF CHOROSZCZ AND NAREW DISTRICTS OVER THE YEARS 1931–1998
Paweł Próchnicki
Katedra Ochrony i Kształtowania Środowiska
Politechnika Białostocka
ABSTRACT
Demographic and economic development affects the natural environment in various ways. One of the elements of that influence is undoubtedly the development of town and rural settlement. The objective of the work was to analyze the changes in spatial building structure of two rural districts: Choroszcz (directly neighbouring the city of Białystok) and Narew. Structure changes in years 1931, 1953 and 1998 were compared. In the study, GIS methodology and spatial statistics were applied. Analyses showed a strong influence of development of the suburban zone on the development of rural areas directly neighbouring the city. That influence is visible both in the spatial aspect and in the building structure.
Key words: settlement, spatial structure, diachronic, rural district, spatial statistic, Moran’s I, Ripley’s K.
Paweł Próchnicki
Katedra Ochrony i Kształtowania Środowiska
Politechnika Białostocka
Wiejska 45a, 15-351 Białystok
tel. +48 (85) 746-95-54
email: p.prochnicki@pb.edu.pl
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