Assessment of the development of urban-rural communes, from 10,000 to 15,000 inhabitants, in Poland on the example of communes of the Mazovian voivodship

Abstract

The aim of the article was to investigate and assess the level of development of urbanrural communes from 10,000 to 15,000 inhabitants of the Mazovian voivodsip using the method of linear ordering. To achieve the above goal, the first chapter discusses the concept of local development and the differences between the types of communes. Moreover, some of the factors that may affect the development of urban-rural communes are shown. The next chapter introduces the topic of the linear ordering method and presents the stages used in its application. The third chapter was used to analyze selected urban-rural communes. The research was conducted with the use of indicators for 2020 presented by the Central Statistical Office. At the end of the article, a summary of the analysis was made and conclusions were drawn from it, which gave an answer to the question which of the analyzed communes ranked highest in terms of development.