Debrzno\n<\/strong>is a urban-rural\nmunicipality and stands as a rural locality in Polish cases. The municipality\u2019s\nshare of farmlands in its territory is very high (68%) and urbanized lands\ncover barely 18%. Debrzno has also a\nperipheral location and is surrounded by four communes located in three\ndifferent regions. Socio-economic problems and situation of Debrzno seem to be\ntypical for small cities and rural areas. Unfavourable demographic processes \u2013\ndepopulation and decreasing percentage of residents in the working and\npre-working age, systematic outflow of people, ageing population, and the\nprogressing socio-economic degradation of the area are the main demographic\nchallenges for Debrzno. Debrzno municipality has an agricultural character and\nrelatively well-developed horticulture. Poorly developed industry and a large\npercentage of farmlands are associated with low number of business entities.\nHowever, the latter increased over last decade. Since the transformation of\n1989, the town and the municipality of Debrzno struggled with systematically\nrising unemployment. It was the result of the shutdown of large State Farms\noperating in the municipality and in nearby towns as well as the liquidation of\na military unit (an air garrison) that operated within the airport located in\nDebrzno Wie\u015b. However, the last several years show that the unemployment rate\nis systematically falling. The Polish team has also considered alternative\noptions for the rural case, but taking into account Debrzno\u2019s agricultural\ncharacter and peripheral location \u2013 there are unusually active bottom-up civic\nsociety organizations focused on supporting social and economic development and\ngrowth policy instruments (such as local business incubator), which seemed to\nbe very interesting in the context of COHSMO\u2019s main objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pruszcz\nGda\u0144ski <\/strong>is aPoland\u2019s suburban locality chosen for\nthe study. Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski is located within the Gda\u0144sk metropolitan area. It slightly\ndiffers from the other selected localities, as it consists of two neighbouring\nmunicipalities \u2013 urban municipality of Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski and rural municipality\nof Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski, which is surrounding the town from East, West, and South at\nthe same time forming so-called \u201cmunicipality\u2019s bagel\u201d. Both municipalities\nhave a combined population of 58 thous. inhabitants and are functionally\nrelated, yet organized as separate local government jurisdictions. Over the\nlast years both parts of the chosen locality have been constantly growing due\nto the intensive suburbanization, but \u2013 what should be emphasized \u2013 the rural\npart faster than the town. When it comes to internal diversification it is not\nonly administrative border which divides the locality, but also there is a\nclear, visible division in the territory of the rural municipality. The Western\npart (affected by the suburbanization to a greater extent) is located on the\nheight and adjacent to the town is much better equipped in the infrastructure,\nwith fast-developing residential areas and dominance of industry, services, and\ncommerce. The Eastern part (located much lower, near the Vistula river estuary)\nin comparison to the Western is disadvantaged and have more of a agricultural\ncharacter. The registered unemployment rate in the locality remains on a very\nlow level. The development of the locality is very related to the rapid\ndevelopment of the Gda\u0144sk metropolitan area. It is important to add, that\nPruszcz Gda\u0144ski is an significant centre of economic activity and is\ncharacterized by an absorbent labour market. Although the Polish team has\nconsidered alternative options for suburban locality to be studied in the\nCOHSMO project, Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski was eventually chosen due to the very\ninteresting internal diversification and intriguing policies occurring within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gda\u0144sk <\/strong>is a city selected as a metropolitan locality by the Polish team. It is a capital city of the Pomerania region located in north Poland, on the Baltic sea shore. It is Poland\u2019s 6th<\/sup> biggest city with a population of 464 thous. of inhabitants. Gda\u0144sk is a part of a large urban agglomeration, consisted of two more cities \u2013 Gdynia and much smaller Sopot located in between the two bigger cities. Together they form a so-called \u201cTri-city agglomeration\u201d. Over the last years, Gda\u0144sk experienced a slight population growth. The closeness to the sea makes the city attractive for citizens as well as for tourists, which is confirmed in various rankings measuring quality of life in Poland. Gda\u0144sk\u2019s local economy presents a very good performance when compared to the rest of the Pomerania region. Over the last years unemployment rate in Gda\u0144sk was decreasing and is much lower than the average for the region. Gda\u0144sk is one of the cities with the best developed cooperation with societal organizations (NGOs) especially visible in the long-term arrangements related to urban regeneration programme, which was the main reason for choosing it as Polish metropolitan case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more about the Polish team here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.cohsmo.aau.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/poland1.jpg\")
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