Potencjał gmin województwa lubelskiego w świetle wybranych kategorii rozwoju społeczno-gospodarczego w latach 1995–2021

Celem artykułu jest analiza poziomu rozwoju społeczno-gospodarczego gmin województwa lubelskiego w latach 1995–2021. Przedmiotem badań uczyniono 213 gmin województwa. Źródłem danych do przeprowadzonej analizy był Bank Danych Lokalnych Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego. Do badania użyto analizy taksonomicznej, metody bez wzorca. Przeanalizowano 19 zmiennych w badanym okresie. Podzielono je na zmienne dotyczące rozwoju: ekonomicznego (7 zmiennych), społecznego (8 zmiennych) i technicznego (4 zmienne). W wyniku przeprowadzonej analizy stwierdzono wzrost poziomu rozwoju w badanym okresie. Zaobserwowano, że zróżnicowanie poziomu rozwoju gmin w układzie przestrzennym zmniejsza się. Stwierdzono również, że z uwagi na przyjęte cechy akcesja Polski do Unii Europejskiej miała wpływ na spadek indeksów dynamiki przemian w badanych gminach.

The aim of the article is to analyze the level of socio-economic development of the communes of the Lubelskie Voivodeship in the years 1995–2021. The subject of the study involved 213 communes of the Lubelskie Voivodeship. The source of data for the conducted analysis was the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office. Taxonomic analysis, method without pattern was used for the research. 19 different variables were examined in the analyzed period. They were divided into variables concerning development: economic (7 variables), social (8 variables) and technical (4 variables). It has been proven in the article that the level of development of the Lubelskie Voivodeship communes in the analyzed period of 1995–2021 increased. Decrease in this development could only be observed in the case of 12 communes. The development processes of communes lead to equalization of their development levels due to the adopted features in the spatial arrangement at a higher level. Poland’s accession to the European Union changed tendencies in terms of the size of dynamicsof communes due to the adopted features. After joining the European Union, the average annual growth rate decreased. The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed the trends in the size of the dynamics of cities and towns due to the adopted features. Communes with a similar index of dynamics of the level of development are located in the same territorial systems due to the adopted features. Communes displaying a similar level of development, due to the adopted features, are located in the same territorial systems. The size of the cities and towns shows a relationship with the index of the dynamics of the level of development due to the adopted features. There is a negative correlation between the dynamics index in 1995–2003, 2019–2021 and 1995–2021 and the size of the commune, which means that the smaller the commune, the higher the change dynamics index. The size of cities and towns shows a relationship with the level of urban development due to the adopted features. The analysis of the size of the commune measured by the number of population and the level of socio-economic development in the presented years: 1995, 2003, 2019 and 2021 are significantly correlated showing positive values according to statistics.