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Different Faces of Participation: Social Involvement in Rural Planning in Poland

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|Jul 2025

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Location of study area.
Location of study area.

Fig. 2.

Correlation coefficients of the participation index (PId) with selected variables in the case of development strategies.
I1 – travel time to the nearest city with a population of more than 100,000; I2 – population density; I3 – demographic dependency ratio; I4 – share of people with higher education; I5 – share of immigrants; I6 – unemployment rate; I7 – average share of members of clubs (cultural, sports, etc.); I8 – number of associations / 1000 inhabitants; I9 – turnout in municipal council elections.
Correlation coefficients of the participation index (PId) with selected variables in the case of development strategies. I1 – travel time to the nearest city with a population of more than 100,000; I2 – population density; I3 – demographic dependency ratio; I4 – share of people with higher education; I5 – share of immigrants; I6 – unemployment rate; I7 – average share of members of clubs (cultural, sports, etc.); I8 – number of associations / 1000 inhabitants; I9 – turnout in municipal council elections.

Fig. 3.

Correlation coefficients of the participation index with selected variables in the case of land use plans.
I1 – travel time to the nearest city with a population of more than 100,000; I2 – population density; I3 – demographic dependency ratio; I4 – share of people with higher education; I5 – share of immigrants; I6 – unemployment rate; I7 – average share of members of clubs (cultural, sports, etc.); I8 – number of associations / 1000 inhabitants; I9 – turnout in municipal council elections.
Correlation coefficients of the participation index with selected variables in the case of land use plans. I1 – travel time to the nearest city with a population of more than 100,000; I2 – population density; I3 – demographic dependency ratio; I4 – share of people with higher education; I5 – share of immigrants; I6 – unemployment rate; I7 – average share of members of clubs (cultural, sports, etc.); I8 – number of associations / 1000 inhabitants; I9 – turnout in municipal council elections.

Average values of participation indexes for land use plans in historical-cultural regions and functional types of municipalities_

NameAv. PIpMedian PIpAv. PIcMedian PIcAv. PInfMedian PInf
Historical-cultural regions
– strong local ties, strong self-government and civic traditions, conservatism, incumbent population (Galicia)7.802.202.910.720.290.29
– weakest civic traditions, weakest traditions of self-government, incumbent population (Lands of former Russian partition)8.284.314.701.970.310.29
– weak local ties, weak civic traditions, modernity, migrant population (Western and Northern Territories)4.232.493.471.510.250.25
Functional types
– extensively developed16.035.972.060.100.300.33
– non-agricultural functions4.103.663.011.620.280.25
– agricultural functions3.081.472.110.740.230.25
– external zones of urban centres12.503.735.013.320.360.33

Independent variables included in the study_

CodeVariableFactor typeYear
I1Travel time to nearest city with population of more than 100,000 (Rosik 2021)Spatial2020
I2Population density2020
I3Demographic dependency ratio (number of people of post-working age / number of people of working age)Demographic2020
I4Share of people with higher education in municipality’s population2021
I5Share of immigrants (who moved between 2011 and 2021) in municipality’s population2021
I6Unemployment rateSocio-economic2020
I7Average share of members of clubs (cultural, sports, etc.) in municipality’s populationSocial2015–2020
I8Number of associations / 1000 inhabitants 2020
I9Turnout in municipal council elections2018

Average values of the participation index for development strategies in historical-cultural regions and functional types of municipalities_

Category of regionAv. PIdMedian PId
Historical-cultural regions
– strong local ties, strong self-government and civic traditions, conservatism, incumbent population (Galicia)0.790.40
– weakest civic traditions, weakest traditions of self-government, incumbent population (Lands of the former Russian partition)0.740.11
– weak local ties, weak civic traditions, modernity, migrant population (Western and Northern Territories)0.570.27
Functional types
– extensively developed0.820.35
– non-agricultural functions1.020.57
– agricultural functions0.670.32
– external zones of urban centres0.720.21

Participation indexes for different types of documents_

DocumentN (all)N*Development planning
PId
Av.Med.Stand. dev.
Local development strategy1221160.780.341.04
Revitalisation programme52511.110.421.49
Environemnt protecion programme45450.060.000.15
Other15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
Language: English
Page range: 19 - 32
Submitted on: Dec 5, 2024
Published on: Jul 2, 2025
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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