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The resilience of the Warsaw metropolis to future migration inflows in the opinion of local government authorities

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|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2025-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 221 - 231
Submitted on: Dec 11, 2023
Accepted on: Apr 4, 2025
Published on: Jul 26, 2025
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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