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Kazimierz Dziewoński, Elżbieta Iwanicka

by all centres as well as preliminary delineation of boundaries between zones of influence of separate centres, analysis of their typology and of the number of centres in which young people from different counties and towns representing urban districts carry on their studies, (3) analysis of the number of centres in which young people from different parts of the country carry on their studies, as well as the comparison of the number (ratio) of young people studying in academic schools to the total population and to the number of young people in the age 18—23; maps illustrating these data included.

In the finał summary the authors have formulated a hypothesis concerning main cultural regions of Poland and their typology. In particular they have differentiated regions with the fully developed spatial structure (regions of Poznań and Cracow), with the structure strongly deformed because of historical processes (regions of Warsaw, Wrocław and Łódź) and with the partially crystallized structure (regions of Lublin, Gdańsk and Szczecin), and indicated the existence of vast territories (the major part of Koszalin, Bydgoszcz, Olsztyn, Białystok and Kielce voivodeships) having neither distinct nor definite connections with one only regional centre.

Studies carried on by the authors reveal also the existence of important evo-lution which seems to lead towards further crystallization of the regional structure and differentiation of fully developed cultural regions.

Translated by Halina Dzierżanowska