Baza ekonomiczna małych miast powiatowych w świetle pomiarów bezpośrednich, Studium porównawcze Brodnicy i Łasku

Abstract

The authors essayed to w ork out a comparative evaluation o f two county towns of Brodnica and Łask while availing them selves o f the concept of the town’s economic basis. It w as found tliat the economic basis of the two examined centers, as measured by means of the size and employment structure is considerable and relatively well-differentiated as regards the structure. The examined towns found their existence, in the first pałace, on incomes made from manufacturing and services targeted at the local and regional markets. Incomes obtained from services provided for the direct base also make for a substantial share in the global account. Both centers possess considerable labor reserves at their disposal. The latter are maintained in the endogenous sector as well as in the form of unemployment. Similar trends were observed in both towns which regained the status of county towns. On the one hand, there is the advancing process of de-industrialization of municipal economy, on the other one - a decrease in the share of materiał services and a rise in the number of non-material ones.