The attempt to delimitate Toruń’s influence zones on the grounds of the analysis of population flow

Abstract

The article attempts to delimitate the zones of Toruń’s influence on the grounds of the multiaspect analyses of the phenomena of the town’s influences. The results of the detailed empirical investigations of migration burden served as a base for the delimitation of the zones of Toruń’s influence. These studies were carried out in the years 2000-2002 and involved examining permanent migrations, commuting, spatial origin of the students of secondary schools, the Nicolaus Copernicus University and the Gen. Józef Bem Higher Officers’ School, and visits for tourist, social and living purposes. Due to the evaluation of the size and intensity of the population flow and contact frequency, three zones of the town’s influence were delimitated. The functional and spatial relations found within those zones were also characterised.