GENERAL INFORMATION
Title of the dataset: Functional Urban Areas in Poland in the context of the challenges of inner periphieries post SARS-CoV-2
Authors: Paweł Churski, Czesław Adamiak, Anna Dubownik, Maciej Pietrzykowski, Barbara Szyda
Contact: Czesław Adamiak (czeslaw.adamiak@umk.pl)
Project title: The trajectories and challenges of the development of inner peripheries in the new conditions of cohesion post SARS-CoV-2
Project funding: National Science Centre Poland 2020/37/B/HS4/01034
Project webpage: https://tiperico.web.amu.edu.pl/
METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Delimitation of Functional Urban Areas (FUA) in Poland based on commuting to work, migration flows, Google Distance Matrix API, and neighbourhood.
Detailed description in the following publications:
Churski, P., Adamiak, C., Szyda, B., Dubrownik, A., Pietrzykowski, M., & Śleszyński, P. (2023). Nowa delimitacja miejskich obszarów funkcjonalnych w Polsce i jej zastosowanie w praktyce zintegrowanego podejścia terytorialnego (place based approach). Przegląd Geograficzny, 95(1), 29–55. https://doi.org/10.7163/PrzG.2023.1.2
Churski, P., Adamiak, C., Dubownik, A., Pietrzykowski, M., & Szyda, B. (2025). Inner Peripheries in the New Conditions of Cohesion Post-SARS-CoV-2. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10936-1
Classification of Functional Urban Areas (FUA) including the distinguishing inner peripheries based on 47 stastistical indicators.
Detailed description in the following publications:
Churski, P., Adamiak, C., Dubownik, A., Pietrzykowski, M., & Szyda, B. (2025). Inner Peripheries in the New Conditions of Cohesion Post-SARS-CoV-2. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10936-1
Churski, P., Adamiak, C., Dubownik, A., Komornicki, T., Pietrzykowski, M., Szyda, B., & Śleszyński, P. (2025). The changing role of functional urban areas in regional policy: Identifying Inner Peripheries in the New Development Paradigm. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 100221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100221
FILES:
Tiperico_FUA.shp - borders of FUAs (ESRI shpapefile together with associated files: Tiperico_FUA.dbf, Tiperico_FUA.prj and Tiperico_FUA.shx)
Tiperico_FUA_gminy.xlsx - assignment of municipalities to FUAs (Microsoft Excel file)
Tiperico_FUA_data.xlsx - data on FUAs and the assignment into one of five types, including two categories of inner-peripheries (Microsoft Excel file)
Tiperico_FUA_variables.xlsx - description and metadata on the variables used in Tiperico_FUA_data.xlsx file (Microsoft Excel file)
SHARING AND ACCESS INFORMATION
CC BY 4.0 licence.
Citation (dataset): DOI numer associated with this repository entry.
Citation (publication): Churski, P., Adamiak, C., Dubownik, A., Pietrzykowski, M., & Szyda, B. (2025). Inner Peripheries in the New Conditions of Cohesion Post-SARS-CoV-2. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10936-1
(2023)
