Uwarunkowania rozwoju pozarolniczej działalności gospodarczej obszarów wiejskich województwa małopolskiego

The aim of this elaboration is to identify the level of non-agricultural activity development of rural communes in Małopolska Province which represent different levels of economic development.The choice of units for the researches was based on multicriteria method of zero unitarization which allowed to the division of 125 rural communes of the Małopolska Province on four, homogeneous groups, representing the different level of the economic development. The primary source of information were the statistical data for the year 2011 published by the Local Data Bank and System of Analysis of Local Government. The conducted researches demonstrate that there are significant differences in the type and pace of development of non-agricultural activities in the area of the units of local government.