Zróżnicowanie rozwoju funkcjonalnego małych miast województwa zachodniopomorskiego

The socio-political and economic processes that occurred in Poland in the last 20 years have resulted in far-reaching changes in the structure and functional repertoire of cities and regions. In the settlement systems, in which units in a special way have given to be affected by the transformation, are small towns. It is in the sense of formal-covers a group of centers with city rights and the population not exceeding 20 000 residents. In the area of one voivodeship can be distinguished cities with different surroundings, different pace and level of development. In West Pomeranian Voivodeship an important factor for the location of the function in space is geographic location. Intersect here domestic and international transport routes in the East-West and North-South. In the area of West Pomeranian Voivodeship are currently 53 small cities. Much of it shows quite a strong specialization in one type of activity in the sense of superiority of the operators belonging to the one section for PKD, which in the long run can generate problems. The aim is to examine the degree of variation in the development of different types of economic activities in the small cities, with an indication of the centers, which have the chance to develop a diverse repertoire of functions.