DEMOGRAPHIC POTENTIAL AND LIVING CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS OF NORTH-EASTERN POLAND

Rural areas are characterized by considerable diversity in terms of natural conditions, social and economic. These conditions interact with each other thus determining the development of rural areas and thus affect the living conditions of rural population. Nowadays more and more important role in the socio-economic development plays a demographic potential. This article is an attempt to demonstrate the potential of population in rural areas north-eastern Poland in relation to the socio-economic development. For the purposes of testing, data from the Central Statistical Office for the year 2014. The study area included the rural communes of the Warminsko-Mazurskie and Podlaskie Voivodship. In order to determine the demographic potential and socio-economic development of the rural areas used indicators on the basis of the literature and own research. The synthetic measure of potential of population and socioeconomic development used by Hellwig taxonomic method. Then, on the basis of research results verified the relationship between the potential of demographic and socio-economic development of rural areas of north-eastern Poland.