Providing a new picture of the socio-economic map of central Europe after several years of transformation, and focusing in particular on Poland, this book gives an account of the major problems of regional restructuring.

Chapter 1. The General Processes of Transformation - An Overview. Chapter 2. The Historic Heritage of Socio-Economic Space. Chapter 3. The Regional Patterns of Transformation. Chapter 4. The Regional Potential for Transformation. Chapter 5. Regional Policies.