• dr hab. Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko
Stanowisko: Prof.Uczelni
Jednostka: Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Gospodarki Przestrzennej
Adres: 41-200 Sosnowiec, ul. Będzińska 60
Piętro: XVIII
Numer pokoju: 1806
Telefon: (32) 3689 484
E-mail: elzbieta.zuzanska-zysko@us.edu.pl
Spis publikacji: Spis wg CINiBA
Spis publikacji: Spis wg OPUS
Scopus Author ID: 8729185800
Publikacje z bazy Scopus
2023
Mihaylov, V. T.; Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.
Is a post-dystopian urban future possible? Alternative scenarios for Bytom Journal Article
In: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, no. 61, pp. 37-58, 2023, ISSN: 17324254.
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abstract = {This article follows the argument that urban dystopia is reserved not only for the sphere of the fictional but also as a state of reality that academic methods can capture and describe. Taking the example of the city of Bytom, a traditional centre of coal mining in Southern Poland, the article discusses four spheres where the dystopian present is clearly visible – namely, the four elements that led Bytom to a socio-economic and spatial collapse: depopulation, social polarisation and ghettoisation, degradation of the urban fabric and mining damage. Apart from showing empirical evidence, the article critically considers the possibilities of a post-dystopian urban future for the city. A discussion of possible policy answers to these dystopian trends is based on two possible scenarios of how the urban future could look. First, the semi-dystopian option assumes that the expected direction and the results of current policies will lead to some improvement in the quality of the urban environment and the residents’ quality of life. Second, the post-dystopian future is based on an optimistic scenario, which assumes that a post-dystopian future is possible. However, the desired salvation from the dystopian present will not come about through the search for new utopian visions. It will rely instead on the improvement and mitigation of some of the substantial social, economic and environmental problems that exist and continue to present an unbreakable social image. © 2023 (Valentin Mihaylov; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko)},
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This article follows the argument that urban dystopia is reserved not only for the sphere of the fictional but also as a state of reality that academic methods can capture and describe. Taking the example of the city of Bytom, a traditional centre of coal mining in Southern Poland, the article discusses four spheres where the dystopian present is clearly visible – namely, the four elements that led Bytom to a socio-economic and spatial collapse: depopulation, social polarisation and ghettoisation, degradation of the urban fabric and mining damage. Apart from showing empirical evidence, the article critically considers the possibilities of a post-dystopian urban future for the city. A discussion of possible policy answers to these dystopian trends is based on two possible scenarios of how the urban future could look. First, the semi-dystopian option assumes that the expected direction and the results of current policies will lead to some improvement in the quality of the urban environment and the residents’ quality of life. Second, the post-dystopian future is based on an optimistic scenario, which assumes that a post-dystopian future is possible. However, the desired salvation from the dystopian present will not come about through the search for new utopian visions. It will rely instead on the improvement and mitigation of some of the substantial social, economic and environmental problems that exist and continue to present an unbreakable social image. © 2023 (Valentin Mihaylov; Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko)
2022
Michalak, M. P.; Cordes, J.; Kulawik, A.; Sitek, S.; Pytel, S.; Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.; Wieczorek, R.
Reducing bias in risk indices for COVID-19 Journal Article
In: Geospatial Health, vol. 17, no. S1, 2022, ISSN: 18271987, (2).
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title = {Reducing bias in risk indices for COVID-19},
author = { M.P. Michalak and J. Cordes and A. Kulawik and S. Sitek and S. Pytel and E. Zuzańska-Żyśko and R. Wieczorek},
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abstract = {Spatiotemporal modelling of infectious diseases such as coro¬navirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) involves using a variety of epi-demiological metrics such as regional proportion of cases and/or regional positivity rates. Although observing changes of these indices over time is critical to estimate the regional disease bur¬den, the dynamical properties of these measures, as well as cross-relationships, are usually not systematically given or explained. Here we provide a spatiotemporal framework composed of six commonly used and newly constructed epidemiological metrics and conduct a case study evaluation. We introduce a refined risk estimate that is biased neither by variation in population size nor by the spatial heterogeneity of testing. In particular, the proposed methodology would be useful for unbiased identification of time periods with elevated COVID-19 risk without sensitivity to spatial heterogeneity of neither population nor testing coverage. We offer a case study in Poland that shows improvement over the bias of currently used methods. Our results also provide insights regard¬ing regional prioritisation of testing and the consequences of potential synchronisation of epidemics between regions. The approach should apply to other infectious diseases and other geo¬graphical areas. © The Author(s), 2022 Licensee PAGEPress, Italy.},
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Spatiotemporal modelling of infectious diseases such as coro¬navirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) involves using a variety of epi-demiological metrics such as regional proportion of cases and/or regional positivity rates. Although observing changes of these indices over time is critical to estimate the regional disease bur¬den, the dynamical properties of these measures, as well as cross-relationships, are usually not systematically given or explained. Here we provide a spatiotemporal framework composed of six commonly used and newly constructed epidemiological metrics and conduct a case study evaluation. We introduce a refined risk estimate that is biased neither by variation in population size nor by the spatial heterogeneity of testing. In particular, the proposed methodology would be useful for unbiased identification of time periods with elevated COVID-19 risk without sensitivity to spatial heterogeneity of neither population nor testing coverage. We offer a case study in Poland that shows improvement over the bias of currently used methods. Our results also provide insights regard¬ing regional prioritisation of testing and the consequences of potential synchronisation of epidemics between regions. The approach should apply to other infectious diseases and other geo¬graphical areas. © The Author(s), 2022 Licensee PAGEPress, Italy.
2021
Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.; Dyszy, M.
Dynamic villages in the hinterland of a polycentric region: Case study of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska metropolis in Poland Journal Article
In: Land, vol. 10, no. 8, 2021, ISSN: 2073445X, (1).
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abstract = {This article examines the growth of the labour market and entrepreneurship in a metropolitan area. In particular, the study attempts to answer how the economy of the rural regions is developing in the hinterland of a large urban complex in Southern Poland, which is transforming from a post-industrial conurbation into a metropolitan area. The study applied Florence’s local specialization index, statistical measures, dynamics indexes, and Pearson’s correlation index. The research results show that the local economy, including the labour market, is systematically growing. Rural communes refer to multifunctional development based on services, and they represent diverse economic specializations. They are subject to economies of scale and benefit from the proximity and impact of a large urban complex. The economic growth of rural areas in the hinterland is related to entrepreneurship, convenient location in relation to cities, and migration from cities to villages. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.},
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This article examines the growth of the labour market and entrepreneurship in a metropolitan area. In particular, the study attempts to answer how the economy of the rural regions is developing in the hinterland of a large urban complex in Southern Poland, which is transforming from a post-industrial conurbation into a metropolitan area. The study applied Florence’s local specialization index, statistical measures, dynamics indexes, and Pearson’s correlation index. The research results show that the local economy, including the labour market, is systematically growing. Rural communes refer to multifunctional development based on services, and they represent diverse economic specializations. They are subject to economies of scale and benefit from the proximity and impact of a large urban complex. The economic growth of rural areas in the hinterland is related to entrepreneurship, convenient location in relation to cities, and migration from cities to villages. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Pytel, S.; Sitek, S.; Chmielewska, M.; Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.; Runge, A.; Markiewicz-Patkowska, J.
Transformation directions of brownfields: The case of the górnośląsko-zagłȩbiowska metropolis Journal Article
In: Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 1-24, 2021, ISSN: 20711050, (2).
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abstract = {Brownfields are remnants of the functional and spatial transformations of urban areas in Poland. They are particularly abundant in old industrial districts, based on coal mining and metallurgy. The aim of this study is to identify the transformation directions and functional changes of brownfields in the former Upper Silesian Industrial Region in southern Poland, which has evolved into the Górnoslasko-Zagłebiowska Metropolis (GZM) through the process of socio-economic transformation. The study makes use of the test of independence and Cramer’s V as a post-test, and the method of in-depth interviews. The results indicate that the most popular new functions of post-industrial sites are production and services. When we consider large brownfields such as, in particular, disused mine dumps, dumping sites, settling ponds and workings, the most popular new form of land use is green spaces. Moreover, the study shows that the size of brownfields impacts their new forms of land use. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.},
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Brownfields are remnants of the functional and spatial transformations of urban areas in Poland. They are particularly abundant in old industrial districts, based on coal mining and metallurgy. The aim of this study is to identify the transformation directions and functional changes of brownfields in the former Upper Silesian Industrial Region in southern Poland, which has evolved into the Górnoslasko-Zagłebiowska Metropolis (GZM) through the process of socio-economic transformation. The study makes use of the test of independence and Cramer’s V as a post-test, and the method of in-depth interviews. The results indicate that the most popular new functions of post-industrial sites are production and services. When we consider large brownfields such as, in particular, disused mine dumps, dumping sites, settling ponds and workings, the most popular new form of land use is green spaces. Moreover, the study shows that the size of brownfields impacts their new forms of land use. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.
In: Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-19, 2021, ISSN: 20711050, (6).
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title = {Role of advanced producer services shaping globalization processes in a post-industrial region: The case of the górnoślasko-zagłębiowskaą metropolis},
author = { E. Zuzańska-Żyśko},
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abstract = {The paper discusses the emergence of a new regional network of connectivities in the area of advanced producer services in a formerly industrial region in southern Poland. Changes in the region’s job market and the influx of foreign firm centers suggest the presence of globalization processes in the economy. Advanced producer service companies tend to cluster around the regional capital of Katowice and use the city as a gateway to other parts of the studied region. This process leads to the replacement of jobs characterized by lower qualifications with jobs requiring more advanced knowledge, new technologies, and a variety of forms of innovation. International economic networks play an increasingly large role in the entrenchment of economic globalization in the Górnoślasko-Zagłebiowska˛ Metropolis, which has helped the city join other Polish cities in the classification of the World Cities Research Network. © 2020 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.},
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The paper discusses the emergence of a new regional network of connectivities in the area of advanced producer services in a formerly industrial region in southern Poland. Changes in the region’s job market and the influx of foreign firm centers suggest the presence of globalization processes in the economy. Advanced producer service companies tend to cluster around the regional capital of Katowice and use the city as a gateway to other parts of the studied region. This process leads to the replacement of jobs characterized by lower qualifications with jobs requiring more advanced knowledge, new technologies, and a variety of forms of innovation. International economic networks play an increasingly large role in the entrenchment of economic globalization in the Górnoślasko-Zagłebiowska˛ Metropolis, which has helped the city join other Polish cities in the classification of the World Cities Research Network. © 2020 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
2017
Stępień, M.; Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.
Large trade clusters as areas of intensified occurrences of states of rapid health worsening in Poland Journal Article
In: Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960), vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 315-320, 2017, ISSN: 00435147.
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abstract = {INTRODUCTION: In the modern world, people gather more increasingly in large clusters such as shopping centres, markets, cinema centres, operas, ferries, liners, recreation areas and resorts. Such clusters predispose to intensified occurrences of states of rapid health worsening and health hazard. THE AIM: The main aim is to indicate that in trade space, especially in municipal markets, states of rapid health worsening and health hazard appear, as well as to characterize the individual incidents and types of medical interventions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The empirical material originates from the sheets of records of first-aid concerning life-saving actions, the nurse work register, as well as the security agency reports. Records of first-aid of events taking place during one selected weekend day, for 6 hours of highest population density, underwent a retrospective analysis. The analysis of the material was carried out in terms of reasons of interventions, in states of rapid health worsening and health hazard, as well as the frequency of calls of medical first-aid service. RESULTS: During 2011, there were approximately 100 such states in the municipal markets which underwent the study. In shopping centres there were 95% of such states. In each of the three analysed areas, the internal factors responsible for rapid health worsening constitute over 60%. Among interventions caused by a disease, states related to circulatory system and nervous system occurred most frequently. Big municipal market themselves are potential areas of an increased occurrence of states of rapid health worsening and health hazard. They can be compared to religious ceremonies described in the subject bibliography. CONCLUSIONS: Large trade spaces, especially municipal markets in city centres, generate a high risk of occurrences of states of rapid health worsening and health hazard, in comparison to shopping malls. The risk increases with the age of customers. The incidences related to sicknesses are the majority of interventions in trade areas.},
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INTRODUCTION: In the modern world, people gather more increasingly in large clusters such as shopping centres, markets, cinema centres, operas, ferries, liners, recreation areas and resorts. Such clusters predispose to intensified occurrences of states of rapid health worsening and health hazard. THE AIM: The main aim is to indicate that in trade space, especially in municipal markets, states of rapid health worsening and health hazard appear, as well as to characterize the individual incidents and types of medical interventions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The empirical material originates from the sheets of records of first-aid concerning life-saving actions, the nurse work register, as well as the security agency reports. Records of first-aid of events taking place during one selected weekend day, for 6 hours of highest population density, underwent a retrospective analysis. The analysis of the material was carried out in terms of reasons of interventions, in states of rapid health worsening and health hazard, as well as the frequency of calls of medical first-aid service. RESULTS: During 2011, there were approximately 100 such states in the municipal markets which underwent the study. In shopping centres there were 95% of such states. In each of the three analysed areas, the internal factors responsible for rapid health worsening constitute over 60%. Among interventions caused by a disease, states related to circulatory system and nervous system occurred most frequently. Big municipal market themselves are potential areas of an increased occurrence of states of rapid health worsening and health hazard. They can be compared to religious ceremonies described in the subject bibliography. CONCLUSIONS: Large trade spaces, especially municipal markets in city centres, generate a high risk of occurrences of states of rapid health worsening and health hazard, in comparison to shopping malls. The risk increases with the age of customers. The incidences related to sicknesses are the majority of interventions in trade areas.
2013
Szajnowska-Wysocka, A.; Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.
The Upper-Silesian conurbation on the path towards the "silesia" metropolis Journal Article
In: Bulletin of Geography, vol. 21, pp. 111-124, 2013, ISSN: 17324254, (10).
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abstract = {In its methodological context, the article, expands on the idea of the organization of the "Silesia" superstructure. The idea of establishing a common urban organism emerged with the local governments of the Upper Silesian conurbation cities and was dictated by the need to find a way to change the traditional image of the Silesian region and its post-industrial role in the economic space of the country, as well as Europe. Therefore, in 2009, the Metropolitan Association of Upper- Silesia, an association for the initial institutionalization of "Silesia", was registered, because "Silesia" does not hold any administrative or legal force. Such an organizational "revolution" of the Upper Silesian conurbation initiated a wide social debate, in which the arguments of both supporters and opponents of such an enterprise in the Silesian region became apparent, together with misunderstandings related to the term "metropolis", and the idea of establishing "Silesia". Representatives of local governments chose the more prestigious term "metropolis" as if a complex metropolisation had taken place in the Upper Silesian conurbation. It would be adequate, however, to look only for the first features of metropolitan functions in this de-industrialized and restructured region, which are going to shape the longlasting metropolisation process under the influence of globalisation. © 2013 Nicolaus Copernicus University Press. All rights reserved.},
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In its methodological context, the article, expands on the idea of the organization of the "Silesia" superstructure. The idea of establishing a common urban organism emerged with the local governments of the Upper Silesian conurbation cities and was dictated by the need to find a way to change the traditional image of the Silesian region and its post-industrial role in the economic space of the country, as well as Europe. Therefore, in 2009, the Metropolitan Association of Upper- Silesia, an association for the initial institutionalization of "Silesia", was registered, because "Silesia" does not hold any administrative or legal force. Such an organizational "revolution" of the Upper Silesian conurbation initiated a wide social debate, in which the arguments of both supporters and opponents of such an enterprise in the Silesian region became apparent, together with misunderstandings related to the term "metropolis", and the idea of establishing "Silesia". Representatives of local governments chose the more prestigious term "metropolis" as if a complex metropolisation had taken place in the Upper Silesian conurbation. It would be adequate, however, to look only for the first features of metropolitan functions in this de-industrialized and restructured region, which are going to shape the longlasting metropolisation process under the influence of globalisation. © 2013 Nicolaus Copernicus University Press. All rights reserved.
2010
Konecka-Szydłowska, B.; Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.; Szmytkie, R.
Role of services in the economies of small towns of Silesia region and Wielkopolskie voivodehip Journal Article
In: Bulletin of Geography, vol. 14, pp. 51-62, 2010, ISSN: 17324254, (3).
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abstract = {The main aim of the article is to determine the role of services in the economies of small towns of Silesia and Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) regions. It will be achieved through the following steps: (A) characteristic of the set of towns under study, (B) determination of the share of services in their economies, and (C) description of their level of service development. The analysis rests on two criteria employed at each stage of the research: (a) that of location, which embraces the voivodships: Dolnośląskie, Opolskie, Śląskie (Silesia region) and Wielkopolskie voivodship and (b) that of size, with three classes of small towns distinguished: Up to 5 thousand, 5-10 thousand, and 10-20 thousand population.},
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The main aim of the article is to determine the role of services in the economies of small towns of Silesia and Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) regions. It will be achieved through the following steps: (A) characteristic of the set of towns under study, (B) determination of the share of services in their economies, and (C) description of their level of service development. The analysis rests on two criteria employed at each stage of the research: (a) that of location, which embraces the voivodships: Dolnośląskie, Opolskie, Śląskie (Silesia region) and Wielkopolskie voivodship and (b) that of size, with three classes of small towns distinguished: Up to 5 thousand, 5-10 thousand, and 10-20 thousand population.
2007
Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.
SMALL towns in ślaskie voivodeship Journal Article
In: Bulletin of Geography, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 5-14, 2007, ISSN: 17324254.
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abstract = {The paper shows small towns in the extremely urbanised and industrialised Ślaskie Voivodeship (called Upper Silesia Region). The towns were divided into two groups: central towns surrounded by rural districts and specialised towns, which developed on the basis of industry and tourism. Economic activity and size structure of enterprises, of which the smallest enterprises, so important in the process of transformation were investigated. The regionally differentiated labour market was characterised by a number of employed persons in small and big enterprises.},
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2005
Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.
Economic transformation of small Silesian towns in the years 1990-1999 Journal Article
In: Geographia Polonica, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 137-149, 2005, ISSN: 00167282, (9).
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This elaboration concerns small towns in the highly urbanized region of Upper Silesia. The character of the towns is presented against the background of the urban conurbation of the Upper Silesian Industrial Centre, as are demographic changes - such as the decline and ageing of the population - during the 1990s. The size structure of enterprises, including the smallest so important in the process of transformation, was shown. Moreover, a regionally differentiated labour market - characterized by a decrease in the number of persons employed in medium and large enterprises, and an increase in the number of small economic enterprises - was described.
2003
Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.
Population types of small towns in Silesian Province Journal Article
In: Bulletin of Geography, vol. 2, pp. 143-149, 2003, ISSN: 17324254, (5).
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This paper shows demographic problems of small towns in the aspect of their economic structure. The analysis concerns population divided into three groups including preworking-age population, working-age population and postworking-age population. The proportions of individual age groups influence productive potential of towns, therefore an attempt was made to classify the towns studied using method of sign table and rank method. The first of these methods made it possible to distinguish 6 classes and finally 4 classes of population economic structure. They include the following groups: productive population, still productive population, productive ageing population and nonproductive population. Similar classification was obtained using the second method, where also 4 population groups were distinguished. Basing on the distinguished classes, three population types of small towns were distinguished. They include prodeveloping towns which show favourable percentage of individual age groups taking into account production potential; preservative type of intermediate structure; and nondeveloping type including centres of unfavourable age structure.