Analysis of the state of development of the province of Podlasie

Widely understood development is desirable in every area of social, economic and spatial life. In order to make the best use of available resources to stimulate development, it is important to determine the current state of development at a given moment in order to plan further actions in such a way as to bring the most satisfactory short- and long-term benefits. This was the premise of taking up the subject of the analysis of the development status of the Podlasie Voivodeship in this work. At the same time, the focus was on the analysis of various levels of development, which together is understood as sustainable development. The aim of the work is to assess the state of development of the Podlasie Voivodship in comparison with other, selected provinces of the so-called east wall. The relevant sustainability indicators were analyzed, which described the state of development of the analyzed territorial unit in two periods of time. These are the years 2004 and 2012, which were chosen, guided by the availability of the possibly full set of data, as well as the desire to check the changes that have taken place since Poland's accession to the European Union.