TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - The regional policy pursued today is based on actions aimed at integrated development of local government units, including more aspects of functional and spatial connections. It leads to a change in the approach to the assessment of local capital available in rural areas in a broad sense. One of the specific examples of rural areas where the potential of creation depends on endogenous and exogenous factors are the suburban areas which, according to the new paradigm, are called cities functional areas. The article attempts to assess the developmental disparities resulting from the potential of the resources available in the areas of interaction of the two urban centres: Wrocław and Kielce. Regions selected for the purpose of a comparison are characterised by different demographic and economic potential conditions, as well as by the different conditions and historical location. What they have in common is the administrative functionality, which results from the rank of province capital. The article aimed at establishing the main determinants of rural development within the range of the strongest influence of the urban center. For the study adopted 18 municipalities in the zone of influence of the central city (after 9 for each center). Time range assumed for 2002 and 2014. Diagnostic variables were divided into 3 categories of local capital: social resources; economic resources; and spatial resources. The research process showed slight disproportions in terms of baseline year (2002) between the units constituting each suburban area. Municipalities centered around Kielce and Wroclaw were characterised by a similar level (assessment based on synthetic index) mainly forspatial resources. In the case of economic and social resources disproportions were higher but they do not have a significant influence on the final assessment of its potential. Data analysis in 2014 showed an increase in disparities of development in almost all of the analysed areas. This in turn contributed to the final assessment of the actual level of socio-economic changes in the suburban areas. As noticed in the article, the transformations in the areas bordering with Wrocław and Kielce were generated mainly by changes in the area of social and economic resources. The dynamics and scope of this transformation was faster in the influence zone of Wrocław. Therefore, it has been indicated that the level of socio-economic changes is to a larger extent a result of the size and range of central city and, thus, the relations between the city and its immediate surroundings. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/64583/PDF/WA51_83996_r2017-t47_SOW-Szyda.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Studia Obszarów Wiejskich = Rural Studies, t. 47 PY - 2017 EP - 97 KW - local resources KW - suburaban area KW - Kielce KW - Wrocław A1 - Szyda, Barbara A1 - Biczkowska, Marta PB - PAN IGiPZ PB - PTG VL - 47 CY - Warszawa SP - 77 T1 - Zasoby lokalne obszarów wiejskich w strefach podmiejskich – endogeniczny czynnik rozwoju czy efekt wpływu miasta centralnego = Local resources of rural areas in suburban areas – endogenous development factor or the effect of the central city impact UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/dlibra/publication/edition/64583 ER -