Links between the level of local and regional development � problems of measuring

While conducting an assessment of development in territorial systems, two significant issues have been detected of theoretical and practical nature.These include the issue of measuring the level of this development and the distinction, or rather a connection between a regional and local development.Regional development does not constitute the sum resulting from the level of development of local systems, whilst the results of research on development in local systems have some direct connections with the level of regional development.One may assume that especially the development of larger cities in the region and the spatial systems linked to them ought to be similar to the development of the entire region.Within the article, the authors have analysed the links between the development of Lublin voivodeship and the level of the three cities with poviat rights from the area of the voivodeship including the three country districts forming the surroundings of these cities.