The study investigated interrelations between the availability of ecological and communal infrastructure and the social and economic functions of rural areas based on 171 self-governmental units (rural and urban districts) of the Małopolska povince. The data were obtained from the publications of the Cracow Bureau for Statistics. The districts were classified into types according to function and then the variables characterising the functional types and the variables describing the ecological and communal infrastructure of districts were subjected to covariance analysis. The results can by used by local governments as a basis for the rational planning of investments in ecological infrastructure.

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