THE SPATIAL DECONCENTRATION OF HOUSING RESOURCES IN WARSAW, 1945-2008

Crucial aspects of geographical research are the characterisation of the evolution of distributions as a phenomenon in urban space, as well as the search for interpretations of observed changes. This article presents a new approach to deconcentration studies concerning the local conditions underpinning this global process. Locally-based changes in the spatial distribution of housing resources have been analysed using the Gini Index and an original modification to the Partial Synthetic Contribution Index. The conducted analysis provided an explicitly geographical framework around which to model spatial diversity of the deconcentration process, and allowed for the elaboration of an original typology for different parts of Warsaw from the urban-planning point of view.