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At the start of the year 1999, a new division of administration came into force. In this context, the two level structure (voivodeship, gmina) was replaced by a three level structure (voivodeship, powiat, gmina). The number of voivodeships was reduced from 49 to 16, and the individual levels of administration were given greater independence. The determination and delimitation of voivodeships contains additional political compromises. This article examines the correspondence or the deviation in the territorial division according to the new voivodeships in comparison to the actually existing socio-economic regions which actually exist in Poland. These regions are represented in this study by the nodal settlement systems and by the scientific systems. The comparison comes to the conclusion that, if there were to be the greatest possible alignment to the existing regions in the country, Poland would best have been divided into 10 voivodes hips. The greatest deviations from this ideal plan are to be found in the peripheral regions of Poland.

Global Scrap: Global destruction networks, the production of space and socio-economic structures of the Pakistani ship breaking industry. Every year, hundreds of discarded vessels are broken up at South Asian ship breaking yards, including Chittagong in Bangladesh, Alang in India and Gadani in Pakistan. These (waste) flows of end-of-life vessels are being sent from the global north, notably the European Union, to the global south (Indian Subcontinent). This contribution follows the movement of value through global destruction networks by focusing on the Pakistani ship breaking industry at Gadani Beach and linking its significance for the local and national economy to both global processes as well as to labour conditions and environmental problem.

"Every year, hundreds of discarded vessels are broken up at South Asian ship breaking yards, including Chittagong in Bangladesh, Alang in India and Gadani in Pakistan. These (waste) flows of end-of-life vessels are being sent from the global north, notably the European Union, to the global south (Indian Subcontinent). This contribution follows the movement of value through global destruction networks by focusing on the Pakistani ship breaking industry at Gadani Beach and linking its significance for the local and national economy to both global processes as well as to labour conditions and environmental problems." (author's abstract)