Developement of economic geography after the second Congress of Polish Science

The task of the article is to present a development of economic geography in the period which passed since the Second Congress of Polish Science. It is realized by: 1) examination of results of scientific research recommended in the materials of the Sub-Section of Geographic Sciences and Country Developement, 2) indicating at those of not realized findings which are still current, 3) propositions of scientific research which were not forwarded in the period of the Congress. Each of the three parts of the study contains three subjects maching the three main directions of geographic and economic research. These are: 1) examinations of basic spatial systems and their internal and external relations in a dynamic approach, 2) examinations of a developement of regional structure of the country, 3) examinations on theoretical and methodological progress. Additionally, the questions of regional planning developement and regional information system were discussed. The author forwards among others the following research propositions which were not provided in the Congress materials: 1) intensifying works on environment protection, 2) developing a theory of managing natural resources, 3) migrations of population within cities and urban-industrial agglomerations, 4) stratification of society in the regional approach, 5) change in conditions of regional developement, 6) modelling of functioning and developement of regional economy, 7) dynamics of spatial-economic systems, 8) wider application of hypotheses of statistics and logical calculus of statements, 9) accounting for a combined tasks in spatial planning. The article underscores the effects of developing scientific individualities of particular researchers and of whole scientific teams. In the final part, the author touches on more controversial problems: the so-called licencing of Polish economic geography, a question of changeability of paradigms and a question of landmarks and modifications.Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/201