The publication shows the current state as well as the social, economic and environmental changes taking place in our voivodship in an innovative and comprehensive way. The idea of the Atlas is to present the latest statistical data, including those from experimental studies, and to analyse and interpret them in a spatial context.

The publication is based on data for 2024 or the latest available. To illustrate changes over time, some selected issues are presented in a multi year retrospective. The data sources include resources from the statistical reporting and from the information systems made available to the official statistics system by the external providers. Some information included in the publication comes from the National Population and Housing Census 2021.

The innovative approach was also applied in the presentation of phenomena. The publication offers a unique insight into the social and economic processes taking place at both regional and local levels. The data presented has been compiled at low levels of spatial aggregation, including 2x2 km grids, which enables the detailed analysis of changes. Particular attention was paid to changes taking place in cities and towns and in rural areas, which were presented according to the Delimitation of Rural Areas (DOW), aggregating rural areas into four groups.