Abstract

It is a complicated procedurę to analyze a transformation process in suburban zonę, defined in certain circumstances as suburbanization. This is important to abide by two conditions: proper selection of occurrence measurement indicators and realization of this measurement on possibly detailed level of spatial units of analysis. There was a hypothesis madę during researches, that Opole suburban zonę isn't formed in a way, enabling recognize this zonę as an exemplification of the suburbanization occurrence. There was a result confirming the hypothesis while using eight variables, aggregated on particular places (villages) level. At the same time there was pointed, that ethnic factor is a potential variable, disturbing transformation process in the whole of the suburban zonę of Opole.