TY - JOUR N2 - A number of thorough studies characterizing national and regional innovation systems have been published over the last years but what is relatively new is the theme of local innovation systems. In the era of increasing emphasis on urban issues in the development policies of countries and organizations such as the European Union and the location of innovation in the centre of regional development debate, it is justifi ed to ask how the measures are directed to the provincial cities. The article concentrates on 5 voivodeship cities as the main centers of regions with the highest number of institutions that usually build local innovation systems, three of which are located in the less developed regions in Poland. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/109331/PDF/018%20-%20Dziemianowicz,%20Laskowska,%20Peszat.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/109331 PY - 2017 IS - No 179 EP - 338 KW - Functional Urban Areas KW - Integrated Territorial Investments KW - local innovation systems KW - local development KW - urban policy A1 - Dziemianowicz, Wojciech A1 - Laskowska, Agnieszka A1 - Peszat, Klaudia PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju DA - 2017 T1 - Polityka wspierania innowacyjności miast wojewódzkich w kontekście strategii Zintegrowanych Inwestycji Terytorialnych SP - 323 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/109331 T2 - Studia KPZK ER -