Project of a special demographic zone as a response to a threat of depopulation in the Opole province

INTRODUCTION According to Ulrich Beck’s thesis, modern societies are risk societies. The reality of late modernity generates various threats associated with the global nature of social change and technological developments. People are becoming more aware of hazards; they endeavour to avoid them. In the category of social risks, it is difficult to single out factors that may eliminate any threats occurred and causes of problems arisen. An ex-