European Spatial Research and Policy: Recent submissions
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The impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative on the Western Balkan Region: An erosion of EU conditionality?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The EU integration process contributes to influence the ongoing institutional changes in the Western Balkans. At the same time, the incremental inflow of Chinese capital in the region that followed the launch of the Belt ... -
Economic growth agenda: The effects of full utilisation of capital budgets among statistical planning regions in North Macedonia
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)North Macedonia can improve its economic growth by addressing the infrastructure gap by at least full capital budget utilisation. The outturn/execution of capital budget expenditures is low and in relative terms decreasing. ... -
The opportunity to develop strategic spatial planning with the impulse of integrated territorial investments in Croatia
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)Regional development and spatial planning in Croatia are organised as parallel planning systems regulated by different legislations and coordinated by two ministries, the development of which has been strongly influenced ... -
Territorial rescaling and polycentric governance in Albania
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)Territories as relational geographical constructs are in constant formation and reformation, or rescaling, which results in spatial typologies of complex governance. The voting containers of a territory are merely one ... -
Common action: Can grassroots initiatives propel territorial governance in Montenegro?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)In recent years, grassroots organising has become important in advocating for the interests of local communities in spatial development processes in the Balkans. Though differing in terms of size, focus, and method, these ... -
The Slovenian planning system 30 years later: Lessons learnt and lessons not learnt
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)After gaining independence, countries such as Slovenia put a lot of effort into adapting their legislations to new market conditions. While concentrating on legislation, they often dismissed several other factors which ... -
Territorial governance of cultural heritage through spatial planning in Albania and Kosovo
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)Cultural and historical heritage is inextricably linked to territorial capital. Over the years, the recognition of its importance has increased in the political and policy discourse. This paper examines these challenges ... -
From conformance to performance? A comparative analysis of the European Union territorial policy trends in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)As several Western Balkans countries aspire to become members of the European Union (EU) in the (near) future, it is interesting to explore to what extent EU territorial trends are adopted in both the official national ... -
Foreword: Territorial governance in the Western Balkans: Multi-Scalar approaches and perspectives
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)Since the beginning of the 1990s, the Western Balkans have embarked on a complex path of transition and societal transformation, that was intended to eventually lead to their integration into the European Union. The pace ... -
Non-material considerations and uniqueness in the planning of the development of urban space: Example of Lviv
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)The paper is an attempt to respond to selected problems of the spatial planning system in Lviv, as defined by analyses of strategic documents. Based on the analysis, the authors proposed a spatial planning model considering ... -
Book Reviews
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Modelling financial sustainability of clusters: The case of Hungary
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)In Hungary, like in other post-socialist countries, clustering started only around the turn of the millennium. However, the mostly top-down organised clusters seemed not to be viable because the basic requirements of ... -
The role of location in the functioning of a local currency: La Gonette case study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)The beginning of the 21st century was a proliferation of complementary currencies worldwide. Among them, a number of newly created local currencies were notable. France proved to be especially fertile in this regard from ... -
The policy of European and Euro-Atlantic integration as a key factor for Ukraine’s transformation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)The article explores the practice perspectives of European and Euro-Atlantic integration for the West’s Eastern neighbours with a focus on Ukraine in the main directions of cooperation: political, economic, security, and ... -
Urban regeneration programming in Poland in the years 2014–2020
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)In 2015, the National Urban Policy, The Urban Regeneration Law, and the Guidelines regarding urban regeneration in operational programmes for the years 2014–2020 were adopted in Poland. These documents marked a new direction ... -
New trends in the changes of administrative boundaries in Poland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)The objective of the study is to determine the leading trends in changing administrative boundaries in Poland. Based on 194 Regulations of the Council of Ministers concerning the changes of boundaries and granting city ... -
Multi-level regional development governance: A European typology
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)The European Union identifies the regional level as the ideal spatial scale for resources’ redistribution, in so doing turning European regions into key spatial development players. This raises challenges due to the ... -
Majer Bałaban’s competition for the best MA and PhD thesis on Jewish History and Culture
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The Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan in Siberia
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)The Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR) of Birobidzhan in Siberia is still alive. The once famous “Siberian Zion”, at the confluence of the Bira and Bidzhan rivers, a stone’s throw away from China and a day from the Pacific ... -
Bound by history: An interdisciplinary approach to Polish-Jewish relations
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-30)