European Spatial Research and Policy: Recent submissions
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Innovations in Local Public Transport – Significance for the Local Community
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-12-31)The article deals with the issues of the innovations implemented in public transport. Their theoretical background was defined in the form of the latest concepts of territorial development: the theory of sustainable ... -
The New Urbanism Principle of Quality Architecture and Urban Design Versus Place Identity. A Case Study of Val D’Europe and the Manufaktura Complex
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-12-31)This article contributes to the New Urbanism debate by considering the relationship between the identity of a place and quality in architecture and urban design. It combines a general theoretical discussion and an operational ... -
New Tool for Measuring Sustainable Development in Functional Urban Areas
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-12-31)The article discusses the practical aspect of implementation of the idea of sustainable development in the EU Cohesion Policy in the 2014-2020 programming period in Poland. The objective of the study is to determine the ... -
Level of Social Participation in the Creation of Urban Regeneration Programmes – The Case Study of Small Towns in Poland
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-12-31)Social participation enables citizens to take part in the decision-making process. It is an increasingly popular instrument in Poland. The effectiveness of participation is the most important issue in this context. In ... -
Scenarios in Regional Planning – Theory and Practice in Poland
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-12-31)It is important to recognise future conditions in planning because it primes future actions. Scenarios are useful prognostic tools, especially when the social and institutional behaviour plays a crucial role. The aims of ... -
Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Agriculture for Sustainable City Development
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-12-31)Urban Agriculture (UA) has gained popularity in cities all over the world. In this paper, we explore the concept of UA and discuss it along various locational and strategic dimensions. The article aims to provide insights ... -
Strategic Spatial Planning in Lebanon: An International “Recipe”. The Case of the Union of Municipalities
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-12-31)In 1977 the municipal law authorised the creation of unions of municipalities in Lebanon. However, only recently have they actually begun to emerge; 13 unions existed in 1990 while 57 were created by 2017. Over the last ... -
Residential Segregation in Warsaw and its Metropolitan Area in the Context of Changing Housing Policy
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018)Warsaw and its metropolitan area seem an interesting testing ground for research on the phenomenon of residential segregation in the context of the evolution of housing policy, since the city has been subject to significant ... -
Transnational Networks of Pork Production: Fragile Linkages between Germany and CEE Countries
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018)The intention of this paper is to explore the internationalization efforts of German pork producers towards Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with a special focus on recent dynamics, market development strategies and policy ... -
Quantification of the Size of Local Public Administration: Empirical Study of Polish Regions
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018)The issue of the size of public administration is commonly researched. Most of the times this topic is tackled from a macroeconomic perspective, considering local and central administration together. That is why this paper ... -
Economic Growth, Inequalities and Poverty in Slovakia from 2005 to 2015 (the Analysis of Relations and Contexts at a Regional Level)
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018)Poverty rate is influenced by numerous factors. The determining ones are economic growth and the distribution of its effects. This article is therefore focused on the analysis of these effects and their relationship, as ... -
Spatial Variation in Size and Shape of Land Plots in Mazowieckie Voivodship
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018)The aim of the study is to evaluate the spatial variation in the size and shape of land plots in Mazowieckie voivodship. For the purposes of the study both the shape and the compactness of the plots were measured, and the ... -
The North-South Divide in Italy: Reality or Perception?
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018)lthough the literature about the objective socio-economic characteristics of the Italian North-South divide is wide and exhaustive, the question of how it is perceived is much less investigated and studied. Moreover, the ... -
Spatial Dynamic Modelling of Tax Gap: the Case of Italy
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018)This paper analyses the determinants of regional tax gap in Italy testing if tax evasion is characterised by spatial persistence. The size of spatial correlation in regional tax gaps has been tested and the role of additional ... -
In Memoriam. Witold Zmitrowicz (1940‒2017)
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Spatio-Temporal Differentiation of Cancer Incidence in Slovakia
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-02-06)Coping with the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of cancers is a challenging medical task with continuing consequences for the development of population health status and economy of health in each country. The occurrence ... -
Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage in Community Projects – The Example of Warsaw
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-02-06)Public space in cities is widely seen as a developmental resource. It thus becomes a kind of urban product, and a lure for a range of groups of current and potential users. Cities compete for prestige and standing by ... -
Borderland of Nations, Religions and Cultures – The Case of Podlasie
(Lodz Univeristy Press, 2018-02-06)Podlasie, a historical and geographical region in north-eastern Poland, serves as both an external (interstate, European Union) and internal (ethnic, religious, linguistic, cultural) borderland. The primary aim of the ...