European Spatial Research and Policy: Recent submissions
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The Influence of Land Cover on the Spatial Distribution of Fire Sites: A Case Study of Łódzkie Voivodeship, Poland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)The paper continues from previous joint studies and their practical application at the confluence of human geography, safety-related research and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The objective of the study was to ... -
Hidden properties of city plans: A case study of Łódź
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)The article analyses the transformations and the internal diversity of the oldest urban structures of central Łódź, one of the biggest Polish cities. 19th-century Łódź was one of the greatest centres of the textile industry ... -
Migrations of elderly people in the world and in Poland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)Migrations of seniors in the 21st century accurately reflect the socio-demographic changes in developed countries. Their intensity increases in various parts of the world. In Europe, pensioners from the north move to the ... -
Citizen involvement in waste management and circular economy in cities: Key elements for planning and implementation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)This paper identifies and explores key elements for planning and implementing citizen involvement in the area of waste management and circular economy in cities. The analysis has shown that institutions responsible for ... -
Circular economy policy-related national initiatives in Visegrad countries
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)The concept of circular economy (CE) has become popular in the last decade: both decision-makers and businesses are looking for alternative solutions replacing the present economic model. Official governmental documents ... -
Waste material flow analysis in the Łódź Metropolitan Area
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)The main sources of waste generation are: industry, municipal sector, and agriculture. Municipal waste is solid and liquid waste that arise in households, public utilities (trade, services, handicrafts) and municipal ... -
Local resource-based development potential as reflected in waste management/circularity transition: Governance barriers in Hungary
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)Waste as a local resource is a development opportunity for resource owners as waste may act as a foundation for bottom-up development at local levels. This paper presents the most important governance challenges that hamper ... -
Making cities circular: Experiences from the living lab Hamburg-Altona
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)The article argues that to reach circular economy goals urban regions need to identify and understand the challenges and opportunities originating from the differences in spatial settings, and to develop place-based solutions ... -
A multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary approach to waste management and circular economy: The case of Flanders and Ghent, Belgium
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)In 2016, the Flemish Government adopted the transversal policy paper “Vision 2050, a long term strategy for Flanders”. It has set the ambition for Flanders for 2050 and has paved the way for a transition to a Circular ... -
Wastelands as an opportunity for managing Naples’ sustainable transition
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)Circular economy offers new visions of how diversely urban spaces could be inhabited and managed. While the generation and management of waste is being treated through innovative practices, disused industrial, rural, and ... -
Circling the square: Governance of the circular economy transition in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-30)Circular economy (CE), the new ‘buzzword’ in urban and regional studies and policy debates, is about shifting from a linear production process towards a circular one in which the generation of waste is minimised, materials ... -
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Book Reviews
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-06-30)A Tale of More than Two Cities: Deconstructing Sustainable Urbanity: OECD, Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving towards Sustainable Cities, OECD Publishing, Paris 2018, 166 pages; Nico TILLIE, Synergetic Urban Landscape Planning ... -
An Integrative Modelling Approach to Analyse Landscape Dynamics Through Intensity Analysis and Cellular Automata-Markov Chain Model
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-06-30)The goal of this study is offer a deep understanding of the landscape dynamics in the Gorgan Township, the Golestan Province, Iran. Landsat satellite imagery of two different time thresholds, i.e. the years 1992 and 2011, ... -
Transit in Regional Economic Development: The Case of the Kaliningrad Exclave
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-06-30)The study analyses the role of the transit function in the development of a regional transport system drawing on the example of the Kaliningrad exclave region (Russia). The article studies the role and extent of the impact ... -
Urban Strategic Planning from the Perspective of Well-Being: Evaluation of the Hungarian Practice
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-06-30)The present paper evaluates Hungarian strategic urban planning from the perspective of well-being. It conceptualises well-being in line with Amartya Sen’s capability approach (CA). We argue that the CA provides a meaningful ... -
Primer on the Cluster Impact on Internationalisation in the Form of FDI in the Time of Industry 4.0
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-06-30)The novelty of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) as a research topic means that the literature covering the interrelations between digital business transformation and categories such as internationalisation, foreign direct investment ... -
The Mortality Structure of Populations the Demographic and Socio-Economic Situation in European Union Countries: Development and Differentiation in the Period 2011–2014
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-06-30)The purpose of the study is to compare the differentiation of the demographic and socio-economic indicators and the structure of mortality of the population in EU countries in the period 2011–2014. The composite indicator ... -
How Innovation Districts (Do Not) Work: the Case Study of Cracow
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-06-30)This article is an attempt to answer the question: how one selects a neighbourhood to develop an innovation district, using the case of Cracow. This article mainly refers to the issue of the shape of innovation districts, ... -
The Rise of Creative Hubs in Istanbul
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-06-30)This study investigates the emergence and the rise of Creative Hubs (CHs) in Istanbul, which as Turkey’s economic capital contains most of its creative workforce and the largest number of its CHs. In the last 10 years, the ...