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Labour market and living conditions of Lubuskie voivodeship’s residents, current state and future

Jakubowski Edward

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2024

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z. 192

359--370

EN

Purpose: The purpose of the publication is to present changes in the Lubuskie labor market and their impact on the living conditions of the local community. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses statistical data and source materials. Findings: The article presents the most important issues related to the labor market and analyzes key indicators, GDP dynamics, employment rate, directions of social policy development in order to present the changes taking place in Lubuskie province. Originality/value: The article is aimed at people interested in analyzing the labor market, living conditions of the population, people also interested in regional policy.

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Business cycles in European regions

Spychała Marcin, Spychała Joanna

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2024

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z. 193

561--575

EN

Purpose: The main purpose of the considerations is to present and analyze the most important morphological features of cyclical fluctuations for the 27 European Union countries as a whole (aggregated indicator – EU27) and for individual EU countries in the period from the first quarter of 2000 to the fourth quarter of 2022 based on the gross domestic product dynamics indicator. On the basis of the constructed indicators, which made it possible to isolate business cycle fluctuations, the degree of synchronization of the cycles of individual EU regions with the EU27 reference cycle was assessed. Design/methodology/approach: The methodological foundations of the research process and the empirical assessment of regional business cycles in the EU were preceded by theoretical analyzes regarding the concept, essence and morphological features of regional business cycle fluctuations. The study is based on 92 observations for each studied region. Dynamic indicators were built reflecting changes in general economic activity, i.e. quarterly time series of GDP. The obtained series were decomposed and deseasonalized. Upper and lower turning points were identified, resulting in phases of growth and slump in a given economy. This made it possible to present full business cycles and then assess them (in particular, determine the degree of synchronization between individual countries and the reference cycle). Findings: By assessing the course of fluctuations in business cycles of the entire economy of the European Union as a whole and fluctuations in business cycles of individual regions making up the EU in the period from the first quarter of 2000 to the fourth quarter of 2022, it can be concluded that this progression is not uniform. Divergences in business cycles in the European Union are an important feature of the data. This differentiation depends largely on the specific development of each region. Originality/value: The course of cyclical fluctuations was determined for all countries that are members of the European Union, as well as in individual EU regions.

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Cost analysis of water charge rates in the Czech Republic - Case study

Oblouková Aneta, Vítková Eva

Przegląd Naukowy Inżynieria i Kształtowanie Środowiska

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2024

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Vol. 33, No. 1

33--52

EN

The article was conceived as an initial insight into the issues related to the representation of individual type costs (e.g. material, labor costs, property depreciation, etc.) in the price of water in the Czech Republic. The aim of the article was to point out the possibility of dependence between the size of the company operating the infrastructural property of water supply and sewerage and the representation of individual costs in the water price within the framework of the case study. As a sample that formed the outputs of the case study, 14 companies were taken, which were selected according to the unified regions of the Czech Republic. Both basic mathematical methods and elementary methods used in financial analysis were used in the analysis. Within the scope of the case study, it can be stated that there is no dependence between the size of the companies and the representation of costs. Among the largest costs from the point of view of financial representation are other direct costs, where the costs of depreciation, property repairs, rental property, as well as wage costs and material costs are mainly represented. Insignificant costs include, for example, energy costs, which are only represented in the range of 1.39–5.70% of the total costs. Therefore, in order for the results included in the case study to be considered statistically relevant, it is necessary to expand the sample and confirm or refute the initial findings published in this article.

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The European Green Deal and the sustainable development of the Lubuskie voivodeship

Jakubowski Edward

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2023

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z. 173

227--239

EN

Purpose: The publication presents the challenges facing the European Union but also Polish regions in implementing the Green Deal. Design/methodology/approach: The method of statistical data analysis and source materials was used in the work. Findings: The paper presents the most important issues of change posed by the European Union for the implementation of climate policy. Originality/value: The paper is aimed at those interested in EU policy and climate policy in particular.

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The competitiveness and development of regions in Poland – selected instruments of socio-tourist infrastructure

Andruszkiewicz Krzysztof, Schulz Maciej, Skorupa Jakub

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2023

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z. 176

9--19

EN

Objective: The aim of the article is to assess the competitive potential of Poland’s regions, in the context of effective strategy building for further development thereof. Design/methodology/approach: The article employs the method of critical investigation of the literature on the subject as well as presents an analysis of statistical data on selected sociotourist infrastructure instruments. An examination of two selected infrastructure elements was carried out for the purpose of the article, which can form a basis for formulation of strategies to improve the competitiveness and development of regions in Poland. Results: The Authors present the issue of regional competitiveness, with particular focus on the methods of assessing and building the competitiveness of regions through selection of an optimal strategy for further development thereof. In this context, two selected instruments of socio-tourist infrastructure are discussed, which can form a basis for formulation of strategies to improve the competitiveness and development of regions in Poland. The infrastructure elements presented serve as an example of areas characterized by great potential for growth, as a consequence of years of neglect (health care), or constrained by independent external COVID-19 pandemic associated conditions (accommodation industry).

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Evolution or status quo - regional operational programmes in the Eu financial perspective 2014-2020

Sługocki Waldemar

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2023

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z. 174

285--296

EN

Purpose: The publication presents the evolution of the European Union policy implemented in Poland, focusing primarily on the 2014-2020 perspective, which was characterized by its decentralization. Design/methodology/approach: The method of statistical data analysis and source materials was used in the work. Findings: As a result of the conducted research, it was indicated that the 2014-2020 perspective was characterized not only by the highest allocation of financial resources, but the solutions proposed therein led to a deeper decentralization of regional policy in Poland consisting in the construction of two-fund regional programs (ERDF and ESF), prepared, managed and implemented at the regional level, bringing the thereby increasing the effectiveness of this policy. Originality/value: The literature research and statistical analysis carried out in the article served to show the evolution of the regional policy decentralization process on maximizing its effects. The research results are dedicated to a wide group of people and entities benefiting from the support of European Union funds.

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Barriers and determinants of restructuring employment in the mining industry under the just transformation mechanism. Survey results

Hetmańczyk Piotr

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2023

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z. 170

99--117

EN

Purpose: The purpose of using the method is to obtain information on the social perception of the employment restructuring process in the mining industry, taking into account the phase of design, implementation, monitoring and impact assessment for the industry and local communities. Design/methodology/approach: The theses presented in the article have been verified using: literature review, critical literature analysis, document research and comparative analysis. The article presents a research method enabling social assessment of barriers and determinants of the employment restructuring process in the mining industry under the just transition mechanism. The method of researching the social perception of the hard coal mining employment restructuring process, due to the specificity and complexity of the issue under consideration, uses various, mutually complementary methods and techniques of social research: quantitative and qualitative. Findings: As a result of the analyzes and surveys carried out, a set of conclusions can be presented, the most important of which include conclusions relating to social issues – implementation of the economic transformation in mining communes and poviats is possible in the coming years, but the communes are not prepared for the transformation. The negative effects of the employment restructuring process on the local economy may be noticeable in significant liquidation of enterprises cooperating with entities restructuring industry, reduction of revenues to the budget of local government authorities and reduction of demand on the local market. Originality/value: The article enriches knowledge and develops a discussion in the area of social perception of the employment restructuring process in the mining industry. The attempt to capture the phenomena and processes presented here that may result from the transformation of hard coal mining in Poland is aimed at a better comprehension of the task that may be played by the local government in the area of which operating or closed mines and mining companies are located. On the basis of the results of the survey, it is mainly noticed that there is a need to define the challenges and tasks that should be undertaken in real action by the institutions responsible for the transformation of mining communes – especially due to the need to limit the social and economic consequences that may appear in the transformation process, both in the area of mining communes mining and in their surroundings.

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Barriers and determinants of restructuring employment in the mining industry under the just transformation mechanism. Interviews results

Hetmańczyk Piotr

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2023

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z. 169

333--350

EN

Purpose: The purpose of using the method is to obtain information on the social perception of the employment restructuring process in the mining industry, taking into account the phase of design, implementation, monitoring and impact assessment for the industry and local communities. Design/methodology/approach: The theses presented in the article have been verified using: literature review, critical literature analysis, document research and comparative analysis. The article presents a research method enabling social assessment of barriers and determinants of the employment restructuring process in the mining industry under the just transition mechanism. The method of researching the social perception of the hard coal mining employment restructuring process, due to the specificity and complexity of the issue under consideration, uses various, mutually complementary methods and techniques of social research: quantitative and qualitative. Findings: As a result of the interviews carried out, it seems that all the expert assessments and opinions expressed confirm thesis that if the changes related to the just transition process cannot be stopped, then one must learn to take advantage of it. The view expressed above regarding the process of just transformation, which implies both economic and social challenges that are important for mining communes, among which the following deserve special attention as increasing the importance of the participation of mining communes in making government decisions, more friendly conditions shaping cooperation, need for mining communes to implement projects based on local mobility, adaptability and social sensitivity, need to increase social awareness related to mining in mining communes with responsibility for the just transition process, disappearance of state policies in the implementation of social functions in the phase of ongoing changes and taking them over by the local society. Originality/value: The article enriches knowledge and develops a discussion in the area of social perception of the employment restructuring process in the mining industry. Based on the assessments and opinions of experts, it seems that in the perspective of the predictable occurrence of the transformation process, it could be important for local governments, and in particular mining communes, to promote actions for an evolutionary, not short-term shift from coal-based energy to low-emission sources - striving to make it a multi-stage and long-term process. Equally important may be the pursuit of solutions according to which the principle of introducing funds directly to individual communes for the implementation of the just transformation process will be adopted. Must be considerated need for local governments, including mining communes, to obtain state intervention appropriate to the scale of the challenges, while equipping them with reliable and comprehensively planned proposals for transformational activities limiting their spontaneity.

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Alpha wolves. Are local business leaders important for the region brand? Case study of Wroclaw agglomeration

Macalik Joanna

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2023

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z. 173

457--467

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Purpose: The main objective of this study is to investigate and clarify the role of local business leaders in creating region brand. Design/methodology/approach: The article uses the qualitative case study method to describe the role of local business leaders in shaping region brand. The analysis is conducted using Wroclaw Agglomeration as a subject. Findings: The research conducted enabled to initially investigate and clarify some aspects of creating a place brand image using stakeholders engagement. Research limitations: The research presented in the article is qualitative, making it impossible to infer the entire region's population. Practical implications: The article includes essential conclusions valid for regions' authorities, mainly in the area of creating a positive brand image in the economic context and the importance of engaging stakeholders in this process. Originality/value: The paper supplements the management sciences literature with knowledge about the local business leaders' role in creating a region brand.

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Rozwój i znaczenie dla mieszkańców Trzebini połączeń kolejowych między Krakowem a Katowicami

Bryniarska Zofia, Trojanowski Michał

Transport Miejski i Regionalny

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2023

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nr 3

13--24

PL

Powszechnie uznane jest znaczenie transportu kolejowego dla przewozów na dalekie i krótkie odległości. W ostatnich latach w związku z rosnącym zatłoczeniem dróg, jak również modernizacją linii kolejowych pasażerowie zaczęli ponownie doceniać przejazdy pociągami w transporcie lokalnym, aglomeracyjnym i miejskim, czyli na stosunkowo krótkie odległości. Przyczyniła się do tego znacząco poprawa jakości infrastruktury kolejowej, zakupy nowoczesnego, zapewniającego komfort taboru, rozwój i nowe środki dynamicznej informacji pasażerskiej, wzrost częstotliwości kursowania pociągów, jak i konstrukcja rozkładów jazdy, oferująca stały takt odjazdów. Fragment zmodernizowanego odcinka linii kolejowej z Krakowa do Katowic poprawia już dzisiaj możliwości realizowania przejazdów z Trzebini do Krakowa i częściowo do Katowic. W artykule pojęto próbę weryfikacji opinii na temat możliwości dojazdu do Krakowa i Katowic oraz zbadania poziomu zadowolenia z usług i oferty transportu kolejowego. Opisano modernizację infrastruktury kolejowej na części badanego odcinka, która mogła wpłynąć na opinie badanych mieszkańców Trzebini i okolic. Ponadto scharakteryzowano strukturę mieszkańców Trzebini oraz infrastrukturę transportową na terenie miasta, połączenia między Trzebinią a Krakowem i Katowicami. Problemem badawczym niniejszego artykułu było pytanie: Jakie znaczenie dla społeczeństwa Trzebini mają przewozy kolejowe na odcinku z Krakowa do Katowic? W celu uzyskania dokładniejszej odpowiedzi na pytanie badawcze, postawiono hipotezę główną: Transport kolejowy jest chętnie wybieranym środkiem transportu do Krakowa oraz Katowic wśród społeczeństwa Trzebini. Do celów badawczych posłużono się kwestionariuszem sondażowym, który został udostępniony za pomocą portali społecznościowych. W badaniu wzięło udział 535 osób, które odpowiedziały na dziewiętnaście pytań dotyczących między innymi z wyboru preferowanego środka transportu oraz oceny wybranych postulatów przewozowych związanych z transportem kolejowym. Otrzymane wyniki zostały poddane analizie przy użyciu metody opisu i badania statystycznego, polegających na opracowaniu wyników za pomocą odpowiednich narzędzi statystycznych.

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The importance of rail transport for long and short distances is well known. In recent years, due to the growing congestion of roads, but also thanks to the modernization of railway lines, passengers have come to appreciate again traveling by trains in local, agglomeration and urban transport, i.e. for relatively short distances. This was largely due to the improvement in the quality of the railway infrastructure, the purchase of modern rolling stock ensuring comfort, the development and new means of dynamic passenger information, the increase in the frequency of trains, and the construction of timetables offering a fixed departure time. A fragment of the modernized section of the railway line from Kraków to Katowice already brings a significant improvement in the possibility of transport from Trzebinia to Krakow and partly to Katowice. The article attempts to verify opinions on the possibility of getting to Kraków and Katowice and to examine the level of satisfaction with the services and the offer of rail transport. The modernization of the railway infrastructure on a part of the tested section – that could have influenced the opinion of the surveyed inhabitants of Trzebinia and the surrounding area – have been described. In addition, the structure of the inhabitants of Trzebinia and the transport infrastructure in the city, connections between Trzebinia and Kraków and Katowice were characterized. The research problem of this article was the question: What is the importance of railway transport on the section from Kraków to Katowice for the community of Trzebinia? In order to receive more accurate answer the research question, the main hypothesis was put forward: Rail transport is a willingly chosen mean of transport to Kraków and Katowice among the inhabitants of Trzebinia. For research purposes, a survey questionnaire was conducted via social media. The survey involved 535 people who answered nineteen questions related to, among others, the choice of the preferred means of transport and the assessment of selected transport requirements related to rail transport. The obtained results were analyzed using the method of description and statistical research, which consisted in elaborating the results with the use of appropriate statistical tools.

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Tourist aspects of the Lubuskie voivodeship - the region’s development potential

Jakubowski Edward

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2022

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z. 156

215--225

EN

Purpose: The publication presents the tourist aspects of the Lubuskie voivodeship, which are of great importance for regional development in terms of tourism, supra-regional and national. Design/methodology/approach: The method of statistical data analysis and source materials was used in the work. Findings: In the analysis of the relationship between tourist attractiveness and the development of the competitiveness of the Lubuskie voivodeship, the presence of the market process of interaction between tourist traffic and the number of entities from the tourism sector was noticed. The Lubuskie voivodeship has many tourist attractions, which constitute the region's great potential. It should be added that the Lubuskie voivodeship, as one of the few regions in Poland, can offer ecotourism as an attraction. Originality/value: The analysis carried out in the article is aimed at people interested in regional policy in terms of the impact of tourism on the development and competitiveness of Polish regions.

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The spatial diversity of socio-economic development in Ukraine

Miłek Dorota, Kozubek Paweł R.

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2022

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z. 162

455--471

EN

Purpose: The processes of socio-economic development always take place in a specific space and are not uniform. The modern conditions of regional development vary a lot with regard to the socio-economic development of the particular territorial entities. This is also true for Ukraine, the subject of this study and a current candidate for the European Union. This paper will assess the diversity of socio-economic development of the Ukrainian regions in 2020 and rank these entities according to the level of their development. Methodology: Z. Hellwig’s method of development pattern, which helps to order the regions in terms of their development, is applied to the evaluation of socio-economic development of the Ukrainian entities. The indicators adopted are systematised by the following areas: Demographics and job market, Structure of regional economies, Innovation, research and development activities, Technical infrastructure, Social infrastructure, and Condition and protection of the natural environment. Findings: The analysis helps to identify the levels of socio-economic development of Ukrainian regions and the region groups of the highest, high, low, and very low standards of development. The results suggest a great diversity of socio-economic development of these regions. Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kharkiv experience the maximum, while Donetsk and Luhansk the minimum levels of development. Research limitations/implications: The data published by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine for 2020 are used, excluding those for the temporarily occupied area of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, and parts of the temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Further comparative research should estimate the effects of the changes on socio-economic development following the end of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine. Continuing studies may also identify factors with a decisive impact on the regions’ attribution to the particular groupings. Social implications: The evaluation of the regional development levels may provide foundations for some strategies of socio-economic development, an explication of causes of regional variations, and a determination of potential for and ways of levelling down the existing inequalities. The diversity of development of the individual Ukrainian regions is important to its status of a candidate to the EU, granted on 23 June 2022. In connection with a closer cooperation between Ukraine and the EU, the results can provide knowledge about where to channel the EU funding aimed at the socio-economic development of the particular regions. Originality/value: The determination of the diversity of socio-economic development and positioning of the Ukrainian regions in this respect. The study can also be seen as a contribution to the existing research and serve the purpose of comparative analysis.

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Prospects for interlinking transport, spatial, and development planning at the regional level in Slovenia

Gulič Andrej

Transport Problems

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2022

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T. 17, z. 4

115--126

EN

The prospects for aligning transport, spatial, and development planning at the regional level in Slovenia are presented in this article. We focus primarily on assessing the possibility of linking and interweaving the contents of documents provided for existing legislation, as well as legislation that is in the preparation phase. First, we present the general factors of differentiation and connection between the documents of the considered areas of planning. Then, we present the substantive factors of differentiation and the connection between the documents at the state level. In the next chapter, we present emerging technologies and transport services and their inclusion in spatial, development, and transport planning in national documents and regional development programs. In the last part of the article, we present the final findings and proposals for the substantive integration of the preparation of transport, spatial, and development planning documents at the regional level in Slovenia. The article was repared in the framework of the CARE4CLIMATE project – boosting greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2020 with a view to 2030 – promoting sustainable transport, energy efficiency, renewable energies, and sustainable, climate-protecting land use in the transition to a low-carbon society.

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Assessment of investment and innovation image of the regions of Ukraine in terms of sustainable transformations

Bashynska Iryna, Smokvina Ganna, Yaremko Larisa, Lemko Yuliya, Ovcharenko Tetiana, Zhang Suhang

Acta Innovations

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2022

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no. 43

63--77

EN

The article examines the existing methods of assessing the innovation and investment image of the region and proposes an author's methodology that considers the development of the region's production and infrastructure to form a strategic policy to create and apply innovation and economic potential of the region. The research hypothesis is based on the use of the method of distance from the standard, allowing to obtain relatively objective and fair assessments of the innovation and investment image of the region, considering the leading indicators of enterprises, ensuring their differentiation by industry. Enterprises, industries, and regions in the top rankings are considered more attractive to investors in terms of innovation, economic and social development. To confirm the hypothesis, the method of assessing the innovation and investment image of the regions was considered, which begins with an empirical, theoretical study and ends with the practicality of use. A method for determining the rating of business activity of innovation-active and investment-attractive enterprises considering their territorial and sectoral affiliation has been developed. The study has a significant economic and regional impact: using this method of assessing the innovation and investment image of the regions allows investors to evaluate and select the region in which the investment proposal will consider the features and priorities of economic development of the region and industry trends.

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Contextualism of architecture in Warmia and Mazury

Sobol Patryk

PUA Przestrzeń Urbanistyka Architektura

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2021

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Vol. 1

101--112

EN

When discussing the issue of the context of architecture, it is important to pay attention to the possibilities of impact and connections between the building and is surroundings. Some buildings are connected with the area in terms of functionality, others in terms of history and others in terms of nature. Different styles of finishes, materials or forms directly affect the dialogue between the architecture and nature. This issue is worth discussing in more detail in order to understand the reasons why the architecture of Warmia and Mazury stands out among other regions of Poland. What makes its unique finishes co-create some of the most picturesque landscapes in Poland?

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Omawiając zagadnienie kontekstu architektury, należy zwrócić uwagę na możliwości oddziaływań i powiązań budynku z otoczeniem. Niektóre budynki są związane z terenem pod względem funkcjonalnym, inne historycznym, a inne przyrodniczym. Różne style wykończeń, materiały czy formy oddziałują bezpośrednio na dialog architektury z naturą. Zagadnieniu temu warto się bliżej przyjrzeć w celu zrozumienia, dlaczego akurat na obszarze Warmii i Mazur architektura wyróżnia się na tle innych regionów polski. Co sprawia, że jej niepowtarzalne wykończenia współtworzą jedne z najbardziej malowniczych krajobrazów w Polsce?

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Characteristics of interconnections of construction sector and environment: regional study of Ukraine

Mokiy Anatoliy, Pynda Yuriy, Ilyash Olha, Pikh Mariia, Pynda Rostyslav

Przegląd Naukowy Inżynieria i Kształtowanie Środowiska

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2021

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Vol. 30, No. 2

337--353

EN

The proposed modelling of the relationship between the spatial and component structure of the construction industry development and the environment helped to obtain combinations of high and medium levels of the impact of integral indicators of labour, productive and foreign economic components of the construction sector on the environmental index of the region. The high level of adaptability of the models used for the period 2013–2018 confirms the relationship between the development of the construction sector in most regions of Ukraine and the lowest level of the ecological index. This proves the scientific hypothesis about the negative impact of construction on the country’s ecosystem. The study indicates that the dynamic characteristics of the relationship between the building system and the environment should take into account the existence of direct and indirect or even “hidden” relationships between the components. The scientific value of the study consists in using models of fuzzy sets to assess the relationship between the construction system and the ecosystem based on defuzzification, which preserves the flexibility of the process of assessing the development of subsystems in construction and making decisions as to reducing the negative environmental impact in regions.

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Positioning of the Amalgamated Territorial Communities of Ukraine through the Sustainable Development in the Conditions of Military Actions

Budnikevich Iryna, Kolomytseva Olena, Rohozian Yuliia, Krupenna Inga, Zablodska Daria

Problemy Ekorozwoju

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2021

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Vol. 16, nr 1

103--112

EN

The article summarizes and analyses the scientific approaches to the determination and systematization of the positioning parameters of local level territories. The authors determined and systematized the positioning parameters of the amalgamated territorial communities in Ukraine through the prism of sustainable development elements in the conditions of military operations to form the most effective position of a particular community among other administrative-territorial units of the first level. Based on the results of the analysis of the positioning status in Ukraine, the Ukrainian regions were clustered by the number of ATCs that determined the direction of positioning. It is proved that each of the ATC deserves a worthy positioning of its territory in the eyes of the key stakeholders of its development. However, the communities of precisely Donets`k and Luhans`k regions will do just that, since they continue to receive losses from hostilities unfolding nearby.

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Artykuł analizuje naukowe podejście do określania i systematyzacji parametrów pozycjonowania terytoriów na poziomie lokalnym. Autorzy określili i usystematyzowali parametry pozycjonowania połączonych społeczności terytorialnych na Ukrainie przez pryzmat elementów zrównoważonego rozwoju w warunkach operacji wojskowych. Celem było stworzenie najbardziej efektywnej pozycji określonej społeczności wśród innych jednostek administracyjno-terytorialnych pierwszego poziomu. Na podstawie wyników analizy statusu pozycjonowania na Ukrainie, regiony ukraińskie zostały zgrupowane według liczby ATC, które określiły kierunek pozycjonowania. Udowodniono, że każdy ATC zasługuje na godne pozycjonowanie swojego terytorium w oczach kluczowych interesariuszy jego rozwoju. Jednakże społeczności w regionach Doniecka i Ługańska dopiero tego dokonają, ponieważ nadal notują straty wynikające z działań wojennych rozgrywających się w pobliżu.

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The impact of natural conditions on the development and competitiveness of the lubuskie voivodeship

Jakubowski Edward

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2020

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z. 146

171--185

EN

Purpose: This publication presents the most important natural resources in the Lubuskie Voivodeship, which have very large importance for regional development in terms of tourism, supra-regional but also domestic. Design/methodology/approach: The method of statistical data analysis and source materials was used in the work. Findings: The richness of the voivodeship are forests and wilderness, with numerous landscape parks, reserves and monuments of nature as well as with animals living in the wild. An important aspect in the tourist landscape of the Lubuskie Voivodeship are castles, churches and manor houses and palaces related to the history of the region. Today, a large proportion of tourists seek to learn about folklore, tradition, folk creativity, as well as regional cuisine. The voivodeship offers a wide range of cultural, sporting, entertainment and artistic events. It should be added that as one of the few regions in Poland, the Lubuskie Voivodeship may offer enotourism as an attraction. Originality/value: The analysis carried out in the article is addressed to people interested in regional policy in the aspect of the impact of natural conditions on the development and competitiveness of Polish regions.

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Regional business cycles in Poland

Spychała Joanna

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2020

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z. 146

441--454

EN

Purpose: The main goal of the considerations presented hereinbelow is a presentation of the course of action as well as an analysis of crucial features of cyclical fluctuations differentiated as entities in the Polish economy as well as in all provinces in the period of the first quarter of 2005 until the second quarter of 2019 based on the rate of the sold production of industry. Design/methodology/approach: A share of the respective regions in the structure of the sold production of industry was assessed. Finally, an attempt of assessing the rate of convergence in terms of morphology of a national chain with time chains of the respective regions was undertaken. In the thesis, a hypothesis is being stated that the most synchronised with the cycle of Poland are regions having the biggest share in the sold production of industry. Methodological bases of the research process as well as an empirical assessment of the regional business cycles in Poland were preceded by theoretical analyses concerning the notion, the core as well as the morphological features of the regional business fluctuations. Findings: Making an assessment of the progression of business cycle fluctuations of the economy of Poland as a whole as well as business cycle fluctuations of Polish provinces in the period between the first quarter 2005 and the second quarter of 2019, one may conclude the progression is not uniform. The variation depends to a large extent on the specificity of development of each region. Provinces which have a lower share in the national structure of the sold production of industry demonstrate higher sensitivity to economic shocks. The highest degree of compliance with the national cycle has been demonstrated in provinces with the highest rate of share in the structure of the sold production of industry. Research limitations/implications: The conducted research, as well as the obtained results might thus be a basis for taking up more extensive analyses in that field, comprising a discussion on the remaining morphological features of business cycles. Originality/value: Determining the course of cyclical fluctuations in Poland as well as in its respective provinces has been made.

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Barriers to using of quintuple helix model to create innovations in Polish regions

Łącka Irena

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2020

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z. 146

233--251

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Purpose: The main purpose of the paper is to present and discuss the assumptions of the model and indicate whether the regional innovativeness can be improved with the help of multi-branch co-operation oriented so as to form new solutions to contemporary development problems. An additional purpose of the paper is to indicate barriers that hinder the application of this form of co-operation in Polish regions. Design/methodology/approach: The paper has theoretical and reviewing nature. It was drawn up based on an analysis of the literature on the topic and the results of foreign authors’ research along with the information obtained from practicians (management board members of the cluster active in the West Pomeranian region). Findings: Quintuple Helix model is a concept which explains the principles and effects of co-operation for the improvement of regional innovativeness and development in the conditions of the natural environment challenges and sustainable development. This co-operation is built between regional partners of innovative processes. The experience of highly developed countries shows that such organized cooperation is effective. In Poland, this concept is very rarely used, and its implementation encounters significant barriers. Practical implications: The presented considerations are important for entities of regional innovative networks. They will gain knowledge of the Quintuple Helix concept in the light of the challenges of the modern world (economic, ecological, demographic, cultural and others). In addition, they learn the essence and scope of barriers to introducing effective innovative cooperation. This will allow them to reduce barriers. In the future, new solutions to problems of the development of society and economy will appear in Polish regions faster. Originality/value: The added value of the article is the presentation of the Quintuple Helix model as a tool to solve sustainable development problems in the region. This concept is not widely known in Poland, nor used in the mesoscale. This is due to the lack of interdisciplinary research on this issue and very strong barriers to such cooperation. They are found in all elements of this model. Its practical implementation requires their removal. In the article, the author diagnosed and described them.