In order to meet global challenges, cities must be governed efficiently, be compact, and as a result more sustainable, socially coherent, strong and competitive at economic level. Initiatives taken in favour of urban mobility may help in shaping of the global society, putting the main focus on the quality of life, citizens› needs and the principle of sustainable development. These actions aim at focusing citizens› attention on the need to improve air quality, decrease congestion in city’s main streets, but most of all to invest in your own health and physical condition, which increases the level of citizens’ life conditions, and in turn provides the city with considerable economic benefits. However, is it quite a challenge to ensure a sustainable urban mobility pattern which requires a high level of stakeholders’ participation and establishing a detailed complex planning process. The aim of the paper is to present, based on the available literature and data sources and also survey research results, shaping life quality in the aspect of mobility in the context of current megatrends, taking as a case study the CIVITAS DYN@MO project implementation in the city of Gdynia.
W badaniach tych autor poszukuje metod operacjonalizacji wdrażania paradygmatu zrównoważonego rozwoju w dziedzinie, która angażuje bardzo duże nakłady finansowe. Docelowo chodzi o stworzenie narzędzi decyzyjnych do alokacji środków ze źródeł publicznych i z innych źródeł na inwestycje w transporcie w taki sposób, by przyczyniły się one do równoważenia systemów transportowych w wymiarze: środowiskowym, społecznym i ekonomicznym. Podstawowym celem artykułu jest zaprezentowanie stopnia zrównoważenia rozwoju transportu w 16 polskich województwach w 2011 roku, z uwzględnieniem inwestycji transportowych. Postawiono hipotezę, iż poziom tego zrównoważenia może być analizowany za pomocą modelu obejmującego wskaźniki trzech ładów: środowiskowego, społecznego i ekonomicznego. Badania oparto na analizie wskaźnikowej i metodzie analizy statystycznej. Dane pozyskano z baz danych Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego – Banku Danych Lokalnych oraz Departamentu Koordynacji Wdrażania Funduszy Unii Europejskiej Ministerstwa Rozwoju Regionalnego.
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In his research the author sets out to establish methods for the operationalisation of sustainable development in the highly money intensive sector of transport. Since the costs of transport investments place a considerable burden on public finances, it is desirable that appropriate tools are created to help take decisions based on good monitoring systems and evaluation of their effectiveness in terms of environmental, social and economic effects. Using the available statistical data, the paper explores the situation in the 16 Polish voivodeships attempting to benchmark the sustainable transport development and transport investments in 2011. Environmental, social and economic indicators were selected to determine whether the regions in Poland are moving into the right direction thanks to the EU funding. The research uses indicator analysis and statistical analysis methods. The statistical data was obtained from the Central Statistical Office – Local Data Bank and the Ministry of Regional Development.
The ongoing globalisation and liberalisation of the international markets, including transport ones, enhance the competition and accelerate vertical and horizontal integration in the global scale. Those processes affecting directly the world industry and trade concern also maritime transport and seaports. Due to this, the seaports are getting gradually an integral part of the vertically integrating transport chains (intermodality), becoming important logistics centers and parts of maritime clusters. The common transport policy influences the EU maritime transport and seaports’ development, as well. The core of this policy is the idea of the sustainable development in order to ensure the appropriate balance in economic, social, technical, spatial and ecological terms on the European transport market. EU wants to focus on ‘from road to sea’ solutions by shifting the demand from road to maritime transport, for example. Moreover, the policy the Union promotes the development of the logistics in order to create better synergies between road, sea, rail and river and integrate various transport modes in logistics chains. The latest Green Paper on Future Maritime Policy is a step towards a holistic approach which could benefit to European ports. However, it is unlikely that there will be a harmonisation of port policy soon. It is not clear yet whether the EU wants to support bigger seaports or rather struggle for the development of regional and local ones (Polish ports, for example).
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