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The impact of anthropogenic factors on the natural values of the water reservoirs in Sosnowiec (Poland)

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Dąbrowska D., Sołtysiak M.

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies

2015

vol. 3

issue 1

20-25

Many plant and animal species are closely related to the aquatic environment. Small reservoirs are a place of the biodiversity concentration. Reservoirs are especially important for amphibian species as a place of feeding, shelter and wintering. Many anthropogenic factors has a significant impact on the natural values of water reservoirs (surroundings of the water reservoirs, the shore`s type, distance from roads and buildings, the role of the object and the chemical status). They can eliminate or change amphibian population. The effect of three such factors was determined for one of the cities in the Upper Silesian Agglomeration - Sosnowiec (91 km2). The paper presents an assessment of the impact of the type of surroundings, the percentage share of the open space around water reservoirs and the distance from roads and buildings on the number of amphibian species present in the reservoir. In the analysis were taken into account 20 reservoirs, in which amphibian species were found. This analysis indicates the influence urban factors on the number of amphibian species in water reservoirs based on positive correlations in the case of Spearman Rank correlation and the Fisher’s exact test. Results of these calculations highlight the negative impact of the anthropopressure (the changes in the environment) on the amphibian breeding places and the biodiversity.

Development of modern business services sector in post-industrial cities – location factors and the effects of investments in Katowice and the Upper Silesian Agglomeration

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Skowroński M.

Studia Miejskie

2016

vol. 24

129-143

The article focuses on the development of the modern business services sector in post-industrial cities. Firstly, a definition of the business services sector is introduced, including location factors influencing foreign investments as well as the effects of such investments on local and regional economy. Secondly, there is presented the development of the modern business services sector in Poland, the Upper Silesian Agglomeration and Katowice, and the process of structural changes which were implemented in Katowice in order to attract the projects from modern business services sector. Then, the case studies are discussed as followed: IBM delivery centre, Rockwell automation and capgemini centre. an analysis is presented, dealing with the question which of the location factors described in the analytical part mattered the most in these cases. In the end, the sector impact on the regional and local economy of Katowice and Upper Silesian Agglomeration is outlined.

Artykuł skupia uwagę na rozwoju sektora nowoczesnych usług biznesowych w miastach poprzemysłowych. Po pierwsze, wprowadzono definicje sektora nowoczesnych usług biznesowych wraz z określeniem czynników lokalizacji determinujących inwestycje zagraniczne, jak równie wskazano na efekty tego rodzaju inwestycji w ramach gospodarki lokalnej i regionalnej. Po drugie, zaprezentowano poziom rozwoju sektora nowoczesnych usług biznesowych Polsce, Aglomeracji Górnośląskiej oraz w Katowicach, a także proces zmian strukturalnych zachodzących w Katowicach w celu przyciągnięcia projektów sektora nowoczesnych usług biznesowych. kolejno zaprezentowano studia przypadków: IBM delivery centre, Rockwell automation and capgemini centre. Zaprezentowano analizę, które z czynników lokalizacji scharakteryzowane w części analitycznej w największym stopniu dopasowane są do analizowanych przykładów lokalizacji działalności sektora nowoczesnych usług biznesowych. Na zakończenie zarysowano wpływ analizowanego sektora na regionalną i lokalną gospodarkę Katowic oraz Aglomeracji Górnośląskiej.

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The impact of anthropogenic factors on the natural values of the water reservoirs in Sosnowiec (Poland)

Development of modern business services sector in post-industrial cities – location factors and the effects of investments in Katowice and the Upper Silesian Agglomeration