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Niniejszy artykuł powstał w wyniku prac w ramach grantu „Miejskie inwestycje infrastrukturalne jako czynnik stymulujący rozwój społeczno-gospodarczy łódzkiej aglomeracji” pod kierunkiem dr hab. Danuty Stawasz.
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Modem economic and social system requires that certain activities are undertaken by local government in order to create favourable conditions for the society and economy. Municipal infrastructure is one of the main stimulants of local growth. It is a keystone integrating the functional and spatial structure of the city. In the beginning of the nineties the municipal infrastructure in Łódź was a developmental barrier for the city. Both roads and housing required new investments. Reactivation of the territorial self-government changed the approach of local authorities towards infrastructure The local government was also given financial recourses to realize its assignments. The aim of this article is to present the municipal investments in roads and housing in Łódź between 1990 and 2002. The authors present also the impact of the investments on spatial structure of the city and its developmental opportunities.
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The aim of this paper is to show the evolution from traditional management towards urban governance in Łódź, one of the biggest Polish city, as well as in Łódź Region. The paper investigates innovative approach towards city and regional management which includes following aspects: • urban governance - relation between government and local society, NGO’s, entrepreneurs and other actors at local and regional level, • social capital - the importance of human capital for development of communities, • regional innovation strategy (RIS) - improving competitiveness of region. Success of this innovative approach demands overcoming number of barriers occurring within implementation processes. Therefore the paper ends with some recommendation for local and regional authorities. It point who is the subject of city and regional management, how should public offices be managed (not administrated), how the process of city and regional management should be organized to improve competitiveness of the region and increase development processes.
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Metropolitan areas are the most important elements of competing national economies. The nature of metropolitan areas, taking into account all dimensions of their functioning, is by far more complex than the scale of problems which may be encountered at an average local jurisdiction. Managing metropolitan areas in an efficient, effective and economically sound way is becoming an important tool for achieving stable competitive advantages by nations competing on a global level. The first part of the article deals with problems of failure in public institutions and other barriers of efficient metropolitan management. In next part foreign experiences are presented. The article is concluded with the set of practical recommendation concerning institutional and organizational approaches.
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Every organization functions to attain a goal or a set of goals. Therefore, organization itself, as well as its management system has to be evaluated in terms of effectiveness which is a term wider than only the ability of achieving goals. A commune too is an organization which has to be evaluated in order to function properly, that is to satisfy the needs of the local community. As far as the private sector is concerned, the literature widely discusses the problem of measuring effectiveness. Thus the aim of the paper is to transfer the major theoretical approaches to the concept onto the field of managing communes.
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Taxes are an economic category of division. The realization of the fiscal function of taxes results in a significant scope of tax redistribution and at the same time ensures that state and local authorities’ financial as well as material requirements for operation are met. The fiscal function of taxes has also a second dimension - a dimension of economic as well as social impacts. These impacts are accepted even on the grounds of contemporary economic liberalism. The recreation of local governments on a communal level in 1991 and creation of such entities on county and regional levels in 1999 resulted in new challenges which faced both local and regional authorities insofar as preparation and implementation of socio-economic development strategies was concerned. Underlying assumptions of such a strategy should provide for mechanisms of creating favourable conditions for investors who could, in turn, create new jobs and thus stimulate economic development on both local and regional level.
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The article presents some remarks on standards for public services. The author discusses dillerent approaches to establishing standards for public services. He recommends the approach similar to the approach presented by the quality standards like for example ISO 9001. The approach of this kind set certain requirements for the management system and could assure the highest quality of public services better than the multiplication of standards (mainly based on setting “product requirements") created for each public service.
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The article is composed of three major parts. The first part is dedicated to analyzing the concept of local development. It provides an overview of factors determining development of communes and argues that development should be treated as an overriding objective in managing communes. The second part of the article is devoted to presenting a method of measuring the level of socio-economic development on a communal level. The article presents a Composite Development Index constructed using 10 partial indices relating to various socio-economical dimensions of communal development. The article is concluded with an analysis of development levels in communes of Łódź region.
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The transformation in the social, economic, spatial and environmental dimension is also reflected in the situation of Polish cities. The presented article takes up an issue of multi- -dimensional transformation of urban space through revitalisation projects. The state of physical development of a city - in particular of its downtown areas - is often a significant barrier to its dynamic development. It is often necessary to practically reconstruct the whole neighbourhoods. This paper presents the process of revitalisation in the spatial, economic, social, environmental, communication, aesthetics and functional dimensions while outlining the objectives and effects of such changes in a city. The general assumptions of the programme of revitalisation of Łódź - PROREVITA - have also been presented, with most emphasis placed on housing issues. The example of Łódź has been used to present the effects with regards to improving the housing resources through revitalisation projects. The role of Social Construction Associations in the process of systematic reconstruction of urban space has also been outlined.
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Logistic centers, which became strategic factor of regional development, has crucial impact on regional and local competitiveness. A statement that logistic centers are the future of regional development is today more a thesis than a topic of discussion. They have been appearing recently in the economically developed countries (usually in regional and urban systems) as a new organizational form which makes the logistics-related processes more effective. Logistic centers should be considered as an element of economic infrastructure in a region. Creation of logistic centers means infrastructural investments which stimulate economic development of communes, cities or counties. They become a factor which, to a large extent, determines the openness of a region, its competitiveness and capabilities of using the resources. The paper discusses various positive aspects of creating logistic centers in a region or in the peripheries of cities - the ones w hich have a beneficial influence on economic development of a given area.
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This paper presents a short description of the integrated energy management and spatial planning concept developed within municipal sector, integrated approach to space and energy issue ought to be an important tool for implementation sustainable development in community, but it needs wider interaction between stakeholders, such as: local authorities, energy consumers, producers and distributors which existing in the city. It means that a new institutional and organisational tool ought to be developed to coordinate spatial (physical) planning and integrated resource planning technique, as well as other instruments (e.g.: financial, educational, material). On the background of the research which has been done in this field within 14 biggest cities in Poland, some conclusions and recommendation for Polish local governments and their management practices are presented in the final paragraph.
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The article presents the results of a research on the changes in the economy of communes and counties (powiats) of the Łódź region. The research aimed at identifying economic processes which positively influence the enhancement of innovativeness of a regional economy and thus its competitiveness. The research aimed primarily at identifying the most dynamically developing cities and areas within the region and specifying what kind of economic activities dominate there as well as at pointing out the most innovative types of economic activity. The research included also identifying the existing clusters, determining their characteristics and evaluating the level of foreign capital involvement in the region.
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