The Sustainable Development Idea in the Management of European Metropolitan Areas

• Authors: DANIELEWICZ Justyna

Title variants

PL

Idea zrównoważonego rozwoju w zarządzaniu obszarami metropolitalnymi w Europie

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The rapid urbanisation of the world leads, i.a., to dynamic development of metropolitan areas. The functional relationships between territorial units which make up a metropolitan area mean that in order to prevent negative effects of metropolisation and to ensure sustainable development of such an area, the preparation of economically, spatially and environmentally coherent strategies needs to be co-ordinated on the metropolitan level. This in turn requires that the approach towards managing development shifts in favour of governance. Using London and Copenhagen as case studies, this paper explores whether the concept of governance is used in managing metropolitan areas and weather metropolitan authorities integrate sustainable development principles in their policy documents. Research is based on the analyses of form of governance and strategic programmes adopted in metropolitan areas.

PL

Gwałtowna urbanizacja prowadzi między innymi do dynamicznego rozwoju obszarów metropolitalnych. Związki funkcjonalne zachodzące między jednostkami terytorialnymi tworzącymi obszar metropolitalny oznaczają, iż aby zapobiegać negatywnym efektom metropolizacji i zapewnić zrównoważony rozwój takiego terytorium opracowanie gospodarczo, przestrzennie i środowiskowo spójnych strategii musi być koordynowane na szczeblu metropolitalnym. To z kolei wymaga zmiany w podejściu do zarządzania rozwojem w kierunku współrządzenia (governance). Artykuł, bazując na studiach przypadków obszarów metropolitalnych Kopenhagi i Londynu, ma na celu pokazać czy koncepcja governance jest wykorzystywana w zarządzaniu obszarami metropolitalnymi oraz czy władze metropolitalne w dokumentach strategicznych uwzględniają zasadę zrównoważonego rozwoju. Badania polegały na analizie form współrządzenia w poszczególnych obszarach oraz analizie planów strategicznych przyjętych przez podmioty zarządzające metropoliami.

Keywords

EN

metropolitan areas; sustainable development; governance; urbanisation

PL

rozwój zrównoważony; obszary metropolitalne; governance

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Opolski, Wydział Ekonomiczny
• Journal: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 42
• Pages: 279-296

Dates

online

2017-07-15

Contributors

author

DANIELEWICZ Justyna

• University of Lodz, Poland

redactor

Paradowska Monika

redactor

Platje Joost (Johannes)

redactor

Cibulskiene Diana

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25167/ees.2017.42.8