From the Editor-in-Chief

Zbigniew Strzelecki

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Vol no: 12

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Ladies and Gentlemen, in the issue you hold in your hands, we publish the results of research devoted to the broad topic of regionalism, starting with its definition and ending with a discussion of issues related to a specific region, such as the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. These extremely interesting studies consist of articles prepared both by academics from the University of Warsaw, the Warsaw School of Economics, the Fryderyk Skarbek University of International Trade and Finance in Warsaw, as well as materials developed on the basis of research conducted as part of the project “Development Trends of Mazovia,” financed by the European Social Fund under the Human Capital Operational Program subdivision 8.1.4.

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A tribute to the firefighting brothers of the Diocese of Plock, that is, a new publication by documentarian Father Andrzej Zakrzewski, “Fire Departments in the parishes of the Diocese of Plock.”

Magdalena Staniszewska

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Vol no: 11

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Another in the output of the indefatigable documentalist priest, Andrzej Zakrzewski, a valuable publication concerning, this time, Volunteer Fire Brigades in the territory of the Plock Diocese. Father Zakrzewski publishes a study each year, making an important contribution of knowledge to the history of the Sierpc area. To date, these have included a monograph on the shrines scattered around the Goleszyn parish, the history and present state of the Goleszyn parish and St. Matthew’s Church. Matthew, a guide to the deanery and Roman Catholic parishes in the Sierpc district, a history of the local government of the Sierpc municipality in 1992-2002, monographs of municipal schools, several publications devoted to the fire departments of the Sierpc district and parishes of the Plock diocese, and, providing a basis for future research, source materials on issues related to the Tluchow parish.

Magdalena Staniszewska, Hołd oddany braci strażackiej Diecezji Płockiej, czyli nowa publikacja księdza dokumentalisty Andrzeja Zakrzewskiego „Zastępy strażackie w parafiach Diecezji Płockiej”Pobierz

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Passing landscapes of Mazovia – Otwock 1916-2011. A popular science session held in Otwock on June 10, 2011 – a recollection of the conference and review of post-conference materials

Czesław Marcinkowski

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Vol no: 11

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As part of the broad program of the 95th anniversary of the granting of city rights to Otwock (November 9, 1916), a popular science session was organized, entitled Passing Landscapes of Mazovia – Otwock 1916 – 2011. The organizers of the session were the Otwock branch of PTTK and the Otwock City Hall, and the event was held under the patronage of the Marshal of the Mazovian Voivodeship, Adam Struzik, the Mayor of Otwock, Zbigniew Szczepaniak, and the President of the Polish Tourist Society, Lech Drożdżyński. The conference was part of the cultural tradition and material history of an important part of the Mazovian area. It can be treated as a kind of presentation of the so-called “small homeland”, which at the same time shows the role it played in the past and will play in the future. Integration within the European Union will not only not deprive Mazovia of its national heritage, but on the contrary, it will contribute to its preservation.

Czesław Marcinkowski, Mijające krajobrazy Mazowsza – Otwock 1916–2011. Sesja popularno-naukowa zorganizowana w Otwocku 10 czerwca 2011 roku – wspomnienie konferencji i recenzja materiałów pokonferencyjnychPobierz

The creative sector and public spaces in Warsaw

Sylwia Dudek-Mańkowska, Magdalena Fuhrmann, Mirosław Grochowski, Tomasz Zegar

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Vol no: 11

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Over the past decade or so, increasing importance in the development of cities, including in the shaping of their public spaces, has been attributed to the creative sector, which consists of activities based on individual creativity and talent. The activities of creative companies have a growing share in generating income for cities, and also account for their investment and settlement attractiveness. The development of the creative sector is associated with the presence of the so-called creative class, which in turn is a mobile class seeking attractive working and living conditions.

Sylwia Dudek-Mańkowska, Magdalena Fuhrmann, Mirosław Grochowski, Tomasz Zegar, Sektor kreatywny a przestrzenie publiczne w WarszawiePobierz

Post-accession Rural Support Program as a factor in activating rural NGOs in the Łódź Province

Aneta Golba

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Vol no: 11

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Support programs, directed to municipalities in Poland, concern many spheres of public life. One of them is the social activity of residents – an important factor from the point of view of mobilizing the endogenous development capital of municipalities. Social activity manifests itself and is simultaneously strengthened by non-governmental organizations – organizations of the so-called third sector. The article presents the specifics of non-governmental organizations in rural areas of the Lodz Voivodeship and the changes in their functioning that have occurred due to the participation of municipalities in the Post-Accession Rural Support Program (RDP).

Aneta Golba, Poakcesyjny Program Wsparcia Obszarów Wiejskich jako czynnik aktywizujący wiejskie organizacje pozarządowe w województwie łódzkimPobierz

As they see you, so they write you, or Piaseczno through the eyes of its residents

Dorota Mantey

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This article is devoted to the issue of shaping a positive image of the Piaseczno suburban municipality, which is beginning to be affected by developmental problems, manifested in the increasing tendency of residents, especially the young, to move to Warsaw. The inconveniences of daily life in chaotically developed towns, with underdeveloped transport infrastructure, congested access roads to Warsaw, and an insufficient number of recreational and leisure places, have caused residents to increasingly disapprove of the municipality in which they live.

Dorota Mantey, Jak cię widzą, tak cię piszą, czyli Piaseczno oczami jego mieszkańcówPobierz

Warsaw – a city of contrasts of demographic and social structures of the population

Małgorzata Podogrodzka

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Vol no: 11

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Since the early 1990s, we have observed significant changes in the demographic and social structures of Warsaw’s population. Their course is not identical in intensity and direction in its various districts. The purpose of this article is to show these differences and to distinguish the districts of Warsaw where these changes have taken a similar course.

Małgorzata Podogrodzka, Warszawa – miasto kontrastów struktur demograficzno-społecznych ludnościPobierz

Pro-development activities of local government in Mazovia

Wojciech Dziemianowicz, Katarzyna Szmigiel-Rawska

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The article presents the results of research conducted in local governments in Mazovia. The aim of the research was to identify the determinants of local development. Development was considered in the study through the prism of economic as well as social factors, while the research itself was quantitative and qualitative in nature.

Wojciech Dziemianowicz, Katarzyna Szmigiel-Rawska, Działania prorozwojowe samorządu lokalnego na MazowszuPobierz

Mazovia’s enterprises based outside Warsaw vs. the level of concentration of the region’s economy

Piotr Rosik

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Vol no: 11

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The article includes part of the research results from the second chapter of the module report “Physical Capital”. The module report was carried out within the framework of the project “Infrastructure development and physical capital and polycentricity of Mazovia’s development” (Development trends of Mazovia). In one of the chapters of the module, entitled. “Physical capital – productive assets,” there was a broad description of Mazovia’s enterprises based outside of Warsaw. This article characterizes fixed assets in Mazovia’s enterprises, investments and sales revenues in the broader context of the development of the above-mentioned variables in the province as a whole.

Piotr Rosik, Przedsiębiorstwa Mazowsza mające siedzibę poza Warszawą a poziom koncentracji gospodarki regionuPobierz