Mazovia Regional Studies SE 2025 - Mazovia Regional Studies

The dilemmas of healthcare system functioning under conditions of the civilizational turning point

Elżbieta Mączyńska

DOI: 10.21858/msr.se.2025.01

Vol. no: SE.2025

The analyses presented in this study are focused on identifying new trends and challenges in the healthcare sector, primarily stemming from the ongoing global civilizational turning point as a consequence of the fourth industrial revolution, the digital revolution with its unimaginable potential of artificial intelligence. In such conditions, solutions aimed at optimal utilisation of new technologies are particularly crucial, especially those addressing irregularities that result in the wastage of material and intellectual potential in this sector. In the face of almost chronic shortages in healthcare funding sources, characteristic not only for Poland but also for other countries, the rationalisation of the utilisation of available resources becomes of paramount importance. In Poland, this is particularly significant due to relatively low expenditure on healthcare, both in absolute terms and in relation to GDP. This is confirmed by the international statistics presented in the article. In this context, the article highlights selected rationalising directions for changes in the national healthcare system.

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Aviation clusters and state and regional security

Arkadiusz Olejarz

DOI: 10.21858/msr.se.2025.02

Vol. no: SE.2025

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The aviation industry is looking for innovative solutions to optimise costs and exchange knowledge. One of such solutions are aviation clusters. The aim of the article is to demonstrate that aviation clusters are an important tool in a comprehensive systemic approach to ensure security of the state and region. The article outlines the origins of cluster creation, along with several definitions of industrial clusters, and an attempt is made to define an aviation cluster. It also presents the actions of the Polish government within the framework of cluster policy and provides an analysis of the current state of cluster policy implementation in Poland. The article emphasises the necessity of collaboration between the aviation industry and the government. The activities requiring changes include: cooperation and supervision at both national and self-government levels (voivodeship, district, municipal). The publication also indicates areas requiring improvement for the proper functioning of aviation clusters in Poland. It should be emphasised that the article does not cover all issues related to this area. However, the author hopes that the research conducted and the issues presented will highlight the opportunities and threats related to the existence of aviation clusters for the development of Polish aviation industry and its importance on the international stage, especially in the context of the post-war potential of the Ukrainian aviation industry.

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22nd European Week of Regions and Cities, Brussels 2024

Dominika Jędrzejczak

DOI: 10.21858/msr.se.2025.06

Vol. no: SE.2025

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Report from 10th Baltic–Adriatic Transport Corridor Forum (19 to 20 October 2023)

Dariusz Piwowarczyk, Tomasz Stanisławski, Tomasz Wardak

DOI: 10.21858/msr.se.2025.05

Vol. no: SE.2025

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Modernisation of the Japanese Garden in Silesian Park in Chorzów – case study

Jakub Botwina, Beata Fortuna-Antoszkiewicz, Jan Łukaszkiewicz

DOI: 10.21858/msr.se.2025.04

Vol. no: SE.2025

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The area where General Jerzy Ziętek Voivodeship Park of Culture and Recreation was established had consisted primarily of the degraded post-mining areas, spoil heaps, landfills, sinkholes and marshes. In 1950, due to the initiative of General Jerzy Ziętek, the Governor of Silesia, it was decided to establish one of the largest urban parks in Europe on the border of Katowice, Chorzów and Siemianowice. The design was commissioned to Prof. Władysław Niemirski of the Warsaw–Ursynów school of landscape architecture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. The realisation work had begun in 1951 and lasted for almost 20 years until 1968. The park’s programme was designed to offer a great variety of recreational and natural functions, making this realisation unique both in Poland and Europe. Among the numerous attractions, several objects deserved special attention, such as the amusement park, the zoo, the planetarium, the extensive water system and the forest zone. The modernity of the park can also be attested by the diversity of its internal transportation system with a wide walking promenade, numerous paths for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as a narrow-gauge railroad and a cable car, which provide access to the most distant parts of this nearly 600 ha area. Along the central axis of the park, a number of theme gardens were designed, yet only some of these have been realised. The most important of these, designed by Prof. Edward Bartman, are the rose garden and the Japanese Garden, the latter of which has been realised only partially. Under cooperation between the Department of Landscape Architecture of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences and Silesian Park, a comprehensive natural inventory and a series of pre-design analyses of the area were carried out between 2014 and 2016. The concept for modernisation of the Japanese Garden was developed in the next step, followed by the construction project and the construction permit. The work on the detailed construction documentation was completed in the autumn of 2016. The design had been realised and put into operation in July 2021. In 2023, it won the internauts’ vote in the “Public Space” category of the Plebiscite Polish Architecture 2022. The paper presents the most important results of the spatial analyses carried out, the programme, assumptions and methods, as well as selected design solutions related to the design and realisation of the Japanese Garden in General Jerzy Ziętek Voivodeship Park of Culture and Recreation.

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Golden algae (“killer algae”) as a threat to Poland’s economy and nature

Adam Kapler

DOI: 10.21858/msr.se.2025.03

Vol. no: SE.2025

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The unprecedented bloom of golden algae Prymnesium parvum in the Oder in 2022 has been the worst ecological disaster in Poland and Germany since decades. In 2023, the penetration of those “killer algae” from the Gliwice Canal, as well as from the Czernica and Januszkowice reservoirs into the mainstream of the Oder was stopped by the State Water Holding – Polish Waters. The article presents the current state of knowledge on this disaster and draws conclusions from pioneering tests conducted in Poland on methods to mitigate blooms in flowing waters (in the Gliwice Canal). Additionally, this work compiles and presents foreign methods of eradicating golden algae in fish ponds, in areas of great natural, sailing and fishing values, as well as fauna restoration (including mussels of family Unionidae, significant for both the economy and nature protection) following the massive bloom of P. parvum.

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