A city of diversity: a study of the Warsaw district of Praga

Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak

DOI: 10.21858/msr.27.04

Vol no: 27

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Social diversity is an increasingly important issue in the global discourse on cities and regions today – a fashionable buzzword referring to the specificity of urban socio-economic structures. Heterogeneity that creates ‘cities with otherness’ accompanies such phenomena as international migration, spatial mobility, post-colonialism, population aging, the importance of the phenomenon of meritocracy, the occurrence and recognition of differentiation of individual and group identities, individualization as a feature of the so-called ‘liquid modernity’ described by Z. Bauman.

Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak; Miasto z różnorodnością. O badaniach warszawsko-praskichPobierz

Complex evaluation of the state of the environment in rural areas of Mazovian counties

Jan Cetner

DOI: 10.21858/msr.27.03

Vol no: 27

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The purpose of the article is to assess the state of the environment in the rural areas of the counties of the Mazovian Voivodeship, since the result of this assessment is very helpful in determining the directions of development and land use of individual counties and municipalities, as well as for individual investors, especially those interested in tourism, recreation and housing. In order to make such an assessment, 7 indicators were used: the overall burden of the environment by permanent residents, the preservation of the vegetation cover in a form close to natural, the diversity of land use forms, the area and nature of protected areas, the burden of municipal waste, the burden of domestic sewage, the state of atmospheric air.

Jan Cetner; Kompleksowa ocena stanu środowiska na terenach wiejskich powiatów województwa mazowieckiegoPobierz

The efficiency and quality of the best public universities in the Mazovia region in comparison to the largest universities in Poland

Marcin Dwórznik

DOI: 10.21858/msr.27.02

Vol no: 27

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Evaluating the performance of a higher education institution is of interest particularly in the context of the development of the region in which it is located. For a comprehensive evaluation of a university, it is necessary to take into account, on the one hand, the efficiency and qualitative aspects of its functioning, on the other hand, the main processes carried out by universities: teaching and research. In the measurement carried out, efficiency was considered through the prism of assessing the use of resources to achieve results.

Marcin Dwórznik; Efektywność i jakość czołowych publicznych uczelni funkcjonujących na terenie województwa mazowieckiego na tle największych uczelni działających w PolscePobierz

Population changes and internal migrations in Mazowieckie voivodship

Alina Potrykowska

DOI: 10.21858/msr.27.01

Vol no: 27

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The study presents the dynamics of internal migration in the context of population changes in the region; positive and negative internal migration balances in the voivodship, strongly diversified inflow of residents to Warsaw. The data on migrations show how these result in significant social and economic problems and differences in the size and structure of the population by gender and age.

Alina Potrykowska; Dynamika ludności i migracje wewnętrzne w województwie mazowieckimPobierz

Project YouInHerit, Interreg Central Europe 2014–2020

Mazovia Regional Studies Editors

DOI: 10.21858/msr.26.08

Vol no: 26

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Project YouInHerit is financed through the INTERREG Central Europe 2014-2020 Programme. Revival of old trades and crafts which can keep together communities and make them sustainable by contributing to their economic wellbeing is the main focus of the project: old wine cellars in Hungary, salt pans or traditional pottery in Slovenia, breweries in Poland, old boats of Italy or olive groves in Croatia are essential for local attractiveness and could be better exploited as a source of living for people.

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Innovative activities for the development of the Mazovia region

Magdalena Kiech

DOI: 10.21858/msr.26.07

Vol no: 26

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In the 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index, Poland came in 21st among 80 countries. In Poland, the five most innovative regions have been the same for three years. According to the Millennium Index 2018 – Innovative Potential of Regions these are regions with business and academic centres, characterised by developed scientific and R&D foundations, which support the development of the region.

Magdalena Kiech; Innovative activities for the development of the Mazovia regionPobierz

Development policy in the Mazovia region 1998–2018

Adam Struzik

DOI: 10.21858/msr.26.06

Vol no: 26

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The article presents an overview of the Mazovian regional government’s development policy during the two decades since the changes in the administrative division of Poland. The legislative context is presented, with particular focus on the acts which determined the role of regional governments in the implementation of development policy. Next, the horizontal and historical consistency of Mazovia’s development policy is presented and set against the problems resulting from faulty redistribution mechanisms (the so-called “Robin-Hood tax”).

Adam Struzik; Realizacja polityki rozwoju województwa mazowieckiego w latach 1998–2018Pobierz

Senior cohousing in the context of an ageing society

Małgorzata Kampka

DOI: 10.21858/msr.26.05

Vol no: 26

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The demographic changes of the 21st century, especially all aspects of ageing, require discussion about the needs of an ageing society which should lead to the development of urban and architectural solutions for older people, based on examples of senior cohousing. The ageing process should be taken into account because it affects older people on many levels and influences their functioning in a society.

Małgorzata Kampka; Cohousing senioralny w kontekście starzejącego się społeczeństwaPobierz

The impact of the E75 railway line’s modernization on the development of the Warsaw Metropolitan Area

Bartłomiej Drąg, Dariusz Piwowarczyk

DOI: 10.21858/msr.26.04

Vol no: 26

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The aim of the paper is to present the most important results of the research carried out for the case study on the effects of Rail Baltica investments in the Warsaw Metropolitan Area (WMA) urban node. The research was carried out as part of the EU project NSB CoRe (North Sea Baltic Connector of Regions). In the article the main conclusions from the study are presented, describing changes that have supervened in the analyzed area (communes within the boundaries of the WMA, at a distance of up to 3 km from the E75 railway line and ones crossed by national road 8/S8) in the period of the E75 line’s modernization.

Bartłomiej Drąg, Dariusz Piwowarczyk; Wpływ modernizacji linii kolejowej E75 na rozwój Obszaru Metropolitalnego WarszawyPobierz