The role of spatial plans adopted at the local level in the spatial planning systems of central and eastern European countries

M Nowak, AI Petrisor, A Mitrea, KF Kovács, G Lukstina… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Highlights Most CEE countries have at least two types of spatial plans at the local level. In
every CEE country, at least one type of spatial plan is a universally binding legal act. A …

Spatial planning response to the challenges of climate change adaptation: An analysis of selected instruments and good practices in Europe

MJ Nowak, R Monteiro, J Olcina-Cantos, DG Vagiona - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The task of combining objectives, spatial planning instruments, and climate change
adaptation targets is a complex endeavour that varies across countries. There is a call for a …

Mechanisms of change in urban green infrastructure—evidence from Romania and Poland

AI Petrișor, L Mierzejewska, A Mitrea - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The extent and continuity of green infrastructure can be adjusted by planning. Depending on
the sense of the adjustment, the process can lead to a vicious cycle, resulting in poorer …

Flexibility of land use plans: Between supporting development and opportunism. Evidence from Poland

M Nowak, P Śleszyński, K Cheba, M Blaszke… - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The main objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between the flexibility of
spatial planning at the local level and the natural and socio-economic development …

Protection of environmental and natural values of urban areas against investment pressure: A case study of Romania and Poland

P Legutko-Kobus, M Nowak, AI Petrisor, D Bărbulescu… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although conservation and development are two facets of sustainability, they are often
placed in contradictory positions. In this context, planning systems are able to respond to …

Spatial planning at the national level: comparison of legal and strategic instruments in a case study of Belarus, Ukraine, and Poland

M Nowak, V Pantyley, M Blaszke, L Fakeyeva… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Comparisons of spatial planning systems still require in-depth reflection, especially in
Central and Eastern European countries. This article compares national (central) …

Selected Characteristics of Municipalities as Determinants of Enactment in Municipal Spatial Plans for Renewable Energy Sources—The Case of Poland

M Blaszke, I Foryś, MJ Nowak, B Mickiewicz - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The article proposes methods by which an in-depth analysis of the factors determining the
planning activity of municipalities for renewable energy sources can be carried out. The …

Developing Polycentricity to Shape Resilient Metropolitan Structures: The Case of the Gdansk–Gdynia–Sopot Metropolitan Area

P Lorens, A Golędzinowska - Urban Planning, 2022 - cogitatiopress.com
Making the metropolitan area resilient, in many cases, calls for amending its spatial
structures. This may take various forms, including both reshaping the metropolitan core and …

Opportunities and barriers related to the implementation of the Right to the City concept in the Brazilian and Polish urban planning system. A comparative study

MJ Nowak, R Rocco - Europa XXI, 2024 - rcin.org.pl
This article identifies the key factors either supporting or blocking the implementation of the
Right to the City concept in the urban planning systems of Brazil and Poland. Poland and …

To move or not to move? The housing preferences of a post-socialist city in the suburbanisation stage

W Błoch, M Mackiewicz, M Sokołowicz - Rozwój Regionalny i Polityka …, 2023 - ceeol.com
Researchers of urban mobility patterns and residential preferences of urban dwellers in-
creasingly inquire whether these processes are universal or place-specific. It is also …