Spatial Planning in Poland

Chapter 1. Key determinants of spatial management systems in Europe (Paulina Legutko-Kobus, Maciej Nowak).- Chapter 2. Determinants and effects of planning practice in Poland (PrzemyslawSleszynski).- Chapter 3. Spatial development law in Poland and related problems (Maciej Nowak).- Chapter 4. Determining the interdependence (including barriers and challenges) between legal regulations and planning practice (PS, MN PLK).- Chapter 5. Summary and conclusions.

PrzemyslawSleszynski (born 1973) is Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Member of committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Committee of Geographical Sciences PAS (scientific secretary), Committee of Demographic Sciences PAS, Committee on Migration Research PAS and Spatial Management Committee of PAS. He is Vice-Chairman of the Polish Geographical Society and Chairman of its Commission on the Geography of Settlements and Population, Member of the Main Urban Planning and Architectonic Commission and the Society of Polish Town Planners and Chairman of the Task Committee of the Geographical Olympics. He deals with socio-economic geography and spatial management, including spatial structures of population and enterprises, urban and regional development, migration, transport geography, spatial planning and landscape aesthetics. He is Author of over 400 works in this field, including more than 20 monographs (including about 100 works in English), and Coordinator and Participant of several dozen grants and projects, realized for international institutions (among others, ESPON, INTERREG programs) and central and local governmental public entities, including for 15 years Coordinator of government reports on the state and progress of planning works in municipalities. He is also Author of the "List of medium cities, losing their social and economic functions" and other solutions, which are included in the key strategic documents of Poland: The Concept of National Spatial Development 2030 (2011) and the Strategy for Responsible Development (2016).