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Local Development Strategies in Shaping Rural Landscape
PublicationDlaczego krajobraz kulturowy wsi jako zintegrowana całość wymyka się procedurom planistycznym i zarządzaniu? Dlaczego praktyka życia społecznego w dziedzinie gospodarowania przestrzenią na terenach wiejskich przeciwstawia się i zaprzecza równie powszechnie deklarowanej intencji kształtowania harmonijnego krajobrazu?Profesjonalne diagnozy kryzysu krajobrazu kulturowego wsi koncentrują się zwyczajowo na nieskuteczności, często rzeczywiście...
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Rural Landscape Planning for Sustainable Development. The Case of Poland
PublicationThis text results from theoretical study on the possibilities of rural landscape renovation in Poland. The introduction marks new spatial phenomena and the scope of their influence. It indicates social and cultural reasons of the changes, and states the need of their renewed interpretation. The second part of the article contains a description of the degrading cultural landscape of the country and presents its features. It then...
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Landscape Rurality: New Challenge for The Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Poland
PublicationThe standard of country living was a matter of Polish elites’ concern from the eighteenth century. In different historical conditions different concepts of the rural renewal were formed. Today in rural areas of Poland some spatial processes that threaten the quality of life occur. The disadvantageous changes are the result of national or local governments spatial policy and they are an inhabitants’ response to it. The political...
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Spatial Analysis of Water Infrastructure Development On Example of Eastern Europe Rural Regions
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IMPACT OF THE DEFICIT OF PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES FROM RURAL AREAS OF THE WEST POMERANIAN PROVINCE
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Rural Landscapes of Roman (northern) Liburnia: Diachronic Development of Organisation and the Economy in Extra-Urban Territories in the Light of Recent Archaeological Research
PublicationThe archaeology of Roman rural landscapes in the province of Dalmatia, and especially northern Liburnia, has until recently focused on single-site or single-monument analyses, allowing for only geographically patchy and chronologically limited conclusions. Considering the results of recent research in the wider Kvarner and sub-Velebit area, the paper discusses issues of Roman extra-urban territorial organization, the formation...
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JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE (HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS L.) AS ENERGY RAW MATERIAL
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QUALITY OF SWEET POTATO AS A RAW MATERIAL FOR FOOD PROCESSING
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Landscape as the tool of coherence in the land management of rural communes
PublicationEconomic and social transformation of rural areas in Poland after 1990 reveals itself through disintegration of previous spatial order. Building a new pattern requires a vision, which would counteract complex causes of disintegration. The latter belong to institutional domain of planning strategies and the area of common practices. Therefore, agreement on aims and means between spatial policy strategies and tactics of space users...
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Ranking ecosystem services delivered by trees in urban and rural areas
PublicationPolicies and strategies for tree management and protection on a national, regional, and local level have not sufficiently considered differences between rural and urban areas. We used expert knowledge to compare rural and urban areas in a case study evaluating the relative importance of ecosystem services (ES) in policy development. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and focus group discussions were used to rank 17 ES, representing...
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Treatment Wetlands in Rural Areas of Poland for Baltic Sea Protection
PublicationWater and wastewater management, especially in rural areas, greatly affects loads of nutrients discharged to the Baltic Sea. In Poland, this management is unbalanced because of the dispersed development and in many locations construction of sewerage system is uneconomic or even impossible. For this reason, a significant part of sewage from single-family houses in rural areas must be discharged into domestic sewage systems. The...
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Rural Building in Opole Silesia During the Period of the Frederician Colonization
PublicationThe aim of the article is to present the rural construction in the Opole countryside (Poland) during the “Frederician colonization”. Showing socio-economic areas of Opole villages, differing from each other, the differences of which resulted from the environmental conditions influencing the processes of enfranchisement and industrialization. These processes at the turn of the 17th and 19th centuries influenced the image of the...
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Urban-rural Partnership
PublicationOmówiono koncepcję partnerstwa ''miasto-wieś'', opartą na idei zrównoważonego rozwoju regionalnego i policentrycznego modelu systemu miejskiego. Koncepcja ta, realizowana w krajach Unii Europejskiej, tworzy mechanizm redystrybucji zysków i korzyści uzyskiwanych w strefach dynamicznego rozwoju ośrodków miejskich na ich zaplecze wiejskie, ograniczania ujemnych skutków tej polaryzacji rozwoju i wzmacniania inicjatyw lokalnych na obszarach...
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Rural homel and landscapes
PublicationOmówienie wpływu historii regionu na różnorodności form krajobrazu otwartego i jego elementów na obszarach wiejskich. Przykłady studiów krajobrazowych. Omówienie przyszłych możliwości ekonomicznych terenów wiejskich wynikających z zachowania harmonijnego krajobrazu na obszarach wiejskich.
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Narratives on cutting down trees on private land. A comparison of urban and rural municipalities in Poland using the Q-deliberation method
PublicationIncreased development in rural and urban areas leads to a decrease in tree cover and reduces the ecosystem services that trees provide. Municipal authorities must consider managing trees on private land to ensure that residents have access to trees and green spaces. In doing so, they must frequently confront conflicting stakeholder views, which are driven by diverse public and private interests and impacted by the type of landscape...
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Threats to Rural Landscape and Its Protection in Poland
PublicationThe article describes the premises and conditions for the implementation of a pro-landscape spatial policy in rural areas in Poland. It presents the erosion of spatial order in a large part of the country’s territory. Firstly, the state of protection of the rural landscape and the legal aspects of shaping the space of rural areas are described. Secondly, the location is depicted, and the main physiognomic and environmental threats...
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Similar concentration of surfactants in rural and urban areas
PublicationSince surfactants are used in various products, they end up in surface and wastewater. Surfactants may therefore impact ecosystems and living organisms. Actually, only few anionic surfactants and some alkylphenols are regulated. There is no comprehensive evaluation of surfactants in the atmosphere, surfaces and waters of areas of increasing anthropic levels. Here, we measured the levels of cationic, anionic and nonionic surfactants...
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Rural architecture and landscape - problem of continuity
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Contemporary rural house for Kaszuby Region
PublicationWiejski dom jako mieszkanie rolnika był i jest najważniejszym składnikiem krajobrazu wsi Kaszubskiej.Rozpoznanie typologii tradycyjnego domu, synteza tradycyjnych elementów architektury kaszubskiej w powiązaniu z inspiracją lokalną tradycją daje podstawy do wykorzystania w kształtowaniu współczesnej zabudowy mieszkaniowej.
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Thematic Areas in the Polish Countryside and Their Role in Local Development
PublicationThe article defines the phenomenon of space thematisation with regards to rural areas in Poland. The typology of thematic spaces and criteria of their comparative description have been proposed. Thematic villages, home gardens, amusement parks and housing estates have been distinguished. They have been compared in terms of spatial availability, the degree of user participation and the commercial vs. non-commercial creation purpose....
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Classification of Landscape Physiognomies in Rural Poland: The Case of the Municipality of Cekcyn
PublicationThis article presents a methodology and the results of the classification of the rural landscapes physiognomies conducted on the study area located in the municipality of Cekcyn, Poland. The study aimed to develop a landscape identification method that would combine natural, cultural, and visual criteria with which to implement the provisions of the European Landscape Convention. The realization of the European Landscape Convention...
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Innovative method for utilization of wastewater for security and safety in rural areas
PublicationIn the rural areas building of sewerage systems and central wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) often brings too high costs, due to high distances from one farm to another and terrain configuration. Individual treatment systems for each farm are a good solution. The teratment wetlands for nine individual farms were constructed in Kaszubian Lake District in summer and autumn 2009. Three configurations of reed beds were chosen. In...
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Can social enterprise contribute to creating sustainable rural communities? Using the lens of structuration theory to analyse the emergence of rural social enterprise
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ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE CONCEPT OF A GREEN CADASTRE FOR RURAL AREAS
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Transport undertaking as means of activation of women in rural areas
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Pollutant deposition via dew in urban and rural environment, Cracow, Poland
PublicationThis study is a comparative analysis of dew in rural and urban environment. Dew samples were collected between May and October, 2009 in two reference stations in southern Poland: Cracow and Gaik-Brzezowa. The investigation included comparison of volume and chemistry of the collected samples. Due to its formation mechanisms, dew is a good indicator of air pollution. Following parameters were analyzed in 159 collected samples: pH,...
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Ranking ecosystem services delivered by trees in urban and rural areas
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Modeling the effect of electric vehicles on noise levels in the vicinity of rural road sections
PublicationNumerous European countries experience a steady increase in the share of electric (EV) and hybrid electric (HEV) vehicles in the traffic stream. These vehicles, often referred to as low- or zero-emission vehicles, significantly reduce air pollution in the road environment. They also have a positive effect on noise levels in city centers and in the surroundings of low-speed roads. Nevertheless, issues related to modeling noise from...
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Analysis of an Energy Management System of a Small Plant Connected to the Rural Power System
PublicationThis paper presents the analysis of an energy management system (EMS) implemented to fulfill the requirements of a microgrid (MG) power supply owned by a small industrial company and connected to the rural power system. The main goal of this system is to ensure connection with the existing rural power system in terms of energy exchange, as well as to perform islanding mode operation of the microgrid based on the energy demand of...
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Voltage variations and their reduction in a rural low-voltage network with PV sources of energy
PublicationRenewable sources of energy (RES), especially photovoltaic (PV) micro-sources, are very popular in many countries. This way of clean power production is applied on a wide scale in Poland as well. The Polish legal regulations and tariffs specify that every prosumer in a low-voltage network may feed this network with a power not higher than the maximum declared consumed power. In power networks with RES, the voltage level changes...
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The Tourist Attractiveness of Rural Spas on The Example of Przerzeczyn-Zdrój and Długopole-Zdrój
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Market value of PV battery systems for autonomous rural energy supply
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Annual variation in prey composition of domestic cats in rural and urban environment
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Perspective of hydrophytes method application for sewage treatment from rural areas
PublicationOczyszczalnie hydrofitowe usuwają bardzo wiele zanieczyszczeń m.in substancję organiczną, zawiesinę ogólną, związki azotu oraz metale ciężkie i mikroorganizmy patogenne. Celem pracy jest ocena roli roślin oraz wpływu konfiguracji złóż hydrofitowych na skuteczność usuwania bądź zatrzymywania zanieczyszczeń w sezonie wegetacyjnym i poza wegetacyjnym. Miedzy innymi wykazano,że skuteczność usuwania zanieczyszczeń w obu sezonach nie...
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Atmospheric heavy metal deposition accumulated in rural forest soils of southern Scandinavia
PublicationPrzeprowadzono obliczenia zakumulowanej ( w okresie 50 lat) atmosferycznej depozycji metali ciężkich na glebach leśnych na obszarach wiejskich. Podstawę do obliczeń stanowiły:- pomiary zawartości metali ciężkich w opadach atmosferycznych (przeprowadzone przez okres 33 lat) na terenie Danii,- europejska baza danych o emisji zanieczyszczeń.Oznaczano zawartość metali ciężkich (Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, V, Ni, As) w próbkach opadów atmosferycznych...
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Evolutionary Game Analysis of the Partners’ Behavior in the Rural E-Payment Market of China
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Evaluation of the changes in the rural landscape of Napachanie (Wielkopolska voivodeship) by historical analysis GIS
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Income situation of rural households in Poland between 2007 and 2014 and its effects
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Allergic diseases and respiratory symptoms in urban and rural children in Grodno Region (Belarus)
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Rural domestic wastewater treatment in Norway and Poland: experiences, cooperation and concepts on the improvement of constructed wetland technology
PublicationThis article describes Norwegian and Polish experiences concerning domestic wastewatertreatment obtained during nearly 20 years of operation for constructed wetland (CW) systemsin rural areas and scattered settlements. The Norwegian CW systems revealed a highperformance with respect to the removal of organic matter, biogenic elements and faecalindicator bacteria. The performance of the Polish CW systems was unstable, and varied...
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Social activities in The Vistula Marshlands
PublicationSocial activities in The Vistula Marshlands favouring development in this part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and preserving its specific character have recently been a domain of Local Activity Groups, clubs and societies, as well as cultural centres and local schools. The activation of local environment is supported by the possibility of gaining EU grants, particularly 4 LEADER Axis from the Rural Development Programme for years...
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Challenges and Perspectives of Nature-Based Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Rural Areas of Central and Eastern Europe
Publicationn Central and Eastern Europe, about one-third of the population lives in small settlements (<2000 PE). Since the current European Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) does not clearly regulate the collection and treatment of wastewater from these settlements, countries solve the problem individually. Simple and robust technologies such as nature-based treatment systems could be the solution and are widely applied in...
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The Collection of Betterment Levies in Relation to the Division of Real Estate in the Rural Commune of Zielona Góra
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Relationships between biomarkers of inflammation, ovarian steroids, and age at menarche in a rural polish sample
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Burialscapes of Rab Island (North East Adriatic): The Role of Sepulchral Evidence in the Reconstruction of Roman and Late Antique Rural Settlement Pattern
PublicationOn the bases of archaeological and documentary data an overview of the burial evidence of Roman and late Antique date on the island of Rab (North East Adriatic, Croatia) is brought forth, spatially analysed and interpreted within the so-far defined rural settlement pattern. While aiding in the definition of burial practices and their diachronic changes, data derived from such evidence and interpreted from a social perspective,...
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An insight into craft activities in rural areas of Dalmatia province - first data on iron working at the Roman settlement in Lopar (Island of Rab)
PublicationWithin multidisciplinary research carried out at Podšilo bay in Lopar on the island of Rab (north-eastern Adriatic), on the bases of movable finds and, possibly, geophysical measurements, evidence of ironworking has been detected within a Roman rural site where ceramic building materials production was ascertained before. Preliminary analyses of several samples of slug, iron objects and nearby collected minerals support the...
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Revitalisation Living Lab as a Format to Accelerate an Energy Transition in Polish Rural Areas: The Case Studies of Metropolitan Outskirts Gdańsk-Orunia and Lubań
PublicationThe paper deals with the issue of energy transition in the revitalization process dedicated to the rural and semi-rural areas of the Pomerania Region (PR). Two distinct areas, located in sub- and ex-urban zones of the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area (OMGGS), in which bottom-up community initiatives have been playing a key role in the transformation, have been focused on. The village of Lubań (Municipality of Nowa Karczma)...
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Podejście środowiskowe w dydaktyce projektowania Sustainable approach in teaching of design
PublicationThe aim of the paper is to assess the inclusion of academic teaching design to the process of sustainable development and proposals for an integrated approach in training architects. The article presents an original interpretation of environmental design in the field of architecture and urban planning. The significance of the environmental perspective is presented in the context of growing spatial and social fragmentation. The...
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Rozpowszechnienie zaburzeń lipidowych w populacji wiejskiej -Program ''Kiełpino'' = Dyslipideamia prevalence in rural population - Kiełpino program
PublicationPodwyższony poziom cholesterolu odgrywa kluczową rolę w rozwoju miażdżycy i jej powikłań. Potwierdziły to liczne badania anatomopatologiczne, badania przekrojowe i prospektywne obserwacje epidemiologiczne. Wyniki badania Framingham wykazały, że wysokie stężenie cholesterolu całkowitego we krwi wiąże się ze zwiększonym ryzykiem wystąpienia zawału mięśnia sercowego i że ryzyko to rośnie proporcjonalnie wraz ze zwiększającym się...
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Accelerated senescence as a cost of reproduction: Testing associations between oxidative stress and reproductive effort in rural and urban women
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