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

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  • Nowak, Maciej
  • Śleszyński, Przemysław
  • Cheba, Katarzyna
  • Blaszke, Małgorzata
  • Szopik-Depczyńska, Katarzyna
  • Ioppolo, Giuseppe

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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 indicators of municipalities. Seventy municipalities located around the most dynamically developing large urban centers in Poland (Krakow, Poznań, Tri-City, Warsaw, and Wrocław) were selected for the study, in which the records of 1131 local spatial plans enacted in 2017–2019 were analyzed in detail in terms of indicators including, but not limited to, characterizing the average area of the plans, the duration of the development procedure, and the intensity of residential development, the biologically active area. Development characteristics were identified through 30 indicators in six thematic groups (demographic, socio-professional, economic and settlement structures, natural environment, and spatial planning). The relationships between the two groups of indicators were analyzed using factor analysis. On this basis, three clusters were identified, explaining 32.9% of the variation. Such a relatively low result may indicate that the spatial policy pursued by local governments is highly individualized. It may also be concluded that the flexibility of spatial planning in general is weakly related to the characteristics of development, including natural and socio-economic development, and therefore its absence should not be an obstacle to it.

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  • Nowak, Maciej & Śleszyński, Przemysław & Cheba, Katarzyna & Blaszke, Małgorzata & Szopik-Depczyńska, Katarzyna & Ioppolo, Giuseppe, 2023. "Flexibility of land use plans: Between supporting development and opportunism. Evidence from Poland," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 135(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:135:y:2023:i:c:s0264837723004052
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106939
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