Natura 2000 sites and socio-economic development of rural communes in Eastern Poland
2015
Pawlewicz, A., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland). Dept. of Agrotechnology, Agricultural Production Management and Agribusiness | Cieslak, I., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland). Dept. of Cadastre and Spatial Management | Pawlewicz, K., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland). Dept. of Planning and Spatial Engineering | Szuniewicz, K., University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland). Dept. of Cadastre and Spatial Management
The paper is an attempt at a static analysis of the relationships between the level of socio-economic development of rural communes in the Eastern Poland and the Natura 2000 sites being established within their territories. In spite of public concerns about the emergence of such sites, the authors demonstrate the lack of strong adverse reaction between these variables. At the same time, they indicate that Natura 2000 is not a stimulant of socioeconomic development either. The authors analysed the indicators as selected based on literature studies, which showed the level of development in the social, economic, and environmental aspects, of the year 2013, which in turn allowed the calculation of synthetic quantities on the basis thereof. This allowed the classification of 494 rural communes in one of the poorest regions of the European Union i.e. the Eastern Poland. On that basis, the authors investigated the relationship between the values obtained and the proportion of the area of Natura 2000 sites in the communes concerned. The study results indicated huge discrepancies in particular provinces of the region.
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