Polish Cittaslow Local Governments’ Support for Renewable Energy Deployment vs. Slow City Concept

Iwona M. Batyk, Eliza Farelnik, Joanna Rakowska and Mariusz Maciejczak
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Iwona M. Batyk: Institute of Economics and Finance, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 2 M. Oczapowskiego Str., 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Eliza Farelnik: Institute of Economics and Finance, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 2 M. Oczapowskiego Str., 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Joanna Rakowska: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, 166 Nowoursynowska Str., 02-787 Warszawa, Poland
Mariusz Maciejczak: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, 166 Nowoursynowska Str., 02-787 Warszawa, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: The slow city concept is associated with great care for the protection of the natural environment and the use of renewable energy sources. Thus, the study aimed to discuss the potential of the slow city model and the actual role of Cittaslow local governments in deploying renewable energy, based on the case study of the Polish Cittaslow Network. To achieve this aim, we carried out qualitative and quantitative data analyses, based on literature review and data for all 35 Polish Cittaslow municipalities, retrieved from: (i) development strategies (ii) a survey (iii) the Local Data Bank of Statistics Poland, (iv) the Quality of Life Synthetic Index (QLI). To process the data, we applied descriptive statistics, the Shapiro-Wilk test, the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test, and the Spearman’s rank test. Findings showed that the support for renewable energy deployment was not at a high level and did not correlate with the goals set in the Cittaslow development strategies. This was the result of a cumulation of pressing social and economic problems, which the local authorities in Poland are legally obliged to solve, while the implementation of renewable energy is not obligatory. The QLI for these municipalities was low and renewable energy was not a significant element in improving the quality of life of citizens.

Keywords: renewable energy; Cittaslow; slow city; local governments; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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