Spatial Planning at the National Level: Comparison of Legal and Strategic Instruments in a Case Study of Belarus, Ukraine, and Poland

Maciej Nowak, Viktoriya Pantyley, Małgorzata Blaszke (), Liudmila Fakeyeva, Roman Lozynskyy and Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor ()
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Maciej Nowak: Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Viktoriya Pantyley: Department of Social and Economic Geography, Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 20-718 Lublin, Poland
Małgorzata Blaszke: Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Liudmila Fakeyeva: Business School, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK
Roman Lozynskyy: Department of Geography of Ukraine, Faculty of Geography, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine
Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor: Doctoral School of Urban Planning, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, 10014 Bucharest, Romania

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-20

Abstract: Comparisons of spatial planning systems still require in-depth reflection, especially in Central and Eastern European countries. This article compares national (central) government approaches to spatial planning in Belarus, Ukraine and Poland, answering the following research questions: (1) How are spatial planning issues regulated nationally? Which topics do laws focus on? What values and objectives are laws particularly emphasizing? (2) Are there any central/national strategic documents dealing with spatial planning, and which spatial issues do they address mostly? The article covers two key issues: comparing national approaches to spatial planning systems and comparing spatial planning issues in the three countries. We focus on statutory approaches and those contained in central-level strategic acts. In each country, spatial planning issues are covered by numerous laws, generating confusion when interpreting individual provisions. Our study makes an important, innovative contribution to the academic discussion by proposing a way of comparing and analyzing approaches of national authorities to spatial planning.

Keywords: spatial plans; land use plans; spatial planning system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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