The Contemporary Economic Costs of Spatial Chaos: Evidence from Poland

Przemysław Śleszyński, Adam Kowalewski, Tadeusz Markowski, Paulina Legutko-Kobus and Maciej Nowak
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Przemysław Śleszyński: Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland
Adam Kowalewski: The Foundation in Support of Local Democracy (FSLD), 00-680 Warsaw, Poland
Tadeusz Markowski: Department of City and Regional Management, University of Łódź, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
Paulina Legutko-Kobus: Department of Regional and Spatial Development, Warsaw School of Economics, 02-520 Warsaw, Poland
Maciej Nowak: Departament of Real Estate, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland

Land, 2020, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-28

Abstract: This paper is based on the results of an extensive (840-page) report of the Committee on National Spatial Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences, entitled Studies on Spatial Chaos (edited by A. Kowalewski, T, Markowski and P. Śleszyński—Studia KPZK PAN, vol. 182, Warsaw 2018—in Polish). Its aim was to conduct a comprehensive and detailed study on the problem of spatial chaos (spatial disorder), including an estimate of economic costs in Poland. For this purpose, literature was queried (articles and reports, etc.) and special analyses were prepared for this purpose. The total annual costs of spatial chaos were estimated at not less than 20 billion euros per year. The conclusions also proposed solutions and suggestions (for the government and local governments), which may reduce the acute costs of spatial chaos in society and economy.

Keywords: spatial chaos; spatial disorder; costs of spatial chaos; quality of life; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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