Abstract: Urban issues got into the mainstream of policy discussions lately. It is due to cities ... more Abstract: Urban issues got into the mainstream of policy discussions lately. It is due to cities being both growth engines and spots of emerging challenges. International organisations and state authorities are in search for their urban policies. The same refers to regional authorities who need to position themselves towards metropolitan and urban areas. The paper aims at disseminating the methodological approach to identification and set up of the regional urban policy. The proposed method was applied to the Polish Region Silesia (Śląskie). Findings for this area are presented in the paper.
Streszczenie: W artykule zaprezentowano podejście metodyczne do analizy miejskich obszarów funkcj... more Streszczenie: W artykule zaprezentowano podejście metodyczne do analizy miejskich obszarów funkcjonalnych (MOF) przez pryzmat ich potencjałów rozwojowych. Przedstawiono rozwiązanie koncepcyjne w tym zakresie oraz wyniki badania pilotażowego polskich metropolitalnych MOF. Według przyjętej metodyki można je sklasyfikować w 3 podzbiory. Pierwszym – jednoelementowym – jest MOF Warszawy. Podzbiór drugi, wyróżniających się metropolitalnych MOF, tworzą MOF: Gdańska, Krakowa, Poznania oraz Wrocławia. Do trzeciego podzbioru pozostałych metropolitalnych MOF należą MOF: bydgosko-toruński, Katowic, Lublina, Łodzi i Szczecina. Artykuł wieńczą wnioski metodyczne do dalszych badań.
The chapter offers an insight into possible relations between open innovation and territory. Whil... more The chapter offers an insight into possible relations between open innovation and territory. While open innovation aims at benefiting of opening the innovation funnel and participating in business ecosystems, territorial (regional) studies and policies stress the role of tangible and intangible resources and ties available in geographical proximity. Both streams, anyway, use a similar toolkit related to knowledge and innovation management. Besides the theoretical framework, some practical examples of open innovation related territorially-bound initiatives are presented in the chapter. Afterwards an outlook on open innovation in territorial policies in Europe is provided.
Urban growth is currently at the heart of multiple studies, as towns and cities face various chal... more Urban growth is currently at the heart of multiple studies, as towns and cities face various challenges of economic, social and spatial nature. Consequently, new research trends and theories emerge in urban economics. They are pinpointed and briefly described in the paper. As a result, the authors focus on possible implications of the contemporary theoretical findings for education in Spatial Economics and Economics. A brief description of the study curriculum is proposed in order to initiate discussion on the necessary content adjustments in university education related to urban economics.
A multi-dimensional approach to understanding spatial differences of public service costs in Cent... more A multi-dimensional approach to understanding spatial differences of public service costs in Central Europe is at the heart of the study. It has become especially challenging to identify the linkages to demographic, economic and other territorial aspects. The paper provides an implemented investigative model on service costs. It proves the success of overcoming local data technical and methodological bottlenecks; yet, unavailable across the European territory. The research is offered as a conceptual and empirical solution especially targeted at national and international statistical agencies supporting the policy-making processes. Business intelligence data has been obtained in pursuit of reliable estimations. Financial records of local service providers originating from private and public sectors across Central Europe have been analysed, allowing for the NUTS-3 aggregation of micro-data unavailable elsewhere. The analysis is based upon the calculation of proxy cost ratios ( PCR ) f...
Abstract: Urban issues got into the mainstream of policy discussions lately. It is due to cities ... more Abstract: Urban issues got into the mainstream of policy discussions lately. It is due to cities being both growth engines and spots of emerging challenges. International organisations and state authorities are in search for their urban policies. The same refers to regional authorities who need to position themselves towards metropolitan and urban areas. The paper aims at disseminating the methodological approach to identification and set up of the regional urban policy. The proposed method was applied to the Polish Region Silesia (Śląskie). Findings for this area are presented in the paper.
Streszczenie: W artykule zaprezentowano podejście metodyczne do analizy miejskich obszarów funkcj... more Streszczenie: W artykule zaprezentowano podejście metodyczne do analizy miejskich obszarów funkcjonalnych (MOF) przez pryzmat ich potencjałów rozwojowych. Przedstawiono rozwiązanie koncepcyjne w tym zakresie oraz wyniki badania pilotażowego polskich metropolitalnych MOF. Według przyjętej metodyki można je sklasyfikować w 3 podzbiory. Pierwszym – jednoelementowym – jest MOF Warszawy. Podzbiór drugi, wyróżniających się metropolitalnych MOF, tworzą MOF: Gdańska, Krakowa, Poznania oraz Wrocławia. Do trzeciego podzbioru pozostałych metropolitalnych MOF należą MOF: bydgosko-toruński, Katowic, Lublina, Łodzi i Szczecina. Artykuł wieńczą wnioski metodyczne do dalszych badań.
The chapter offers an insight into possible relations between open innovation and territory. Whil... more The chapter offers an insight into possible relations between open innovation and territory. While open innovation aims at benefiting of opening the innovation funnel and participating in business ecosystems, territorial (regional) studies and policies stress the role of tangible and intangible resources and ties available in geographical proximity. Both streams, anyway, use a similar toolkit related to knowledge and innovation management. Besides the theoretical framework, some practical examples of open innovation related territorially-bound initiatives are presented in the chapter. Afterwards an outlook on open innovation in territorial policies in Europe is provided.
Urban growth is currently at the heart of multiple studies, as towns and cities face various chal... more Urban growth is currently at the heart of multiple studies, as towns and cities face various challenges of economic, social and spatial nature. Consequently, new research trends and theories emerge in urban economics. They are pinpointed and briefly described in the paper. As a result, the authors focus on possible implications of the contemporary theoretical findings for education in Spatial Economics and Economics. A brief description of the study curriculum is proposed in order to initiate discussion on the necessary content adjustments in university education related to urban economics.
A multi-dimensional approach to understanding spatial differences of public service costs in Cent... more A multi-dimensional approach to understanding spatial differences of public service costs in Central Europe is at the heart of the study. It has become especially challenging to identify the linkages to demographic, economic and other territorial aspects. The paper provides an implemented investigative model on service costs. It proves the success of overcoming local data technical and methodological bottlenecks; yet, unavailable across the European territory. The research is offered as a conceptual and empirical solution especially targeted at national and international statistical agencies supporting the policy-making processes. Business intelligence data has been obtained in pursuit of reliable estimations. Financial records of local service providers originating from private and public sectors across Central Europe have been analysed, allowing for the NUTS-3 aggregation of micro-data unavailable elsewhere. The analysis is based upon the calculation of proxy cost ratios ( PCR ) f...
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