Summary:

The papers contains descriptive analyze of the spatial planning issues in the foothills and mountains areas, which are especially valuable because of nature environmental resources. Nature resources for agriculture development are very low, so they often need additional support. The possibilities of development are connected with natural resources, which are conducive tourism and recreation. Such development require not only appropriate tourist infrastructure (hotel, parking, tourist roads and other). The products are natural environment and relief too. I stage of paper – quantitative analysis of spatial plans, comparative analysis of changes in future land use (building or afforestation of arable areas). II stage of paper – contains description of chosen rural development plan for commune Międzylesie. The especial attention was called to the actions typical for mountains areas. Spatial planning is the first preparatory phase in development. Very important supplement is rural development plan, where it is possible to find many environmental problems solves. Słowa kluczowe: planowanie przestrzenne, planowanie terenów wiejskich, tereny górskie i podgórskie