The article presents changes in conditions and development of technical (water supplynet, sewage, gas district and communal roads) and social (housingsupplies, schools, drugstores, hospitals, libraries, hotels) infrastructure elements in Olkusz district in Małopolska province in 1998 – 2003. The rate of changes was described. Present situation is introduced with Perkal index, as well as analysis of relationships between equipment of infrastructure elements and level of socio-economic development expressed by number of commercial entities and revenue of communes per inhabitant Obtained high values of correlation coefficient confirm significant importance of the infrastructure in shaping the socio-economic development. During the period of investigation, the development rate of district technical infrastructure was 2,5-times higher in composision to the social one. Within technical infrastructure elements, the fastest development of the gas grid was observed. Within social infrastructure oneshealth protection objects – drugstores. More infrastructured elements are present in urban and urban-rural communes: Bukowno, Olkusz and Wolbrom, much less in rural communes: Trzyciąż, Klucze and Bolesław. The most important infrastructure needs come from the necessity of water supply and sewage disposal management modernization. ...
Complete information regarding the real estate and existing spatial condi-tions are the base of proper land management. Because of spatial character of the commune real estate, a basic tool for the land management is the Geographic In-formation System. Providing the commune with GIS system is a very expensive and long-term process unprofitable for subdivisions like communes.The paper introduces a combination of data processing system for the commune real estate management (parcels) with digital map based on municipal council database. This solution presents the best and the most comprehensive way of the commune parcel management.Descriptive data gathered in the database was located on the digital map and separated from the parcels remaining. Moreover, the layer presenting soil classes according to the land records map was created.Ultimate layer was generated from common parts of the objects located on parcels and soil classes. It allowed objects to be located on one thematic layer as well as analyzing the use if commune parcels automatically.The most positive effect of such analyzing method is the possibility of unli-mited data processing, free GIS-system development and system possibility for self-improvement, which is promising for system and method development.
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Cleanliness control is one of the local government responsibilities. The local government actions should be taken not only against inhabitants and real es-tate owners.Local governments should carry out the quality and monitoring control of the pollution processes at the farms.Paper presents a description of already existing control system. The digital map was combine with database. The table presents farms, which hide the real amount of sewage and their location. It helps to estimate the pollution danger and to change the management of the land by implementing more restrictive control system.At this example an application combined from two elements such as digital map and database was tested. The cost of the this information system implementa-tion was lower than creating it from the beginning.
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The paper presents environmental threats occurring in the community of Wieliczka (the Malopolska region) in the context of planning and programming provisions developed for that area. The environmental threats within the community and the town of Wieliczka include natural threats, such as floods and landslides; as well as anthropogenic threats, such as noise, electromagnetic field, air pollution, water contamination, waste and mining damages. The article also analyses existing planning and programming documents, that is the study of conditions and directions of spatial management, local spatial management plan, environment protection plan, waste management plan. Moreover, it presents results of field observations. The analysis concludes that local authorities realize the importance of all issues related to environment protection. The community is managed in accordance with the principles of sustainable development and environmental protection. Planning and programming documents specify how environmental threats should be prevented and taken into consideration in investment projects. As a results, the community limits, sometimes at pace which could be considered too slow, the unfavourable influence of environmental threats within its area. ...
