The number of transactions in the property market depends not only on the economic mechanisms, but also on personal, psychological factors. For this reason we should analyze financial data and the psychological aspect of the behavior of buyers. The survey was conducted to provide information on market participants and their preferences for apartments in Cracow.The aim of this study was to appoint the main group of buyers and to pro-vide information about factors that affect customers in the process of choosing a flat to buy. Among the interviewees the most popular were apartments in low blocks situated in already existing housing developments. Most frequent choice was small and medium-sized apartments. The most significant features of flats were price and localization.The information provided by opinion polls are unique and cannot be ob-tained from other sources of information, typical for the residential market, like: prices and market value register, transactions or offers. Carrying out syste-matic opinion polls focused on preferences of the customers may be an indispensible source of information for real estates' participants who are using descriptive information. The results of this study may be helpful for appraisers, real properties' managers, estate agents and financial advisors ...
The paper presents landslides threats occurring in the community of Zakliczyn (the Małopolska region) in the context of spatial planning. Moreover, it enumerates an available sources of landslides information used for planning purposes. Particular attention was paid to the implementation of achievements and existing effects of SOPO project - The Landslides Cover Systems. SOPO is a proj-ect thanks to which our country return to the concept of general geotechnical studies.It was found that one of the most serious problems of the local planning in Zakliczyn is a big participation of landslides areas in the general area of the mu-nicipality. This causes problem with finding the investment areas, including buildings areas. As one of the most effective ways to prevent and minimize landslides damage was considered actually carried out planning and zoning. ...
The article focuses on social changes and economic transformations that occurred in the years 2000-2010 in the community of Michałowice. The first part presents an analysis of socio-economic changes in the studied area. This includes the discussion of demographic trends in Michalowice within the studied 10 years, because this was the period of continual growth of population density in villages of the Małopolskie region. Afterwards, the article presents a dynamic analysis of economic indices related to unemployment, population growth rate, economic load, demographic ageing and the dynamics of economic units in the researched area. The first part of the article also includes data on population structure, i.e. gender and economic age groups, in Michałowice. Population growth in this area is accompanied by intensified building developments. The study of this trend was based on the analysis of the number of building permits, total community area planned for building development and the number of new residential buildings. The second part of the paper evaluates the level of technical infrastructure in Michałowice compared to other communities in the Krakow district based on a comprehensive index analysis. ...
