Land and building registers, the principal source of spatial data, support policy-making activities at all levels of land management and undergo continuous change. The observed changes are prompted by a variety of political, legal, organizational, economic, social and technological factors. At present, land and building registers are amended and modernized to ensure the effective implementation of the INSPIRE Directive in Poland. This paper analyzes various factors that affect the Polish cadastral system, with special emphasis on legal regulations adopted in 2010-2013 and their influence on the functioning and change trends in the Polish land and building register. ...
The aim of this article was to present the rules governing the waste management system (WMS) and identify the changes emerging as a result of new regulations being introduced by example of Wołomin commune. European, Polish and Czech regulations clearly indicate the value of the hierarchy of waste management (WM). A response to the amended law was the modification of the WMS in communes, including the Wołomin commune. Based on performed analysis and discussions, it can be stated that the municipal waste management system (MWMS) in the commune of Wołomin meets the requirements imposed by the legislator, works efficiently and positively influences the condition of the natural environment. In addition, the information obtained has been generalized and compared with the situation in the Czech Republic (CR). ...
Percentage of wind energy production in Poland increases every year. In 2009 it amounted to 0.55%, while in 2014 it was already 4.53%. Localization and construction of wind farms must meet many conditions defined in regulations being in force in this field, they still arouse a lot of controversy. Main reasons are their negative impact on landscape, agritourism, land value, human health, nature and others. Every such investment has both positive and negative influence on the neighbourhood, and its development. It gives an income to communes' budgets through taxes, to landowners through grounds lease or sale, creates new workplaces during construction and then operation of devices. It also leads to modernization and repair local routes, electrical grids and others .The aim of this paper is to present chosen problems connected to the localization of wind farms. The research focuses on regulations concerning the wind farms localization , its procedures, calculation of taxes for communes, incomes for landowners on whose grounds the wind turbines were built, and others, in the context of the new law i.e. Act of 20 May 2016 on Wind Energy Investments. ...
