Justyna Chodkowska-Miszczuk

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The paper presents results of an international comparative survey with local communities living in three coal mining areas in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland. The survey attempted to answer the questions to what extent do the perceptions of negative impacts and threats of coal mining, the attitudes towards coal mining and preferences for th...

The European Green Deal (EGD) is a comprehensive and ambitious strategy to achieve climate neutrality in the European Union. Cities play a crucial role as places of accumulation of resources, as well as increased consumption. This study attempts to respond to whether the largest cities in Poland (the main development cores of the country and, more...

Pilgrims traveling to Santiago carried with them new forms of saint worship observed along the way while maintaining their religious customs from their hometowns. During the Middle Ages, it was often urban dwellers who embarked on these pilgrimages. En route to Compostela, they found support in the cities they passed through, receiving hospital car...

Energy is an indispensable resource for economic development and the well-being of society. Due to heterogeneity in socioeconomic conditions, households consume direct energy and produce emissions differently. Analysing energy emissions from heterogeneous socioeconomic groups helps to identify foci for intervention and create policies for sustainab...

The energy transition process towards renewable and low-emission energy sources is becoming an increasingly prevailing issue discussed at both local and supra-local levels. It also includes the development of a nuclear power plant in Poland. Therefore, it is crucial to trace the consequences of an unfinished nuclear investment, known today as the ‘...

On Sunday, August 13, 2023, Stanislav Martinát – a respected Czech geographer and member of the Editorial Board of Moravian Geographical Reports journal – died after a short serious illness at the age of 47. Despite his relatively young age, Stanislav Martinát was one of the most productive and the most cited Czech geographers. He is the author or...

Energy is an indispensable resource for development of society. Due to heterogeneity in socioeconomic conditions, households consume direct energy and produce emissions differently. Analysing energy emissions from heterogenous socioeconomic groups helps to identity foci for intervention and create policies for sustainable cities. Analysis of varian...

Poland, with its objective of switching from a fossil-fuel base to renewable sources of energy, is a textbook example of energy transition economies. In this review, the challenges and opportunities for local resilience were identified, followed by an in-depth analysis of Low Carbon Economy Plans (LCEP) in the ten largest cities of Poland. The meth...

Considering unpredictable and hastily evolving tipping points (like the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing climate crisis and the war in Ukraine), it is clear that sustainable energy transition and utilization of locally sourced renewable energies must be in the heart of both national, regional, and local energy systems. However, if we take...

Poland, with its objective of switching from a fossil-fuel base to renewable sources of energy, is a textbook example of an energy transition economy. In this review, the challenges and opportunities for local resilience were identified, followed by an in-depth analysis of Low Carbon Economy Plans (LCEP) in the 10 largest cities of Poland. The meth...

Our research aims to reflect on rural communities’ awareness and perceptions of various energy sources, particularly focusing on renewable energies. We argue that there is an urgent need to expand the knowledge base on the perspectives of rural communities directly and indirectly affected by renewable energy installations. From an empirical point o...

Notwithstanding the opportunities it provides, the implementation of some measures of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (EU CAP), including agri-environment-climate measures (AECMs), also generates threats. The study identifies an extremely disturbing process that can be referred to as “internal neo-colonialism”, which has been driven by the techno...

The progressing urbanisation process and its visible effects are prompting local authorities to seek new solutions to contemporary development challenges, especially those identified in post-socialist cities, including in Poland. Nowadays, the smart city concept is becoming widely popular. This idea is grounded in the principles of sustainable deve...

This article enriches the existing literature on the importance and role of the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in renewable energy sources research by providing a novel approach to instigating the future research agenda in this field. Employing a series of in-depth interviews, deliberative focus group workshops and a sys- tematic horizon scan...

The leverage of the public narrative created and maintained by the media as a highly influential social actor is decisive, but also sensitive, in bringing about the energy transition and advancing towards a low-carbon economy. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has potential to slow down and deform the public acceptance of the above-mentioned pr...

Anaerobic digestion (AD) plants undoubtedly represent an integral and irreplaceable element in rural energy transition and sustainable waste management. In our study, we focus on an advanced understanding of the dynamics behind the changing perceptions of AD plants in host communities in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The surveyed AD pla...

Dynamic and unrestrained socio-economic development is upsetting the balance of nature’s mechanisms, causing a climate stalemate, or even climate destabilisation. After the Second World War a new political system – real socialism – was enforced on Poland. It brought about changes of a social, cultural, economic and environmental nature. Its immanen...

Technological and civilization development leads to changes in the economic cycle. The structure and organization of the economy are transforming. These changes are reflected in the variable usability of postindustrial places and the growth of abandoned areas and buildings. The way to renovate the urban devastated regions is to popularize their new...

It is not only worth talking about the chances of survival in the fight against emerging environmental and socio-economic threats, but it is necessary to use all possible means to influence public awareness. It is awareness that shapes our attitudes and literacy. The core of these tools is cross-sectoral place-based education. This raises the quest...

Decoupling economic growth from the exploitation of natural resources, protecting vulnerable ecosystems, restoring habitats and species, and supporting areas used for organic farming are, along with achieving climate neutrality, key tenets of the European Green Deal (EGD)—the EU’s new sustainable economic strategy. One direction of activities to im...

While the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (EU CAP) is being redefined, natural habitats, treated as wasteland for many years, are becoming a crucial element in the promotion of environmentally-friendly management of farmland and the protection of biodiversity and the local cultural landscape. The aim of the study is to assess the effect...

The aim of this study is to better understand the recent changes in the feedstocks of anaerobic digestion plants, the driving forces behind these changes and consequent opportunities to strengthen closed-cycle energy production and promote the circular bioeconomy approaches. The study analyses Poland – a country with a highly diversified agrarian s...

Energy transition is surely not only about the technological change, but it also has to necessarily reflect socio-cultural and environmental transformations on the local level. Hence, local communities’ energy literacy belongs to the crucial elements in designing successful energy transition and strengthening rural resilience. Energy literacy is a...

The aim of the study is to present an educational tourist route using renewable energy sources in the context of the idea of sustainable tourism. The research area is the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship, more specifically the route leading from the dam in Włocławek through the photovoltaic farm i n Czernikowo to the ecological landfill site in Toruń...

This report presents 100 research questions that have been identified by scientific experts as key priorities for Social Science and Humanities (SSH)research on renewables, in order to inform and support EU-funded research and innovation leading to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050.

The main principles of the smart city concept rely on modern, environmentally friendly technologies. One manifestation of the smart city concept is investments in renewable energy sources (RES), which are currently a popular direction in urban transformation. It makes sense, therefore, to analyse how Polish cities are coping with this challenge and...

This report presents 100 research questions that have been identified by scientific experts as key priorities for Social Science and Humanities (SSH) research on renewable energy, in order to inform and support EU-funded research and innovation leading to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050. The questions together aim to promote SSH research that co...

Biogas energy has been introduced into Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) through various incentives after their accession to the European Union in 2004. This paper contributes to an understanding of the determinants, challenges and perspectives of agricultural biogas plants in three CEECs (Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic). Using a com...

Development of renewable energy sources (RES) is a crucial factor, influencing diversification of energy sector. Popularization of renewable energy projects has a key significance in building energy security system in Poland, therefore most of strategic decisions concerning RES are taken on the country level, and basing on EU directives, general de...

Biogas production has recently expanded across the post-communist Central European countries. This paper addresses the role of biogas plants based on agricultural resources (agri-food waste and agricultural crops) as a new factor of rural development in Poland and Slovakia, and so it contributes to the comprehensive research on effects of agricultu...

Anaerobic Digestion plants (AD plants) are an important part of energy transition towards low-carbon rural economies in Central European countries. However, their benefits in making rural spaces more energy sustainable and energy self-sufficient are frequently questioned. In our paper, we strive to deepen our understanding of the level of embeddedn...

Institutional support, reflected not only in legislative solutions, but also in external funding as a means of financial support, is of strategic importance for the success of new power investments, the guarantee of energy security of individual areas, and the socioeconomic development of the region where new energy enterprises are located. The pre...

The main goal of the article is to present the concept of sustainable urban tourism as enriched with the ecological aspect of cultural tourism. The authors decided that the city of Toruń, and more precisely its strict center, will remain the research area. Due to the size of the settlement unit, geographical location, initiatives taken by the local...

Subject and purpose of work: Urban transport is a key element of the functioning of urban agglomerations around the world. As it is of strategic importance, the needs of its users have to be diagnosed. Due to the fact that students are the most numerous social group using public transport, particular attention should be paid to students as the real...

This paper addresses the question whether biogas plants (businesses based on renewable energy) often marketed as a great opportunity for rural development can at the same time pose a hidden challenge. Departing from the concept of embeddedness of enterprises in the local environment, our objective is realized with the help of two models of biogas p...

This study aims to analyse the perception of cultural landscape by local communities, with particular emphasis on representatives of Generation Y in the context of the development of wind energy identified through the location of wind power plants. We have chosen to study the commune of Dąbrowa Chełmińska – LAU 2 (Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, NU...

Współczesny rozwój energetyki stanowiący odpowiedź na rosnące zapotrzebowanie energii wiąże się z powstawaniem nowych instalacji energetycznych, w tym także wykorzystujących lokalnie dostępne odnawialne źródła energii. Wśród nowych instalacji energetycznych najwięcej obaw i powszechnych dyskusji dotyczących ewentualnych przeobrażeń krajobrazu wzbud...

Zakorzenienie przedsiębiorstwa w lokalnym środowisku generuje pozytywne rezultaty z punktu widzenia rozwoju lokalnego. Wśród efektów tego procesu wskazuje się m.in. integrację społeczną, wsparcie lokalnych inicjatyw, ożywienie społeczno-gospodarcze czy zmniejszanie dysproporcji w zagospodarowaniu prze-strzennym. Przemiany te wpisują się w procesy r...

The paper aims to analyse urban transport in the context of how sustainable development is understood and implemented in the case of Copenhagen. An on-site query was conducted in order to reach the research objective. The results of the analysis helped the authors identify forms in which the sustainable transport concept is being implemented, inclu...

Leksykon jest autorską próbą zestawienia i opisania haseł, które najbardziej trafnie korespondują z pojęciem nowoczesnego miasta. Lista terminów włączonych do opracowania wyłoniła się w toku długich dyskusji, i choć nie wyczerpuje ona wszystkich zagadnień, daje przegląd wielu istotnych wątków, obejmujących różnorodną problematykę od architektury, p...

Wstęp 7 1. Biogospodarka na obszarach miejskich 11 1.1. Pojęcie biogospodarki – wieloaspektowość zagadnienia 11 1.2. Czynniki wpływające na rozwój biogospodarki 18 1.3. Programy i podmioty wspierające biogospodarkę 25 2. Biogospodarka w polityce Unii Europejskiej 37 2.1. Pojęcie i geneza biogospodarki w polityce Unii Europejskiej 37 2.2. Wymiar reg...

This article aims to find whether the urbanized area experiences integration or disintegration of the ecological and urban functions of the river. The river has always played an important role in urban areas, although over the centuries, it has come through radical changes. At first, it decided on the location of the city, served as a defense and m...

Singapur, niewielkie miasto-państwo w Azji Południowo-Wschodniej, od zakończenia II wojny światowej podlegało poważnym przemianom politycznym. W wyniku tych przeobrażeń ta dawna kolonia brytyjska jest obecnie jednym z najbardziej rozwiniętych gospodarczo państw świata wpływającym istotnie na sytuację geopolityczną w regionie. Celem niniejszego arty...

The article concerns the issue of renewal and revitalization of rural areas, from the viewpoint of a multifaceted discourse on changes taking place in the Polish rural areas. The concept of renewal and revitalization of rural areas acquired a new dimension after Poland’s accession to the EU in 2004, when the influx of the UE funds radically altered...

It is widely accepted that cultural sector and creative sector contribute to the socio-economic revival of cities, change their images, form a specific creative milieu, generate new jobs, and organize urban space. However, previous studies concerning the significance of the cultural and creative sectors in the urban development have focused on the...

Energy production by agricultural biogas plants has recently recorded considerable growth in Visegrad countries. The development was enhanced by European Union's efforts to increase the proportion of energy produced from renewable sources. The paper aims to assess the role of energy policy in the development of agricultural biogas energy production...

This paper aims to reflect upon the future direction of development in former PGR (State Agricultural Farms) estates in Poland. Using the post-PGR estate of Chotel (central Poland) as a case study, the authors analyzed and evaluated the potential of the local youth as human resources for future development. It was assumed that the youth, as a socia...

The paper aims at determining the role of European Union funds in the development of renewable energy sources in Poland in the context of the cohesion policy. In order to achieve this aim, we have derived data from the official European Funds Portal concerning the size of projects and the financial support obtained from the European Union for the u...

The aim of the article is to determine the role of renewable energy sources (RES) in the development of tourism in the areas which are famous for their natural and cultural values (protected areas). The example discussed in the article is the center of religious and pilgrimage tourism in Kodeń (Lubelskie voivodship, bialski poviat). The analyzed to...

This paper aims to reflect upon the future direction of development in post-PGR (State Agricultural Farms) estates in Poland. Using the estate Chotel (gmina Izbica Kujawska, Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship) as a case study, we analyze the current human resources as represented by the local youth. Our point of departure is the assumption that youths,...

The article aims to analyze the current state and determine the perspectives for oilseed rape production for energy purposes in Poland. According to the study, in recent years the oilseed rape area for energy purposes and the production of biocomponents and biofuels from oilseed rape have been on the rise in Poland. The considerable and spatially c...

W artykule zaprezentowano biogazownie rolnicze w kontekście rozwoju małoskalowych instalacji odnawialnych źródeł energii (OZE) w Polsce. Przedstawiono projekty małych biogazowni rolniczych (o średniej mocy zainstalowanej około 0,1 MW) w kontekście rozwoju generacji rozproszonej jako przykład małoskalowych instalacji odnawialnych źródeł energii w...

The paper aims at analyzing and evaluating the process of spatial planning in the context of issues related to natural environment. The natural environment is, on the one hand, significant element ena-bling socio-economic development, on the other hand, it has impact on the quality of life of inhabitants, clearly increasing its level. Therefore, th...

Chodkowska-Miszczuk J., Szymańska D., 2014. Modernisation of public buildings in Polish towns and the concept of sustainable building. AbstrAct: This article aims to identify the scale of energy efficiency improvements in public buildings in Polish towns as representative of sustainable building. The study area is investigated from the perspective...

Small-scale renewable energy systems in the context of the development of distributed generation, are discussed for the case of Poland. A distributed energy system is efficient, reliable and environmentally friendly, and is one of the most recent trends in the development of the energy sector in Poland. One of the important dimensions of this proce...

The aim of the analysis is to present the implementation and development of agricultural biogas plants as a chance for diversification of agriculture in Poland. The main exogenous and endogenous determinants of the development of agriculture biogas plants in Poland were indicated. It is an attempt to present agricultural biogas plants in terms of t...

The aim of the paper is both delimitation attempt and characteristics of Bydgoszcz-Toruń Functional (Metropolitan) Area, in the light of selected indicators relating to socio-demographic determinants and functional relationships of the analysed area. Issues relating to socio-demographic factors are shown in the background of the situation in Poland...

Artykuł dotyczy zagadnień powstawania i rozwoju biogazowni rolniczych jako szansy dywersyfikacji rolnictwa w Polsce. Jest on próbą przedstawienia biogazowni rolniczych z punktu widzenia rozmieszczenia przestrzennego, mocy zainstalowanej i wydajności instalacji do produkcji biogazu rolniczego. W artykule wskazano najważniejsze egzogeniczne i end...

Streszczenie: Celem artykułu jest analiza i ocena " obszaru turystycznego Dolina Zielawy " w kontekście wykorzystania in-stalacji słonecznych, jako nowego elementu przestrzeni turystycznej. Wykazano, że pojawianie się nowych komponentów w przestrzeni turystycznej związanych z produkcją energii ze źródeł odnawialnych, w tym energii słonecznej, warun...

The article presents some of the socio-demographic factors conditioning the production of biomass in Poland (update of the review). It considers urban-rural and rural gminas that grew energy crops for biomass production in the years 2007–2009 (836 gminas in 2007, 756 in 2008 and 618 in 2009). The article tries to answer the question whether there i...

The article presents rural areas in Poland in the context of endogenous resources utilization and functional diversification in 2007 and 2008. One of the directions of multifunctional rural development is renewable energy production based on local resources. Effective utilization of both environmental and technological resources for agricultural pr...

Evaluating the Parsęta Basin Communes' Tourist Space Using the Selected Quantification Methods Identifying differences in the factors determining tourism development in an area is crucial to utilising its natural, economic and socio-cultural resources that enable sustainable development of the tourist function. This article sets out to present and...

The purpose of this paper is to present the deregulation of the bus (coach) transport system in Poland. To this end, an analysis of the buses and trains starting out from in the Polish cities of Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Czestochowa, Lublin and Szczecin in the years 1985, 1995 and 2005 is given. Deregulation of this bus transport system has been in pro...