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1 FROM INDUSTRY DEPENDENT URBAN AGGLOMERATION TO CONTEMPORARY METROPOLITAN AREA TOWARDS THE RENEWED LISBON STRATEGY Tomasz Sławiński - architect Deputy Director Mazovian Office for Spatial Planning and Regional Development 1

2 METROPOLITAN AREA Warsaw Metropolitan Area MAIN GATEWAY TO THE LARGE POLISH MARKET MAIN POLE OF GROWTH IN THE POLISH SPACE LEAVING BEHIND OTHER URBAN CENTRES CENTRE OF MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF A RISING IMPORTANCE IN EUROPEAN ECONOMY, YET SUFFERING FROM INADEQUATE TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION LINKS LEADING NATIONAL CENTRE OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SPECIALIZED PRODUCER SERVICES DOMINANT NATIONAL CENTRE OF WHOLESALE TRADE POLAND GROWING EDUCATIONAL ` CENTRE, AN AREA LACKING INTERNAL COHESION AN AREA WITH SERIUOS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND AFFECTED BY SPATIAL CHAOS 2

3 METROPOLITAN AREA Warsaw Metropolitan Area 3

4 METROPOLITAN AREA Competetiveness SMALL PIONEERS OF GLOBALIZATION ESTABLISHING OF OUTLETS AND SERVICE NETWORKS OF FOREIGN FIRMS TAKE-OVERS OF STATE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRIZES BY TNC AND GREENFIELD PROJCTS OF FOREIGN CAPITAL OF CHAINS OF HYPER AND SUPER MARKETS INTERNATIONALZATION OF BANKING, INSURANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SECTOR FOREIGN CAPITAL ON PROPERTY MARKET INTERNATIONALIZATION OF MEDIA MARKET 4

5 METROPOLITAN AREA Cohesion INCREASE THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION INTO THE NETWORK OF EUROPEAN METROPOLISES COUNTERACT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF PERIPHERIAL LOCATION STRENGHTEN THE POSITION OF AS THE KEYSTONE OF THE POLISH SPACE AND HELP TO PRESERVE ITS TERRITORIAL COHESION BECOME AN IMPORTANT CENTRE FOR CREATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INNOVATIONS ABLE TO ACCELERATE THE OF MAZOVIA REGION ACHIEVE MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF INTERNAL COHESION OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA MAINTAIN RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH WHILE PROTECTING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND AVOIDING NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL FRAGMENTATION 5

6 METROPOLITAN AREA Cohesion Metropolitan area borders 6

7 METROPOLITAN AREA Quality of live RAPID OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE PRIVATE BUSINESSES COLLAPSE OF MANY LARGE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITHDRAWL OF THE STATE FROM SUBSIDIZING HOUSING CREATION OF FREE REAL ESTATE MARKET AND LIBERALIZATION OF LAND-USE POLICY DECLINE OF COMPETETIVENESS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE ECONOMY OF THE REGION GROWTH OF MOTORIZATION AND SHARP INCREASE IN INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORT SPATIAL DISPERSION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND HOUSING CONSTRUCTION WEAK CONTROL SPATIAL DISORDER 7

8 METROPOLITAN AREA Economy Maintenance of high and stable levels of economic growth Transport 8

9 METROPOLITAN AREA Economy Maintenance of high and stable levels of economic growth Social and economic development level 9

10 METROPOLITAN AREA Economy Maintenance of high and stable levels of economic growth 10

11 METROPOLITAN AREA Social Progress Social progress, which recognises the needs of everyone DRIVE TO EDUCATION INFLOW OF WELL QUALIFIED AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PEOPLE DECLINING NATURAL INCREASE AND AGEAING OF URBAN POPULATION GROWING SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION EMERGENCE OF METROPOLITAN CLASS DECAY OF OLD AND EMERGENCE OF NEW NGO S WEAKNESS OF CBO S 11

12 METROPOLITAN AREA Social Progress Social progress, which recognises the needs of everyone Flat offers Housing area offers 12

13 METROPOLITAN AREA Social Progress Social progress, which recognises the needs of everyone 13

14 METROPOLITAN AREA Environment Effective protection of the environment Environmentally protected areas 14

15 METROPOLITAN AREA Environment Effective protection of the environment 15

16 METROPOLITAN AREA Resources Prudent use of the resources Unemployment in poviats (counties) Gross Domestic Product 16

17 METROPOLITAN AREA Resources SPATIAL EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION STRONG POLARIZATION OF IN AND ITS SURROUNDINGS ECONOMIC OF BACKWARDED SUBURBAN ZONE DECOMPOSITION OF PHYSICAL PATTERN SHAPED AFTER II WORLD WAR MORE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES GROWING DIFFERENTIATION OF URBAN TISSUE URBAN SPRAWL- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL URBANIZATION OF RURAL AREAS GREAT INCREASE IN SIZE OF MODERN OFFICE NAD TRADING SPACE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF BUILDING STOCK MAINTENANCE INVESTMENT PRESSEURE ON GREEN OPEN SPACES GROWING DISPARITY BETWEEN DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY OF ROAD TRAFFIC SPACE, DECREASE IN USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT 17

18 METROPOLITAN AREA Resources SPATIAL EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION 18

19 METROPOLITAN AREA Thank you for your kind attention 19

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