Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia jako pionier w kształtowaniu polityki metropolitalnej w Polsce
Metropolis of Upper Silesia and Zagłębie as a pioneer in shaping the metropolitan policy in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon of incompatibility of the basic structure of territorial administration to dynamically progressing urbanisation is one of the problems of contemporary states. The public (and academic) discussion on how the state should support the development of metropolitan areas is quite vivid in Poland. However, Polish politics noticed the problem of territorial fragmentation in urbanised areas quite late compared to other European countries. Nevertheless in recent years successive Polish governments have taken up the issue. This has resulted in strategic documents and normative acts which task was to introduce new legal, financial and planning instruments for the development of cities and their functional areas, including metropolitan areas.

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