Visions of water transport activation in the Vistula Lagoon region expressed in strategic and planning documents Cover Image

Wizje aktywizacji transportu wodnego w regionie Zalewu Wiślanego wyrażone w dokumentach strategicznych i planistycznych
Visions of water transport activation in the Vistula Lagoon region expressed in strategic and planning documents

Author(s): Krystian Puzdrakiewicz, Sandra Żukowska, Beata Chmiel, Tadeusz Palmowski
Subject(s): Rural and urban sociology, Tourism
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: water transport; water tourism; regional development; Vistula Lagoon;

Summary/Abstract: The Vistula Lagoon region has well-establishedmaritime traditions, but socio-economic and geopoliticalproblems make it difficult to exploit the potential of this lo-cation. In the study, a multi-criteria qualitative analysis ofstrategic and planning documents at four levels (national,supra-regional, regional and local) was carried out in termsof including in them issues concerning the activation ofwater transport in the Vistula Lagoon region. The resultsindicate that the water economy is a strategic economicsector for the lagoon municipalities. The navigation chan-nel through the Vistula Spit is mostly perceived as a keyinvestment for the activation of water transport in the re-gion, although its assessment among municipalities is notuniform. Particularly important areas of intervention include the need to modernise the existing infrastructure and actively maintain it to ensure proper navigable conditions, as well as cooperation between different levels of government for effective planning and implementation of these visions in the functional area of the basin.

  • Issue Year: 69/2024
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 33-54
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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