Natura 2000 w województwie lubelskim – bariera czy wykorzystana szansa rozwoju samorządów gminnych?
NATURA 2000 IN THE LUBLIN VOIVODESHIP – A DEVELOPMENT BARRIER OR OPPORTUNITY FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT?

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article was to determine the importance of Natura 2000 areas tolocal development in the Lublin voivodeship. It is hypothesized that the establishment ofthe European environmental networking programme Natura 2000 (N2000 EEN) resultedin a deterioration of the socio-economic situation of municipalities, as evidenced by theweakening of the income potential of budgets and the willingness of local authorities toinvest in the Natura 2000 EEN areas. It is also assumed that protective restrictions havecaused a significant need for intervention in the Master Plans of those municipalities. Inconnection with the above-mentioned assumptions, it has been assumed that the perceptionof the Natura 2000 network as a barrier to development will be dominant in the surveyedlocal governments. Literature analysis was used in order to achieve the aim and verify thehypothesis, including the analysis of strategic development documents of the administrativeunits and the Natura 2000 implementing instruments.It has been shown that the municipalities which included Natura 2000 areas featureda more favorable situation in terms of both the level and the dynamics of their incomepotential, as compared to other municipalities of the region. The most favorable situation,both in terms of income potential and the tendency to invest, was in the municipalities witha significant share of the Natura 2000 areas. The SWOT analysis has not clearly indicatedthe importance of Natura 2000 as a barrier, but it has not been seen as a stimulant fordevelopment. A small group of municipalities began to use their local natural values aselements of the developing territorial brands. In the light of the presented test results, thereis no clear reason to confirm the hypothesis of an adverse effect of the Natura 2000 EENon the local economy.

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