Niesprawność władz publicznych w świetle prawno-przestrzennych i partycypacyjnych narzędzi rewitalizacji
Inefficiency of public authorities in the light of legal, spatial, and participatory urban regeneration tools

Summary/Abstract: Enactment of the Polish Act on Urban Regeneration has granted municipalities new opportunitiesof using spatial policy development tools, including ones related to the legal,spatial, and participatory domain. The inefficiency of public authorities in the spatialmanagement system manifests itself in insufficient skills as well as the lack of will and determinationto shape and protect spatial order. Speaking of urban regeneration, this inefficiencybecomes evident, but not only, in the erroneous or incomplete diagnosis of issuesthat should trigger regeneration processes; the lack of prompt and thoughtful responseto the diagnosed problems; the lack of active cooperation with stakeholders (attributableboth to the low level of social capital and the attitude of bureaucrats). Ultimately, thisinefficiency leads to the implementation of the municipal regeneration program only bypublic authorities and not by regeneration stakeholders. Based on these findings, the articleseeks to determine whether and to what extent urban regeneration tools can reducethe inefficiency of public authorities in the spatial management system (in relation to areassubject to regeneration). The conducted analysis of case studies demonstrates that regenerationtools are not employed to their full potential (to unlock all the related benefits).Participation tools are not fully utilized, either (especially those linked to the operationof the Urban Regeneration Committee).

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