ENVIRONMENTÁLNA INFRAŠTRUKTÚRA – REGIONÁLNE DISPARITY A ICH RIEŠENIE NÁSTROJMI POLITIKY SÚDRŽNOSTI EU 2007-2013 NA SLOVENSKU
ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE: REGIONAL DISPARITIES AND THEIR SOLVING THROUGH THE EU COHESION POLITY 2007-2013 IN SLOVAKIA

Author(s): Angelika ŠVECOVÁ, Eva RAJČÁKOVÁ
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Regional Geography, Public Administration, Environmental and Energy policy, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: environmental infrastructure; regional disparities; cohesion policy 2007-2013; Slovak regions;
Summary/Abstract: Slovakia lags far behind the developed EU countries in environmental infrastructure facilities and municipal waste management. Cohesion policy 2007-2013 represented an important tool for improving the quality and completion of environmental infrastructure in the regions of Slovakia. The paper pointed out the regional disparities by selected components of environmental infrastructure, waste production and management, and evaluated the contribution of cohesion policy 2007-2013 to their mitigation on the example of Slovakia and its regions. The standard method - Gini coefficient was used to determine regional disparities followed by comparative methods for the development of selected indicators in 2007 and 2015 and the contribution of EU cohesion policy 2007-2013. The development of environmental infrastructure has been supported from the Operational Program Environment, priority axes 1 and 4, in the total financing 831.5 million Eur. Efficient use of EU funds have contributed to the increase the share of the population connected to the water and sewage network, separation and recovery of municipal waste, remediation of environmental burdens and recultivation of landfill sites. In the reporting period, the regional disparities have mitigated according to the analyzed indicators in all regions of Slovakia.

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