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Fig. 18.1 Metropolitan areas and regional centers in Poland. Source Based on [6]
protecting the natural environment and water management. Adaptation to the requirements of the environment and prevention of its further degradation to the maximum
possible extent is a necessary condition for achieving the expected level of social
and economic development [7]. Creating spatial structures which are conducive to
maintaining the high quality of the natural environment and landscape values and
increasing the resistance to natural threats are indicated as the main aims of the spatial
development of Poland [6]. The integration of the spatial development policy with
the protection of environmental resources and appropriate quality of life is created
by appropriate legal standards, which regulate the principles of water management
and create protective areas, on the other hand, by instruments adapted to assess the
level of environmental impact and mitigate conflicts [8].
A constituent element of the metropolitan area is the system of water resources
management, which depending on the functional-spatial relations develops in high
coherence with the spatial layout of the city [9]. The structure of the metropolitan
area is usually very complex. It is determined by such units as communes (different
425
Fig. 18.1 Metropolitan areas and regional centers in Poland. Source Based on [6]
protecting the natural environment and water management. Adaptation to the requirements of the environment and prevention of its further degradation to the maximum
possible extent is a necessary condition for achieving the expected level of social
and economic development [7]. Creating spatial structures which are conducive to
maintaining the high quality of the natural environment and landscape values and
increasing the resistance to natural threats are indicated as the main aims of the spatial
development of Poland [6]. The integration of the spatial development policy with
the protection of environmental resources and appropriate quality of life is created
by appropriate legal standards, which regulate the principles of water management
and create protective areas, on the other hand, by instruments adapted to assess the
level of environmental impact and mitigate conflicts [8].
A constituent element of the metropolitan area is the system of water resources
management, which depending on the functional-spatial relations develops in high
coherence with the spatial layout of the city [9]. The structure of the metropolitan
area is usually very complex. It is determined by such units as communes (different