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regulations for these other areas do not specify how bans and requirements are to be
included in local spatial management plans.
The current version of the Resolution on Spatial Planning [68] does not directly
address environmentally valuable areas. Instead, it requires all planning documents
including local documents to outline rules of environmental protection and limits on
land development. The Resolution implies that local spatial management plans may
serve as a key instrument in the maintenance of environmentally valuable areas at
the local level in the case of areas not formally covered by environmental protection
laws. On the other hand, rules and regulations that apply to inland surface waters are
linked with the Water Law Resolution [69]. The Resolution includes a number of
regulations of varying precision that apply to inland waters including lakes.
In summary, national parks in Poland are characterized by different water availability. Some are dominated by water balance issues, while others are not. This is
why each park needs to have a unique protection strategy. This is due to differences
in water availability and threats that may affect each given national park. In spite of
these differences, it is necessary to pursue sustainable development whose overall
goal is to protect the natural environment including its water areas in a way that
allows both social and economic targets to be achieved.
3.8 Recommendation
At the end of the work, I would like to present some recommendations for development and protect water resources in the context of sustainable growth in geographic
areas protected by law. Below are a few of them:
– Water management in protected areas requires first and foremost a certain water
level determined by predefined environmental goals as well as the determination
of priorities related to water usage in a given area.
– Sustainable development requires an integrated approach and a holistic perspective, in which a structure of inter-linked components is taken into account. This
structure contains not only hydrological or water resources components but also
a number of other components, such as environmental, economic, demographic,
socio-cultural and institutional subsystems [11].
– It is necessary to create regulatory mechanisms and ensure security against the
growing civilization threats.
– One central water authority should be created at the national level, which would
deal with all aspects of water management, e.g. Ministry of Water Resources.
– It should be increased coordination between national bodies currently dealing
with water resources.
– Increase the effectiveness of many forms of nature protection (change of legal
provisions).
– Increase the role of local communities that decide on the development of water
resources (subsidiarity principle).
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regulations for these other areas do not specify how bans and requirements are to be
included in local spatial management plans.
The current version of the Resolution on Spatial Planning [68] does not directly
address environmentally valuable areas. Instead, it requires all planning documents
including local documents to outline rules of environmental protection and limits on
land development. The Resolution implies that local spatial management plans may
serve as a key instrument in the maintenance of environmentally valuable areas at
the local level in the case of areas not formally covered by environmental protection
laws. On the other hand, rules and regulations that apply to inland surface waters are
linked with the Water Law Resolution [69]. The Resolution includes a number of
regulations of varying precision that apply to inland waters including lakes.
In summary, national parks in Poland are characterized by different water availability. Some are dominated by water balance issues, while others are not. This is
why each park needs to have a unique protection strategy. This is due to differences
in water availability and threats that may affect each given national park. In spite of
these differences, it is necessary to pursue sustainable development whose overall
goal is to protect the natural environment including its water areas in a way that
allows both social and economic targets to be achieved.
3.8 Recommendation
At the end of the work, I would like to present some recommendations for development and protect water resources in the context of sustainable growth in geographic
areas protected by law. Below are a few of them:
– Water management in protected areas requires first and foremost a certain water
level determined by predefined environmental goals as well as the determination
of priorities related to water usage in a given area.
– Sustainable development requires an integrated approach and a holistic perspective, in which a structure of inter-linked components is taken into account. This
structure contains not only hydrological or water resources components but also
a number of other components, such as environmental, economic, demographic,
socio-cultural and institutional subsystems [11].
– It is necessary to create regulatory mechanisms and ensure security against the
growing civilization threats.
– One central water authority should be created at the national level, which would
deal with all aspects of water management, e.g. Ministry of Water Resources.
– It should be increased coordination between national bodies currently dealing
with water resources.
– Increase the effectiveness of many forms of nature protection (change of legal
provisions).
– Increase the role of local communities that decide on the development of water
resources (subsidiarity principle).