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– Mobilize local authorities to take responsibility for valuable natural areas with the
introduction of appropriate provisions to local law documents, i.e. local spatial
development plan.
– Change the philosophy associated with meeting the demand for water (water is
not a free good) (water is not a free good any more but rather an economic good).
– It is necessary to change the provisions indicating the principles of protection and
shaping of valuable natural areas, and not covered by protection in accordance with
the Nature Conservation Act, which are dispersed in many documents—statutes
and regulations.
– It is necessary to clearly define in the strategic documents of communes the manner
of implementing provisions regarding the protection and shaping of valuable
natural sites.
– Adequate funding must be guaranteed to ensure the implementation of sustainable
development objectives.
– New concepts of international cooperation and assistance need to be developed.
– The principle of treating the duty of environmental protection as an element of
the proper functioning of the economy should be introduced, and the breach of
this obligation should be regarded as a betrayal of the rules of good management.
– An effective way to implement the principles of sustainable development seems
to be the process of greening the economy
– Large risks must be avoided, the consequences of which are irreversible damage
to ecosystems and social systems that cannot be estimated,
Acknowledgements I would like to thank Mrs. Alicja Olszewska for help in the performance of
some of the figures.
References
1. Sun S, Wang Y, Liu J, Cai H, Wu P, Geng Q, Xu L (2016) Sustainability assessment of regional
water resources under the DPSIR framework. J Hydrol 532:140–148
2. Jokiel P, Pociask-Karteczka, J (2012) Dlaczego wody? In: Water in national parks of Poland.
Institute of Geography and Spatial Management of the Jagiellonian University Cracow, pp
9–14 (in Polish)
3. Kates RW, Parris TM, Leiserowitz AA (2005) What is sustainable development? Environ Sci
Policy Sustain Dev 47(3): 8–21
4. Steiner F (1999) The living landscape 1999. An ecological approach to landscape planning.
ISLANDPRESS, Washington, Covelo, London
5. Song M, Cen L, Zheng Z, Fisher R, Liang X, Wang Y, Huising D (2017) How would big
data support societal development and environmental sustainability? insights and practices. J
Cleaner Prod 142(2):489–500
6. Pedro-Monzonís M, Solera A, Ferrer J, Estrela T, Paredes-Arquiol J (2015) A review of water
scarcity and drought indexes in water resources planning and management. J Hydrol 527:482–
493
7. Wyszkowska D, Artemiuk D, Godlewska A (2017) Including the quality of life in the study of
the state of the green economy. Wroclaw Econ Rev 23(4):11–26 (in Polish)
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– Mobilize local authorities to take responsibility for valuable natural areas with the
introduction of appropriate provisions to local law documents, i.e. local spatial
development plan.
– Change the philosophy associated with meeting the demand for water (water is
not a free good) (water is not a free good any more but rather an economic good).
– It is necessary to change the provisions indicating the principles of protection and
shaping of valuable natural areas, and not covered by protection in accordance with
the Nature Conservation Act, which are dispersed in many documents—statutes
and regulations.
– It is necessary to clearly define in the strategic documents of communes the manner
of implementing provisions regarding the protection and shaping of valuable
natural sites.
– Adequate funding must be guaranteed to ensure the implementation of sustainable
development objectives.
– New concepts of international cooperation and assistance need to be developed.
– The principle of treating the duty of environmental protection as an element of
the proper functioning of the economy should be introduced, and the breach of
this obligation should be regarded as a betrayal of the rules of good management.
– An effective way to implement the principles of sustainable development seems
to be the process of greening the economy
– Large risks must be avoided, the consequences of which are irreversible damage
to ecosystems and social systems that cannot be estimated,
Acknowledgements I would like to thank Mrs. Alicja Olszewska for help in the performance of
some of the figures.
References
1. Sun S, Wang Y, Liu J, Cai H, Wu P, Geng Q, Xu L (2016) Sustainability assessment of regional
water resources under the DPSIR framework. J Hydrol 532:140–148
2. Jokiel P, Pociask-Karteczka, J (2012) Dlaczego wody? In: Water in national parks of Poland.
Institute of Geography and Spatial Management of the Jagiellonian University Cracow, pp
9–14 (in Polish)
3. Kates RW, Parris TM, Leiserowitz AA (2005) What is sustainable development? Environ Sci
Policy Sustain Dev 47(3): 8–21
4. Steiner F (1999) The living landscape 1999. An ecological approach to landscape planning.
ISLANDPRESS, Washington, Covelo, London
5. Song M, Cen L, Zheng Z, Fisher R, Liang X, Wang Y, Huising D (2017) How would big
data support societal development and environmental sustainability? insights and practices. J
Cleaner Prod 142(2):489–500
6. Pedro-Monzonís M, Solera A, Ferrer J, Estrela T, Paredes-Arquiol J (2015) A review of water
scarcity and drought indexes in water resources planning and management. J Hydrol 527:482–
493
7. Wyszkowska D, Artemiuk D, Godlewska A (2017) Including the quality of life in the study of
the state of the green economy. Wroclaw Econ Rev 23(4):11–26 (in Polish)