The real estate financing market in Poland and Ukraine changed substantially between the years 2006 and 2017. The changes were highly dynamic. This publication analyses both common and different features of the housing market in Poland and Ukraine; it also studies housing property markets in terms of housing financing in Poland and Ukraine. The current state of affairs on the residential real estate financing market has been presented from the point of view of an average Polish and Ukrainian citizen -a buyer of the real estate and a borrower. In order to preserve topicality, the analysis has focused on how these markets behaved in the last few years but the situation in previous years has also been taken into account.

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The article deals with issues that are socially and economically significant. The aim of the work was to identify, measure and assess the socioeconomic potential of rural areas in Poland. The objective was implemented by defining four potentials reflecting the resources of the studied area and the socioeconomic potential in general. The empirical part of the study was described using data from the CSO publications Rural areas in Poland in 2016. The study covered the year 2016. The method of the total normalized values of features was used to measure and evaluate the phenomenon creating the linear ordering of rural areas in Poland. The spatial differentiation of the studied phenomenon was observed.

This article aims to determine the specificity of spatial conflicts related to spatial plans concerning wind power plants. To achieve the aim of the article, all spatial plans in force in Poland were analysed, distinguishing those which determine the possibility of realisation of wind power plants. The research concerns the whole country. The literature review carried out for this article verifies approaches to spatial conflicts and identifies how planning barriers to the implementation of wind power investments are defined. The results identified Polish municipalities where spatial plans containing provisions for implementing wind power plants have been enacted. Then, through survey research, an attempt was made to identify critical spatial conflicts occurring in these municipalities. The last part of the research involved identifying and analysing Polish court decisions concerning spatial plans permitting wind power plants. These were recognised as a particular stage of spatial conflicts. The article’s novelty is the attempt to isolate regional spatial conflicts concerning wind power plants comprehensively. This applies to a broader scientific discussion (also applicable to other countries). In addition, the treatment of court cases as the final stage of spatial conflicts related to the location of wind power plants should be considered innovative. An important contribution to the international discussion is the proposal for broader (quantitative) research on the role of courts in spatial planning. Possible classifications in court settlements of parties to spatial conflicts, reasons for spatial conflicts, and ways of ending conflicts have been proposed.