An Analysis of the Changes in the Structure of Allotment Gardens in Poland and of the Process of Regulating Legal Status

Trembecka, Anna; Kwartnik-Pruc, Anita

doi:10.3390/su10113829

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“…There are problems of soil pollution, limitation of the garden function due to its degradation, informal housing, the disappearance of biodiversity, limitation of access to green areas for other inhabitants and these tendencies are reinforced by the pressure to reduce the number of UAGs. This is also confirmed by other studies indicating the need to protect existing regulations concerning public green areas and allotment gardens in Poland and other ex-socialist countries [59,60].…”

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confidence: 85%

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Polish Urban Allotment Gardens as ‘Slow City’ Enclaves

Bruno

Kowalewski

2019

Sustainability

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In this article, urban allotment gardens (UAGs) are discussed as one of the alternative urban development frameworks - Slow City. The UAG concept as well as the Slow City agenda aims to protect and enhance strong community relationships, decision making, civil engagement, group learning, and leisure practices for people of all ages in close proximity to green spaces. The authors argue that the statutory aims, organizational culture, and governance rules of UAGs are largely coherent with the formal Slow City agenda. The authors analyze the threats to sustainable cities and the alternative urban development agendas in the context of Polish allotment gardens. With increasing problems of soil pollution, abandoned gardens, informal housing, and limitation of access to the green areas of the UAGs for other inhabitants, the pressure to reduce the number of UAGs is reinforced.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

“…UAG users are (still) at risk of privatization and they tend to mobilize in order to defend their interests. With increasing demand for transforming UAGs into semi-public open spaces [59], the possible future of Polish UAGs is not re-urbanization but rather the sharing of some of their space with other inhabitants.…”

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Polish Urban Allotment Gardens as ‘Slow City’ Enclaves

Bruno

Kowalewski

2019

Sustainability

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“…The impact on the improvement of the quality of life, however, is most commonly emphasized. AGs provide an enjoyable and profitable hobby, relaxation, contact with nature, a sense of tranquillity, an outdoor activity, and health improvements [29,44,48]. Such green structures in countries like Poland are used by people with different social statuses and passions: including children, the unemployed, the elderly and the disabled, nature lovers, and amateur gardeners [29,31,57].…”

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Can Allotment Gardens (AGs) Be Considered an Example of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Based on the Use of Historical Green Infrastructure?

2021

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The term nature-based solutions (NBSs) is understood as a multidisciplinary umbrella concept that includes aspects such as green/blue infrastructure and urban gardens and forests. However, the important question here is what features of ecosystem-based approaches are essential for them to be considered nature-based? This study aims to answer this question by analysing the potential of allotment gardens (AGs) to be considered as NBSs. To do so, the possibilities and obstacles regarding a Polish case study were analysed based on the following six research questions: (1) How do AGs use blue and green infrastructure? (2) What problem(s) do AGs solve today? (3) What kind of benefits do AGs provide? (4) Do AGs possess implementation and management capabilities? (5) Can AGs be treated as economically efficient? (6) What are the advantages of AGs versus other possible solution(s)? With regards to obstacles, the study has identified: institutional barriers, irregular distribution of benefits, and deficiencies in economic efficiency. Nevertheless, AGs together with other historical urban green/blue infrastructure may be regarded as a kind of unsophisticated NBS, the effectiveness of which is limited. These solutions may be created as independent structures or (historical) green/blue infrastructure may be enlarged, fitted out, linked, and improved to implement NBS projects.

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“…Regulating the legal status of real estate is complicated [17,18]. The problem of regulating the legal status of real estate in Poland concerns different properties [19][20][21], including ground communities [22]. Figure 5 presents the audit results of the SAO with the division into individual voivodeships.…”

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Analysis of the Legal State of Ground Communities

Kwartnik-Pruc

Mączyńska

2020

GaEE

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There are over 5,000 land communities in Poland that own real estate with an area of over 100,000 hectares. In 2009, the Supreme Audit Office (SAO, in Polish the Najwyższa Izba Kontroli) carried out an audit of the factual and legal status of State Treasury property and municipal property. The inspection also included properties belonging to land communities and showed numerous irregularities in their functioning throughout Poland. The result of the audit was large changes to the Law regulating the operation of land communities, i.e. the Law of June 29, 1963 on the Development of Land Communities. The amended act was intended to facilitate the regulation of the legal status of many properties in Poland.This article presents an analysis of the legal status of real estate of land communities made on the basis of the audit carried out in 2009 by the Supreme Audit Office. The article presents the procedure of regulating the legal status of real estate according to the provisions of the amended Law on the management of land communities. Furthermore, it contains the analysis of administrative proceedings concerning land community in selected counties located in the Masovian Voivodeship (i.e. the district of Ostrołęka and the district of Przysucha) to check whether the amended law helped to regulate the legal status of community lands and land communities.

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An Analysis of the Changes in the Structure of Allotment Gardens in Poland and of the Process of Regulating Legal Status

Cited by 17 publications

References 26 publications

Polish Urban Allotment Gardens as ‘Slow City’ Enclaves

Polish Urban Allotment Gardens as ‘Slow City’ Enclaves

Can Allotment Gardens (AGs) Be Considered an Example of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Based on the Use of Historical Green Infrastructure?

Analysis of the Legal State of Ground Communities

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