Enviromental factors as the elements determing the development of floating homes

Abstract

The popularity of Floating Homes in Western Europe and North America is noticeable. The interest in these facilities in Poland is also constantly growing. The popularity of Floating Homes is due to climate change, rising land prices and population density in city centers. However, environmental factors play a significant role in their development. The publication presents the results of research on the impact of environmental factors on the development of Floating Homes in Poland. As part of the research, the most important environmental factors were identified and then, using the State of the Surroundings Scenarios (SSS) method, an initial scenario of their development was developed. The most probable scenario was developed, the purpose of which was to identify the most favorable factors - strengths and unfavorable factors - weaknesses responsible for the development opportunities of Floating Homes in Poland. Additionally, a surprise scenario was prepared, which indicated factors that may unexpectedly accelerate the development of Floating Homes in Poland or slow it down.

Sustainable Development of Water Housing Using the Example of Poland: An Analysis of Scenarios

“…The width of the funnel increases with greater degrees of uncertainty, and longer forecast periods [34,35]. Our procedure for conducting studies connected with the development of FHs, following the methodologies of the works [35][36][37][38], is composed of four stages:…”

“…an upward trend in the process in the future: the potential negative or positive impact of the trend, and the likelihood of its occurrence; -a stabilization tendency in the process in the future: the potential negative or positive impact of the trend, and the likelihood of its occurrence; or a downward trend in the process in the future: the potential negative or positive impact of the trend, and the likelihood of its occurrence. Our procedure for conducting studies connected with the development of FHs, following the methodologies of the works [35][36][37][38], is composed of four stages:…”

“…• stormy surroundings; • the evaluation of environmental heterogeneity; • the neutralization of threats; • the leading processes; and • early warning systems [35][36][37][38].…”

Proposed concept for the development of residential floating facilities

“…In the presented research, individual factors were identified at an earlier stage, when developing scenarios for the future development of FHs in Poland using the SSSs method. The research was presented in publications: [21,[23][24]. The determinants were selected based on a literature review, survey, interview and own observations.…”

“…Development strategies should include solutions to formal and legal [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9], technical [5,[10][11][12][13][14], economic [1-3, 5, 7-8], environmental [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], demographic and socio-cultural [2,[25][26] issues.…”