Bottom-up integration of Polish metropolitan cities

Robert Gawlowski

Abstract


The subject of the article is the analysis of bottom-up metropolitan integration activities on the example of five Polish metropolitan areas (obszary metropolitarne). By using the available instruments of incorporation as well as the published information on the activities of the metropolitan associations, the author analysed in what legal form these entities function, what is their subject, what are the instruments of activity and the sources of funding of the indicated associations (stowarzyszenia).

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Legal acts:

UN Resolution 67/216 adopted at the HABITAT III conference on 17-20 October 2016 in Ecuador.

The Act on Metropolitan Unions of 9 October 2015 (Journal of Laws of 2015, item 1890).

The Associations Law Act of 7 April 1990, Journal of Laws of 1989, No. 20, item 104.

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Netography:

http://www.aglomeracja.poznan.pl/

http://www.som.szczecin.pl/

www.metropoliakrakowska.pl

http://www.metropoliagdansk.pl/


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