Infrastructure and Planning in Central and Eastern Europe Tackling the Challenges of Major Road Investments

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Introduction

Tomasz Komornicki and Maciej J. Nowak

Chapter 1. Key determinants of spatial planning and implementation of large road infrastructure investments in Central and Eastern Europe

Tomasz Komornicki, Maciej J. Nowak, Alexandru Ionut – Petrisor, Małgorzata Blaszke

1.     Introduction

2.     Determinants of the implementation of large road infrastructure investments in Central and Eastern Europe

3.     Historical context: experiences of communism and the “neoliberal reaction” of the 1990s

4.     Spatial planning in Central and Eastern European states after the fall of communism

5.     Specificity of spatial planning instruments in Central and Eastern European states

6.     National and regional spatial planning instruments and systemic barriers

References

Chapter 2. Major road investments from the perspective of a Bulgaria´s spatial planning system

Velislava Simeonova

1.     Introduction

2.     Characterisation of the basic features and instruments of spatial planning at national, regional and local level 

3.     Characterisation of the factual situation regarding realised and unrealised (but planned) major road investments

4.     Characterisation of the key plans for the realisation of road investments in the near term

5.     Characterisation of the legislation on the realisation of road investments

6.     Identification of legal and planning barriers to the development of the road network

7.     Indication of a case studies addressing the discrepancy noted above

8.     Conclusions

References

Chapter 3. Major road investments from the perspective of a Estonia's spatial planning system

Kätlin Põdra, Evelin Jürgenson

1.     Introduction

2.     Characterisation of the basic features and instruments of spatial planning at the national, regional and local levels

3.     Characterisation of the factual situation regarding realised and planned major road investments

4.     Characterisation of the legislation on the realisation of road investments

5.     Identification of legal and planning barriers to the development of the road network

6.     Case Study: Rail Baltica as a Test of the Estonian Spatial Planning System

7.     Conclusions

Reference

Chapter 4. Major road investments from the perspective of a Hungary's spatial planning system

Szilvia Mészáros, Krisztina Filepné Kovács

1.     Introduction

2.     Characterisation of the basic features and instruments of spatial planning at the national, regional, and local levels

3.     Characterisation of the factual situation regarding realised and unrealised (but planned) major road investments

4.     Characterisation of the key plans for the realisation of road investments in the near term

5.     Characterisation of the legislation on the realisation of road investments

6.     Identification of legal and planning barriers to the development of the road network

7.     Indication of a case study addressing the discrepancy noted above

8.     Conclusions

References

Chapter 5. Major road investments from the perspective of a Latvia’s spatial planning system

Rūdolfs Cimdiņš and Gunta Lukstiņa

1.     Introduction

2.     Characterisation of the basic features and instruments of spatial planning at national, regional and local level 

3.     Characterisation of the factual situation regarding realised and unrealised (but planned) major road investments

4.     Characterisation of the key plans for the realisation of road investments in the near term

5.     Characterisation of the legislation on the realisation of road investments

6.     Identification of legal and planning barriers to the development of the road network

7.     Indication of a case study addressing the discrepancy noted above

8.     Conclusions

Reference

Chapter 6. Major road investments from the perspective of a Lithuania's spatial planning system

Daiva Juknelienė and Jolanta Valčiukienė

1.     Introduction

2.     Characterisation of the basic features and instruments of spatial planning at national, regional and local level 

3.     Characterisation of the factual situation regarding realised and unrealised (but planned) major road investments

4.     Characterisation of the key plans for the realisation of road investments in the near term

5.     Characterisation of the legislation on the realisation of road investments

6.     Identification of legal and planning barriers to the development of the road network

7.     Indication of a case study addressing the discrepancy noted above

8.     Conclusions

Reference

Chapter 7. Major road investments from the perspective of a Poland's spatial planning system

Tomasz Komornicki, Maciej J. Nowak and Małgorzata Blaszke

1.     Introduction

2.     Characterisation of the basic features and instruments of spatial planning at national, regional and local level 

3.     Characterisation of the factual situation regarding realised and unrealised (but planned) major road investments

4.     Characterisation of the key plans for the realisation of road investments in the near term

5.     Characterisation of the legislation on the realisation of road investments

6.     Identification of legal and planning barriers to the development of the road network

7.     Indication of a case study addressing the discrepancy noted above

8.     Conclusions

References

Chapter 8. Major Road Investments from the Perspective of Romania’s Spatial Planning System: Geometry under Constraint

Andrei Mitrea, Cristian Toșa, Vlad Cocheci, Alexandru-Ionuț Petrișor, Diana-Doina Țenea, Cătălin Niculae Sârbu

1.     The fragmented network: current configuration

2.     The logic of geography

3.     Network formation

3.1.  Rail consolidation

3.2.  System logic

3.3.  Reconfiguration

4.     Legal interferences

4.1.  Corridor definition

4.2.  Land assembly and expropriation

4.3.  Environmental conditioning

4.4.  Contractual fragmentation

4.5.  Territorial conformity

5.     Normative and spatial inconsistencies

5.1.  Uneven completion

5.2.  Layered sequencing

5.3.  Scalar friction

5.4.  Normative tension

6.     Case studies: territorial expressions

6.1.  Bucharest: orbital reordering and metropolitan monocentricity

6.2.  Cluj: corridor-led metropolitan expansion

6.3.  Oradea: cross-border alignment and planning coherence

7.     Implications

Reference

Chapter 9. Common features and spatial challenges in the implementation of major road investments in Central and Eastern European countries

Tomasz Komornicki, Maciej J. Nowak

1.     Introduction

2.     Key conclusions regarding the determinants of spatial planning systems

3.     Conclusions

Reference

Index

Biography

Tomasz Komornicki, Professor Tomasz Komornicki, head of the Department of Spatial Organization in the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) in Warsaw, professor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin; President of the Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning, PAS, head and participant of many Polish and international research projects (HORIZON, ESPON and INTERREG); in 2010 member of the scientific team preparing the Territorial Agenda of the EU 2020. His main area of interest are socio-economic geography, transport geography, territorial interactions and spatial planning.

Maciej J. Nowak, associate professor at the West Pomeranian University of Technology, head of the Real Estate Department, member of the Presidium Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning, Polish Academy of Sciences. Author of over 200 works in this field, including more than 30 monographs. Participant of several dozen grants and projects, realized for National Science Center, polish ministries and central institutions and regional/ local governments. Member of government teams developing changes in the spatial management system in Poland. Author of recognized legal commentaries on spatial planning regulations. Legal advisor participating in numerous court and administrative cases related to spatial planning. In the implementation of projects and publications, it has an extensive cooperation with representatives of other countries (including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Ghana and Germany).