Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia jako innowacja w samorządzie terytorialnym. Szanse i wyzwania pierwszego w Polsce związku metropolitalnego

After 10 years of discussions about the need to empower the metropolitan areas in Poland, finally a metropolitan union law for the Śląskie Voivodeship [Silesian region] has been adopted. Defining two million people as a population level required for the creation of the metropolitan union confirmed t...

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Published inStudia Regionalne i Lokalne Warszawa. 2000 Vol. 19; no. 71; pp. 5 - 25
Main Author Pyka, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska 2018
EUROREG - University of Warsaw, Regional Studies Association - Polish Section
Subjects
Geography, Regional studies
Public Administration
Public Law
Rural and urban sociology
metropolitan union
metropolis
Upper Silesian conurbation
metropolitan law
Upper Silesian and Zagłębie Metropolis
governance
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Summary:After 10 years of discussions about the need to empower the metropolitan areas in Poland, finally a metropolitan union law for the Śląskie Voivodeship [Silesian region] has been adopted. Defining two million people as a population level required for the creation of the metropolitan union confirmed that the legislator’s intention was to establish the first metropolitan union in Poland specifically in the Silesian conurbation due to its unique territorial structure. The establishment of the Upper Silesian and Zagłębie Metropolis [Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia] should be seen as an important social experiment and significant innovation in the Polish local – government system. The large territorial delimitation of the metropolitan union with 41 local units is a courageous step that proves a high level of mobilisation and strong involvement of Silesian local decision makers. The specific decision-making procedure based on double majority voting should entourage dialogue between the large and small member cities of the metropolitan union. The generally formulated competences of the metropolitan union allow considerable freedom to the authorities in prioritising tasks and projects. The author’s analyses the institutional architecture of the first Polish metropolitan union, which is a hybrid organisation combining an inter-municipal association and a local government unit, from the perspective of turning the Upper Silesian metropolitan area into an efficient system of metropolitan governance.
ISSN:1509-4995
1509-4995