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ANALYSIS OF THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DEGRADED AREAS IN LATVIA MUNICIPALITIES
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To ensure economic growth, more and more attention is being paid to promoting entrepreneurship in Latvia's cities, which addresses not only unemployment problems but also the sustainable use of resources, including land. Land is a non-renewable resource whose availability is limited, and it is therefore the task of the municipality to promote the management of unused land in its territory. The legislation of the Republic of Latvia provides that the functions of municipalities include not only the improvement of their administrative territory, but also the promotion of economic activity. The existence of degraded areas in Latvia is a relatively recent land use problem, which began in the 20th century and continues to the present day. The existence of degraded areas not only hinders the sustainable development of territories, but also discourages business development. There is no uniform policy on degraded area management in Latvia, so each municipality deals with the revitalization of degraded areas differently. There are laws and Cabinet of Ministers' regulations that lay down general requirements, but there is no uniform regulation obliging municipalities to deal with degraded areas in a uniform manner. Therefore, it is necessary to study the regulatory framework in the field of degraded areas management to create a unified regulatory model for Latvian municipalities. In addition, there is no uniform legislation in the European Union (EU) on sustainable land use and a structured approach to revitalizing degraded areas at national, regional, and local level, which creates disincentives for urban development. In this study, the author uses contingency analysis to analyze the regulatory framework and theoretical literature to analyze the theoretical aspects of the role of the regulatory framework in the management of degraded areas.
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