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The author of the paper discusses the subject of the importance of big-box stores in small towns in the second half of the XX century and the beginning of the XXI century. The goal of the paper is to point out whether – and if so, then in what manner – the placement of large area retail buildings influences the spatial structure of small towns. Particular focus was directed towards the changes that have occurred over the past 25 years (after the change of the socio-economic regime in Poland) and the retail buildin...

The fundamental challenge of the contemporary world is finding a proper model of transformation of the existing linear, unsustainable and irresponsible economy towards the circular economy harmonised with the needs of present and future generations. Financial institutions, due to their intermediary role, should have a particularly important role in the transition towards a more sustainable economy. In the last 30 years various ethical and alternative financial institutions have been founded in many countries aimed...

Development of the Northern and Arctic regions requires innovative approaches to support high quality of living in terms of business processes and everyday life. On the whole, these regions are most hard to support financially and require high costs. Standard of living is closely connected with regional infrastructure development, energy saving playing most import role. In Northern and Arctic regions energy saving has specifics compared to other RF regions as energy resources make up to 30% share of total costs, i...

Sustainable development of a modern city is an extremely urgent task that must be addressed by all city residents in order to ensure the high quality of the urban environment, the high quality of life, the balance of the city and the natural environment. Sustainable development of the city should ensure the creation of a beautiful, healthy, beloved city, ensuring full satisfaction of their needs. An environmentally friendly urban environment that satisfies biological needs has an extremely large impact on resident...

In the modern world, cities play an important role. In the case of non-competitiveness of the city, the welfare of the population, the conditions for doing business, reducing employment, etc., deteriorates, so the notion of "city competitiveness" comes close to the notion of "sustainable development". In many cities, spatial development begins to experience an increasing imbalance between the demands of the population and business entities, on the one hand, and the opportunities for meeting them by building new an...

The article proposes the indicative system of sustainable development of the region that contains thirty indicators grouped into ten projections (macroeconomic sta-bility, industrial development, food development, energy development, financial sus-tainability, personnel development, innovative development, social development, envi-ronmental development and economic development). Each of the projections has three indicators. We have chosen threshold value for each indicator. The choice of threshold value was made f...

The idea of sustainable development was devised as an answer to the dynamic development of civilisation, in order to minimise its negative consequences. The main task that was set before society has been the outlining of new methods of utilising global resources. As a result, it was possible to plan a number of projects that meet the requirements of Sustainable Development and environmentally friendly architecture, built in a manner that stresses the social aspect of these settlements. This paper focuses on three ...

The aim of the paper is to indicate the essence of the concept of sustainable development as a new paradigm in the theory of management science. Different paradigms reflect different interpretations and aspects of modern management which are changing faster and faster. The twenty first century poses many challenges to management. Nowadays, the reconciliation of economic, social and environmental aspects is one of the most difficult problems in the area of modern enterprise management since, in the science of susta...

This paper refers to the implementation of urban principles and the principles of sustainable development into the established policies of Czech Republic development, as significant tools of territorial planning as such. Urban policy represents a conceptual and purposeful activity of a public authority focused on the development of cities. In this case, it involves a biocentric agglomeration, whose centres are the regional cities of Hradec Králové and Pardubice. The main goals of urban policy are based on the iden...

Contemporary companies increasingly are guided by the idea of sustainable development. This means paying attention to not only the economic aspect but also, equally important, social and environmental dimensions. On the other hand, stakeholders also look at the enterprise through the prism of effective action in all three dimensions of sustainability. Traditional mandatory reports (mainly financial) do not meet stakeholder expectations. It is believed that these expectations will be met only through a holistic app...

The system of partner relations of Russian business and government is in the process of formation. The economic crisis is not the best way influenced this process. In a crisis situation, level of investment activity of Russian companies on the background of maintaining the limitations of funding sources (borrowing of credit resources abroad and high interest rates on loans of domestic banking institutions) continued to decline. The negative impact of administrative factors, such as the tightening of the customs re...

The proof of differentiation of estimates of quality and availability of services of institutions of infrastructure and satisfaction with the living environment with families of the different types living in city and rural areas of Russia acts as the purpose of work. Conclusions of a research are constructed on the analysis of data of the official statistical account during 2005-2014 and results of the representative selective research "Complex Observation of Living Conditions of the Population" conducted in the m...

To develop the northern and arctic territories, highly skilled workers are needed. But the problem is that if the quality of life and work does not meet their expectations, they will not be equal in other regions, this can be an important condition for obtaining and consolidating the results of research and development of the Arctic areas and on the ecology of the northern region. It is necessary to create or transform settlements that should be maximally adapted to a particular territory, should not violate the b...

After 25 years since dissolution of the Soviet system, St. Petersburg is still a city in transition and therefore undergoing a period of significant changes in its socio-economic and political-administrative reorganization. The industrial belt of St. Petersburg, once a sign for wealth and growth is today characterized by brown fields, functional and spatial diversity and fragmentation. However, with its huge territory, unique landscapes and built heritage it has potential to respond to current demands of St. Peter...

Global cities have already entered the circle of key actors of international politics and world industry. As the focus of global connectivity routes, international trade and soft power has encountered a considerable shift to Asia-Pacific region, the number of global cities in this region has also increased, along with the concentration of industry and the population growth. While the economy of the People’s Republic of China remains the fastest growing in the world, more and more Chinese cities reach the level of ...