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Morski aspekt polskiej polityki transportowej i tranzytowej
(1998) Wendt, Jan A.; Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Oceanografii i Geografii, Instytut Geografii, Katedra Geografii Rozwoju Regionalnego
The geopolitical location of Poland in Central Europe determines the role of platform between the countries of Western and Eastern Europe. This location nowadays and very probably access to Eropean Union's structures and the NATO in near future will support the development of economic relations in Eastern Europe and will enable an additional source of income for the country by transit including through the sea ports. To make this development real it's necessary to expand the transport infrastructure for all means of transport because its present weakness is a barrier for goods transportation and it negatively influences the development of the region and the country - it's irrevocable condition of effective transport policy performing to consider the transit policy. The analysis of changes in transit services realization in Polish ports makes conclude that the transport and transit policy is inefficacious or even there's no such a policy. The statistical data show that the turnover broke down in 1991. The evident transit decreasing in railway transport and inland shipping caused by modification of Polish geopolitical location, economic transformation process in Central Europe, the fall of Soviet Union and Council for Mutual Economic Aid had the unprofitable effect on reloading of goods and transit reloading in Polish ports in the years 1991-96. After 1991, the Ukrainian and Belarusan transit determined by geopolitical factors has appeared. After independence regaining by Ukraine this country faced with the problem of reconstructing transport connections with foreign countries, especially in the direction: Odessa - Gdańsk and Gdynia. The substantially important for Polish- Ukrainian co-operation will be constructing of the transport track linking ports of Black Sea via Lvov and Lublin to ports of Gdańsk Bay: „Via Intermare". This assignment will enable to increase activity of regions crossed by the track and also will strengthen economic relations between Poland and Ukraine. The economic crisis in Central Europe caused not only transit decreasing but also competition among the transit countries. In this competition Poland is rather weak competitor because of insufficient transport infrastructure. Also teh changes of geopolitical location highly influenced the amount and directions of cargoes reloaded in Polish ports. These negative processes are a result of lack of univocally defined aims and instruments of the transit policy.
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The South-East Baltic - A new Region of Cooperating Polish Provinces
(Research Centre of Bornholm, 1998) Palmowski, Tadeusz; Pacuk, Małgorzata; Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Oceanografii i Geografii, Instytut Geografii, Katedra Geografii Rozwoju Regionalnego
The paper presents some examples of Polish coastal provinces' co-operation initiatives and activities in the Baltic Sea region. The authors pay attention to those aspects of co-operation which have been taken by local municipalities and communities. In addition to initiatives taken within the wider context, a substantial number of actions engage a limited numbers of participants, differ in kind, status and size. All the initiatives constitute a significant input to Baltic integration.
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The Development of Kaliningrad in the Light of Baltic Co-operation
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1998) Palmowski, Tadeusz; Pacuk, Małgorzata; Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Oceanografii i Geografii, Instytut Geografii, Katedra Geografii Rozwoju Regionalnego
Abstract The Russian Kaliningrad enclave (or rather exclave between Poland and Lithuania) is a world-wide curiosity in political and legal terms. There is no formal act defining the legal international status of this area. Together with an arbitrarily defined hinterland of approximately 15,000 km 2, Königsberg was taken over by the USSR without any legally valid peace treaty with Germany. At their conference in Potsdam after the fall of Germany in 1945, the Allies agreed to leave Königsberg under Soviet rule until the signing of an ...
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Współpraca międzynarodowa na przykładzie Euroregionu "Bałtyk"
(Wydział Ekonomii Filii UMCS w Rzeszowie, 1998) Palmowski, Tadeusz; Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Oceanografii i Geografii, Instytut Geografii, Katedra Geografii Rozwoju Regionalnego
Political transformations of 1990s also created favourable conditions for a fuller use of economic and intellectual potential of all countries in the basin of the Baltic Sea. The Baltic cooperation may constitute an important link in the integration processes on our continent. The initiative to establish the Euroregion THE BALTIC SEA has been inspired to a large extent by local authorities of Elbląg. In February of 1997 they organised in Malbork an international conference on creation of an Euroregion under the working name ..Jantar" ('Amber'). Representatives of local authorities and regional organs of governmental administration from six countries: Denmark. Sweden. Lithuania. Latvia and Russia, as well as from four Polish northern voivodeships (provinces): of Słupsk. Gdańsk. Elbląg and Olsztyn, decided to establish closer economic and cultural links. One year later the idea of the Euroregion was brought to life. Membership and area of the Euroregion ' THE BALTIC SEA' are open and may be fiirther chansed if the Parties agree. The co-operation aims are to be implemented by supporting transborder projects for economc growth and agreements in such fields as industry, agriculture and forestry, transport and con munication. exchange of know-how and transfer of technologies, environmental protection an fight against criminality. Moreover, such aims are to profit from implementation of joint communal projects in borderlands.
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Communication connections between Poland, Kaliningrad Region, Beylorussia and Lithuania
(Katedra Geografii Politycznej i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Państwowy Instytut Naukowy “Instytut Śląski” w Opolu, Towarzystwo Instytutu Śląskiego w Opolu, 1998) Wendt, Jan; Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Oceanografii i Geografii, Instytut Geografii, Katedra Geografii Rozwoju Regionalnego