The inefficiency of public authorities and the spatial policy in Poland

Abstract

Issues related to spatial planning must be explained on the basis of a well-thought-out, comprehensive concept. The aims of this paper are above all:
– to determine how the inefficiency of public authorities is ref lected in spatial planning;
– to determine what elements associated with the public co-management theory should be included (and to what extent) in the spatial planning system.
What is more, a research hypothesis has been established: “Institutions and concepts associated with public co-management should be substantially incorporated in the solutions for the spatial planning system.”