Assessment of Basic Elements of the Security System of Local Communities

Siemiątkowski, Piotr; Tomaszewski, Patryk; Jurgilewicz, Oktawia; Poplavska, Zhanna

doi:10.9770/jssi.2019.9.2(20)

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“…It will contain additional information on the possible transition of individual units to a group with a higher or lower level of sustainable development. The results of empirical research carried out in 2018 on a relatively large (about 4.4 thousand) group of respondents, residents of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship (Siemiątkowski and Tomaszewski, 2017;Siemiątkowski, Tomaszewski, Jurgilewicz and Poplavska, 2019) were used in this study. The research concerned the evaluation of the sense of security in the local environment, individual elements of the security system and the prospects for changes in the sense of security in the place of residence.…”

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Local Security in the Idea of Sustainable Development

Gierszewski¹,

Siemiątkowski²,

Urbanek³

2020

ERSJ

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Purpose: The aim of the research is to analyse the relationship between the level and sense of security of residents and local sustainable development. Design/Methodology/Approach: The analysis of local security in the context of sustainable development is based on critical analysis of literature and statistical data. In addition, the results of research on the evaluation of the basic elements of the local security system, carried out on a statistically significant sample (4,400 people) of residents of local communities in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship. Additionally, taxonomic analyses were carried out, in which the assessments of the level of security by the communities of the powiats of the above voivodeship were compared. In the further part of the study, a review was made of the correlation of taxonomic measures of local security level with the most important indicators of sustainable development. In the final phase of the study, the ranking of powiats of Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship was constructed according to the integrated measure of development. Findings: Local communities, in conditions of sustainable development, aim at the security (social order) of individuals associated in the local community. The special role of local government in ensuring the principle of sustainable development is proved by the systemic solutions adopted in Poland and legal regulations specifying the competences and tasks of local government units of various levels. Practical Implications: The results are of significant importance to local authorities. They allow for a better design of local development management systems, taking into account the assessment of individual elements of the security system. Originality/Value: The research carried out has primarily proven the usefulness of multidimensional analysis and linear ordering methods for the assessment of the examined issues. Sustainability issues, which by nature are multidimensional problems, should not be assessed through the prism of single indicators or stratetical documents.

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Local Security in the Idea of Sustainable Development

Gierszewski¹,

Siemiątkowski²,

Urbanek³

2020

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“…To this end, the methods of linear ordering were applied for the assessment of the level of objects differentiation with the use of a closed set of statistical features [63][64][65][66]. The applied method is also described in detail by other authors [44,[67][68][69][70].…”

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The Financing of Renewable Energy Sources and the Level of Sustainable Development of Poland’s Provinces in the Area of Environmental Order

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The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of financing renewable energy sources on the assessment of sustainable development in Poland’s provinces. There are also two detailed objectives: (1) define how Polish policies are being passed on to local authorities; (2) realize a Poland’s provinces ranking, taking into account the indicators of sustainable development, thanks to the taxonomic measure of development in the area of environmental order. This study deals with the taxonomic assessment of local sustainable development in the local administration units of Poland. To this end, the methods of linear ordering were applied for the assessment of the level of objects differentiation with the use of a closed set of statistical features. The presented analysis proved that the taxonomic distances between synthetic measures for particular provinces are considerable. The highest values of the integrated measure in 2018 were obtained by the following provinces: Podlaskie, Subcarpathian and Lubusz. It is noteworthy to point to the big changes in the ranking between 2018 and 2016. The cluster analysis showed some progress in achieving the goals of sustainable development. The group of provinces with an average level of sustainable development in 2018 included six provinces compared to two provinces in 2016. Removing one indicator from the integrated measure (the financing of renewable energy sources (RES)) led to a moderate increase in the integrated measure across all the provinces. This implies that, on average, the financing of renewable energy sources exerts increasingly smaller impacts on the level of sustainable development in Poland.

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“…It should also be pointed out that we have already conducted empirical studies concerning the selected aspects of sustainable development involving a significant number of inhabitants of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province (research sample of approximately 4,500 people). Some findings of these studies have already been published (Siemiątkowski, Tomaszewski, Jurgilewicz, & Poplavska, 2019), while the others will be published in a monograph which is in print (Siemiątkowski, Tomaszewski, 2020).…”

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The Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at the Local Level. The Case of the Districts of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province

Marszałek–Kawa

Siemiątkowski

2020

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The aim of the paper is to provide the objective assessment of progress in the implementation of the goals of the local sustainable development strategy by the districts of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province. In order to achieve our aim, we have devised, using methods of taxonomic analysis, the synthetic indicator (taking a lot of different measures of sustainable development into account), which shows the degree of the accomplishment of goals adopted in the sustainable development goals. In the collective of units under study, there is a significant differentiation of the level of indicators analyzed within the framework of the sustainable development strategy. It must be emphasized that there are as many as 12 districts in the lower quartile of the distribution of the synthetic measure, i.e., its level was below 0.25. 11 self-government units were in the second quartile of the distribution, i.e., in range between 0.25 and 0.5 of the synthetic indicator. Relatively big taxonomic distances between synthetic measures for individual districts, with quite a large set of features, show significant differentiation among these parts of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province in terms of local sustainable development. Despite the fact that the examined objects belong to the same administrative unit, which would appear to be relatively coherent, they do not develop at the same pace. Moreover, given a broad set of indicators, they differ significantly when it comes to the rate of their sustainable development. The findings of this paper highlight the use of multidimensional taxonomic analysis for measuring the progress of local units in the degree of the accomplishment of the sustainable development goals. First of all, it helps to show differences in the implementation of the development strategies across districts. What is more, it shows these differences on the basis of the complete set of diverse features rather than single parameters (e.g., pace of growth). Thus, the multidimensional approach is a lot more precise when it comes to showing differences among the examined objects.

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Assessment of Basic Elements of the Security System of Local Communities

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

Local Security in the Idea of Sustainable Development

Local Security in the Idea of Sustainable Development

The Financing of Renewable Energy Sources and the Level of Sustainable Development of Poland’s Provinces in the Area of Environmental Order

The Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at the Local Level. The Case of the Districts of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province

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