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Prof. Szymon Szewrański
Institute of Spatial Management, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

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Editorial
Published: 24 September 2020 in Sustainability
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Research on complex socio-environmental systems (also known as socio-ecological systems) has a long tradition in scientific considerations

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Szymon Szewrański; Jan Kazak. Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Assessment for Sustainable Management. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7906 .

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Szymon Szewrański, Jan Kazak. Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Assessment for Sustainable Management. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (19):7906.

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Szymon Szewrański; Jan Kazak. 2020. "Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Assessment for Sustainable Management." Sustainability 12, no. 19: 7906.

Journal article
Published: 24 December 2019 in Environmental Science & Policy
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Contemporary socio-environmental problems such as the reduced availability of natural resources, the loss of biodiversity, soil degradation, pollution, an unprecedented population growth, the mass migration of people to cities, and urban sprawl may be associated with the consequences of an economic infinite growth paradigm on a finite planet. Despite international goals for improving the spatial and environmental management, current and future developments are continuously planned without the consideration of the biophysical limits to growth. This could be equated with the environmental carrying capacity (ECC), a concept and a tool for the sustainable development of human settlements. This research use the environmental indicators such as Ecological Footprint (EF) and biocapacity (BC) for ECC quantification. Despite EF and BC accounting is well-developed at the global, national and regional levels, there is still lack of local - urban standard for EF assessment. Therefore, the main goal of this study is to present the local approach for EF assessment and its potential to use for ECC assessment at local (i.e., city) level. The study compares the hybrid EF, which joined the bottom-up CF with the remaining EF’s components from a top-down approach, with the standard top-down EF approach. In this study, the assessment focused mainly on household consumption which could be equated as main driver responsible for Ecological Footprint. Thus, the impact of household consumption was quantified according to four categories reflecting resources’ use and waste generation as: Food, Housing, Mobility, Services and Goods. The analysis of ECC was conducted for the Polish city of Wrocław in Central Eastern Europe for the year 2016. The results showed, that the city of Wrocław exceeds its ECC. Both calculations were affected by data limitations, and likely represent overestimation of the EF. The proposed approach could be important for ECC assessment, quantification of the EF of human activities, and more sustainable spatial management of the city.

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Małgorzata Świąder; David Lin; Szymon Szewrański; Jan K. Kazak; Katsunori Iha; Joost van Hoof; Ingrid Belčáková; Selen Altiok. The application of ecological footprint and biocapacity for environmental carrying capacity assessment: A new approach for European cities. Environmental Science & Policy 2019, 105, 56 -74.

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Małgorzata Świąder, David Lin, Szymon Szewrański, Jan K. Kazak, Katsunori Iha, Joost van Hoof, Ingrid Belčáková, Selen Altiok. The application of ecological footprint and biocapacity for environmental carrying capacity assessment: A new approach for European cities. Environmental Science & Policy. 2019; 105 ():56-74.

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Małgorzata Świąder; David Lin; Szymon Szewrański; Jan K. Kazak; Katsunori Iha; Joost van Hoof; Ingrid Belčáková; Selen Altiok. 2019. "The application of ecological footprint and biocapacity for environmental carrying capacity assessment: A new approach for European cities." Environmental Science & Policy 105, no. : 56-74.

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Published: 02 November 2019 in Water
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This paper presents the results of an analysis of the pace of filling one of the deepest European granite quarries with water. A DTM (digital terrain model) based on data from LiDAR ALS (light detection and ranging airborne laser scanning) was used to create a model of the pit of the Strzelin I granite quarry and to determine the reach and surface area of the direct catchment of the excavation pit. The increase in the volume of water in the excavation pit was determined. Analogue maps and DTM were used to calculate the maximum depth of the pit (113.3 m), its surface area (9.71 ha), and its capacity (5.1 million m3). The volume of water collected in the excavation pit during the years 2011–2018 was determined based on the analogue base map and the DTM. The result was 0.335 million m3. Based on the data made available by the mining company, the correlation of the DTM with the orthophotomap of the mining area and additional field measurements, the ordinates of the water level in the years 2011–2018 were determined. Initially, the water surface level in the quarry was located on the ordinate of 66.6 m a.s.l. (July 20, 2011). After the pumping of water was discontinued, the level rose to 96.1 m a.s.l. (January 28, 2018). The increase in the water volume in the quarry pit during specific periods was determined (actual retention increase). The obtained data on the volume of the retained water referred to the period during which it accumulated in the quarry. On average, the net increase in water retention in the excavation pit was 138.537 m3∙d−1, and the calculated net supply from the direct catchment (16.04 ha) was 101.758 m3∙d−1. The use of DTM and measurements of the water level in the excavation pit seem to be an efficient means of estimating the pace of spontaneous filling of the quarry with water supplied from the direct physiographic catchment.

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Bartosz Jawecki; Szymon Szewrański; Radosław Stodolak; Zhaolong Wang. The Use of Digital Terrain Models to Estimate the Pace of Filling the Pit of a Central European Granite Quarry with Water. Water 2019, 11, 2298 .

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Bartosz Jawecki, Szymon Szewrański, Radosław Stodolak, Zhaolong Wang. The Use of Digital Terrain Models to Estimate the Pace of Filling the Pit of a Central European Granite Quarry with Water. Water. 2019; 11 (11):2298.

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Bartosz Jawecki; Szymon Szewrański; Radosław Stodolak; Zhaolong Wang. 2019. "The Use of Digital Terrain Models to Estimate the Pace of Filling the Pit of a Central European Granite Quarry with Water." Water 11, no. 11: 2298.

Conference paper
Published: 25 October 2019 in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
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This study provides the location support system solution for the new Polish Energy Policy to 2040. The Location support system combing geographic information system (GIS) with business intelligence (BI) analytic environment is developed. The Decision Support System in this research integrates three renewable energy sources (RES): biomass, solar and wind. The renewable energy technical potentials are analyzed in relation to the local human development index (LHDI) and the average use of low-voltage electricity [kWh per capita] in rural households. The research indicates internal diversification of the country in terms of energy consumption, level of development and potential to renewable energy production. The most developed rural areas are in the west of the country and in the vicinity of large cities. Regions suitable for biomass production are located in S-W and W part. The best conditions for solar energy sector are in the S, S-E and central regions. Good wind conditions are in central Poland and locally at the Baltic coast as well as in sub mountainous regions in the south. The newly developed analytical system can be effective instrument, which can strengthen the production and consumption of renewable energy in rural areas. As an added value, it should improve the quality of life of local communities. The results of the study support decision makers in sustainable energy cluster allocation and management.

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S Szewrański; M Bochenkiewicz; M Kachniarz; Jan Kazak; M Sylla; M Świąder; K Tokarczyk-Dorociak. Location support system for energy clusters management at regional level. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 2019, 354, 012021 .

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S Szewrański, M Bochenkiewicz, M Kachniarz, Jan Kazak, M Sylla, M Świąder, K Tokarczyk-Dorociak. Location support system for energy clusters management at regional level. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 2019; 354 (1):012021.

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S Szewrański; M Bochenkiewicz; M Kachniarz; Jan Kazak; M Sylla; M Świąder; K Tokarczyk-Dorociak. 2019. "Location support system for energy clusters management at regional level." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 354, no. 1: 012021.

Journal article
Published: 13 August 2019 in Sustainability
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One of the major problems in socio-environmental systems is the growing depletion of non-renewable resources and environmental degradation, resulting from inadequate environmental management and planning. Deepening environmental problems have forced countries to create management instruments that will help repair damage and support environmental protection efforts. The aim of this research is to develop a customized decision support system for the management of renewable energy based on the existing Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The proposed tool enables assessing the potential of solar energy production at the local scale, analyzing each rooftop. Due to the scale of the analyzed area and the details of the assessment, the tool is customized to the needs of housing associations. The system combines an existing GIS tool for calculating the solar radiation potential of rooftops (SOLIS) together with Tableau software that was used to aggregate and analyze data. In order to present the applicability of the developed tool, visualizations were prepared based on housing buildings managed by the “Biskupin” Housing Association in Wrocław (Poland) which is responsible for the management of 3415 residential premises. The created system based on spatial and environmental data will help to decide how to manage the available resources and the environment at the local scale while reducing the pressure on the environment. The tool allows for the aggregation, filtering and presentation of spatial data for the entire area of a housing association, as well as for a single building.

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Aleksandra Besser; Jan K. Kazak; Małgorzata Świąder; Szymon Szewrański. A Customized Decision Support System for Renewable Energy Application by Housing Association. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4377 .

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Aleksandra Besser, Jan K. Kazak, Małgorzata Świąder, Szymon Szewrański. A Customized Decision Support System for Renewable Energy Application by Housing Association. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (16):4377.

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Aleksandra Besser; Jan K. Kazak; Małgorzata Świąder; Szymon Szewrański. 2019. "A Customized Decision Support System for Renewable Energy Application by Housing Association." Sustainability 11, no. 16: 4377.

Journal article
Published: 19 April 2019 in Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
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Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Jan K. Kazak; Haładyj Anna; Szymon Szewrański; Małgorzata Świąder. Effectiveness of strategic environmental assessment in Poland. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 2019, 37, 279 -291.

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Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Jan K. Kazak, Haładyj Anna, Szymon Szewrański, Małgorzata Świąder. Effectiveness of strategic environmental assessment in Poland. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 2019; 37 (3-4):279-291.

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Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Jan K. Kazak; Haładyj Anna; Szymon Szewrański; Małgorzata Świąder. 2019. "Effectiveness of strategic environmental assessment in Poland." Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 37, no. 3-4: 279-291.

Conference paper
Published: 24 February 2019 in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
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Sustainable development paradigm refers to three basic pillars (social, environmental and economic) which strongly interact between themselves. Therefore, solving some problems needs actions in different fields, as well as solving one problem may influence different aspects of life. One of the multidimensional elements of global system is the unemployment issue and actions which are undertaken to reduce inequalities in that field. However, the open questions are: how effective those actions are?, which elements current mechanisms need an improvement? and which methods can help to overcome current problems and suggest better decision making in the future? The aim of the research is to determine whether EU funds for employment incentive actions were concentrated in those places where the unemployment rate was the highest and whether social inequalities were reduced. The case study was the evaluation of over 6000 employment incentive projects carried out in 2008-2015 in biggest EU Member State in the Central Europe – Poland. The study was carried out for NUTS-4 units. In order to assess the concentration of geospatial variables the hot spot analysis was used. The results show that the support was not concentrated in those part of the country where the unemployment rate was the highest. There is still a place to improve the implementation of national policies to obtain more satisfying effects in social inequalities mitigation. The proposed method of hot spot mapping is suggested by authors as an element of decision support system, which may have a positive impact on effectiveness of institutional actions to reach sustainable development goals.

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Jakub Chruscinski; Jan K. Kazak; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Szymon Szewranski; Malgorzata Swiader. How to Support Better Decision Making for Sustainable Development? IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 471, 112008 .

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Jakub Chruscinski, Jan K. Kazak, Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Szymon Szewranski, Malgorzata Swiader. How to Support Better Decision Making for Sustainable Development? IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2019; 471 (11):112008.

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Jakub Chruscinski; Jan K. Kazak; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Szymon Szewranski; Malgorzata Swiader. 2019. "How to Support Better Decision Making for Sustainable Development?" IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471, no. 11: 112008.

Conference paper
Published: 24 February 2019 in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
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The paper presents an analysis of the use of EU funds by municipalities in two neighbouring regions - the Lower Silesian Voivodship (Poland) and the Hradec Kralove region (Czechia). In total, 580 communes were analyzed (168 on Polish and 412 on the Czech side). The main aim of paper was spatial analysis and the demonstration of differences in the distribution of structural funds. The hypothesis of the scale effect - greater efficiency in gaining subsidies by larger units was especially tried. The results of the research allow for a few key conclusions. Polish municipalities have a greater influence on shaping local politics, which means that they obtain more funds than their counterparts on the Czech side. Our research has not proved the economies of scale, both on the Polish and Czech side, and no significant spatial dependencies have been demonstrated.

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Marian Kachniarz; Szymon Szewrański; Jan Kazak. The Use of European Funds in Polish and Czech Municipalities. A Study of the Lower Silesia Voivodship and Hradec Kralove Region. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 471, 112047 .

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Marian Kachniarz, Szymon Szewrański, Jan Kazak. The Use of European Funds in Polish and Czech Municipalities. A Study of the Lower Silesia Voivodship and Hradec Kralove Region. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2019; 471 (11):112047.

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Marian Kachniarz; Szymon Szewrański; Jan Kazak. 2019. "The Use of European Funds in Polish and Czech Municipalities. A Study of the Lower Silesia Voivodship and Hradec Kralove Region." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471, no. 11: 112047.

Conference paper
Published: 24 February 2019 in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
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Current land use policy in developed countries result in many new constructions sites and urban development. Depending on the geodesign solutions, newly developed areas may influence their citizens to use private or public transport. Therefore, to design more resilient and eco-friendly neighbourhoods, it is important to incorporate public transport planning at the early stage of urban planning. In order to promote urban adaptation to climate change it is crucial to activate citizens to participate in decisions making process related to the common space and available facilities. Suitable for this purpose are the right tools for the presentation of various design solutions. This group of tools is called decision support systems. The aim of the research is verification of the suitability of the use of decision support system (CommunityViz) for public transport planning at the level for a master plan (local planning). The paper presents the possibility of using the CommunityViz system to create various scenarios of accessible public transport. Simulations were performed on the newly designed housing area in San Sebastian (Spain). The designed model for the neighbourhood was used during the workshop with citizens of San Sebastian, to incorporate their knowledge as local experts. Based on the master plan, three scenarios of bus stops location were proposed. The dynamic model enabled to assess how many citizens may probably live in acceptable distance to bus stops, which may reflect the number of people for whom public transport may be an attractive solution for transportation needs. The results showed high usefulness of the analyzed decision support system to solve the problem of public transport designing. Intuitive graphical presentation makes different variants clearly identified by all stakeholder groups.

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Jan K. Kazak; David Garcia Castro; Malgorzata Swiader; Szymon Szewrański. Decision Support System in Public Transport Planning for Promoting Urban Adaptation to Climate Change. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 471, 112007 .

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Jan K. Kazak, David Garcia Castro, Malgorzata Swiader, Szymon Szewrański. Decision Support System in Public Transport Planning for Promoting Urban Adaptation to Climate Change. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2019; 471 (11):112007.

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Jan K. Kazak; David Garcia Castro; Malgorzata Swiader; Szymon Szewrański. 2019. "Decision Support System in Public Transport Planning for Promoting Urban Adaptation to Climate Change." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471, no. 11: 112007.

Journal article
Published: 22 January 2019 in Sustainability
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Ecosystems provide services that contribute to the well-being of people living within a city’s borders and on the urban–rural fringe. While benefits from green areas in urban settings are well investigated, peri-urban areas are significantly less addressed by researchers than cities. This study aims to evaluate the importance of environmental amenities in peri-urban areas using the hedonic pricing method to assess people’s willingness to pay for environmental goods and services. A local regression model (geographically weighted regression) and two global regression models (generalized spatial two-stage least squares and ordinary least square) are used to identify the spatial patterns and level of influence of protected areas, forests, rivers, trees, and landscape diversity. This paper includes the Central European case study example of a peri-urban area of the city of Wroclaw, Poland. The results from the three models show that out of all of the environmental amenities included in this study, proximity to protected areas—such as Natura 2000 sites and landscape parks—and the diversity of land-use patches within the 500-m radius around the sites exert the strongest influence on plot prices. The overall impact of environmental amenities on vacant plot prices in peri-urban areas is low or, as in the case of river and streams, not significant. The results of the analysis reveal the preferences of the new peri-urban inhabitants concerning green spaces that have an effect on the real estate market in Poland.

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Marta Sylla; Tadeusz Lasota; Szymon Szewrański. Valuing Environmental Amenities in Peri-Urban Areas: Evidence from Poland. Sustainability 2019, 11, 570 .

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Marta Sylla, Tadeusz Lasota, Szymon Szewrański. Valuing Environmental Amenities in Peri-Urban Areas: Evidence from Poland. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (3):570.

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Marta Sylla; Tadeusz Lasota; Szymon Szewrański. 2019. "Valuing Environmental Amenities in Peri-Urban Areas: Evidence from Poland." Sustainability 11, no. 3: 570.

Journal article
Published: 24 November 2018 in Sustainability
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In order to maximise the benefits of green infrastructure in a city’s structure for urban adaptation to climate change, there is a need to support decision-makers in the urban design domain with adequate information that would help them to locate such green infrastructure in the most suitable places. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a novel decision support system (DSS) for the location of green infrastructure. The goal of the designed solution is to inform users about the location of urban hydrological sinks, which gather stormwater in urban watersheds, and the amount of water which could accumulate in each location depending on the defined precipitation and the soil’s moisture conditions. The designed DSS is based on a multicomponent methodology including both atmospheric and soil conditions. The DSS was tested using a sample that presents the results of stormwater accumulation calculations. The obtained results show which green areas are the most suitable locations for green infrastructure solutions and which facility is optimal because of its retention abilities and amount of accumulated stormwater. The application of the designed DSS allows us to maximise the benefits of the implementation of green infrastructure within the existing urban land use. The fully editable component of hydrological conditions allows for testing projections of the potential amount of accumulated water in different precipitation scenarios. The study provides a DSS for use by local authorities which enables them to concentrate actions in order to better adapt cities to climate change and environmental extremes.

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Jan K. Kazak; Jakub Chruściński; Szymon Szewrański. The Development of a Novel Decision Support System for the Location of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4388 .

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Jan K. Kazak, Jakub Chruściński, Szymon Szewrański. The Development of a Novel Decision Support System for the Location of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (12):4388.

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Jan K. Kazak; Jakub Chruściński; Szymon Szewrański. 2018. "The Development of a Novel Decision Support System for the Location of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management." Sustainability 10, no. 12: 4388.

Journal article
Published: 03 October 2018 in Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
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Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Jan K. Kazak; Szymon Szewrański; Anna Haładyj; Łukasz Szkudlarek; Grzegorz Chrobak; Joost Van Hoof. On the usefulness of guidelines and instructions for environmental assessment – a qualitative study of the helpfulness perceived by Polish practitioners. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 2018, 37, 150 -164.

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Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Jan K. Kazak, Szymon Szewrański, Anna Haładyj, Łukasz Szkudlarek, Grzegorz Chrobak, Joost Van Hoof. On the usefulness of guidelines and instructions for environmental assessment – a qualitative study of the helpfulness perceived by Polish practitioners. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 2018; 37 (2):150-164.

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Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Jan K. Kazak; Szymon Szewrański; Anna Haładyj; Łukasz Szkudlarek; Grzegorz Chrobak; Joost Van Hoof. 2018. "On the usefulness of guidelines and instructions for environmental assessment – a qualitative study of the helpfulness perceived by Polish practitioners." Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 37, no. 2: 150-164.

Invited commentary
Published: 17 August 2018 in Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
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The phenomena of urbanization and climate change interact with the growing number of older people living in cities. One of the effects of climate change is an increased riverine flooding hazard, and when floods occur this has a severe impact on human lives and comes with vast economic losses. Flood resilience management procedures should be supported by a combination of complex social and environmental vulnerability assessments. Therefore, new methodologies and tools should be developed for this purpose. One way to achieve such inclusive procedures is by incorporating a social vulnerability evaluation methodology for environmental and flood resilience assessment. These are illustrated for application in the Polish city of Wrocław. Socio‐environmental vulnerability mapping, based on spatial analyses using the poverty risk index, data on the ageing population, as well as the distribution of the areas vulnerable to floods, was conducted with use of a location intelligence system combining Geographic Information System (GIS) and Business Intelligence (BI) tools. The new methodology allows for the identification of areas populated by social groups that are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of flooding. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2018;14:592–597. © 2018 SETAC

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Szymon Szewrański; Małgorzata Świąder; Jan Kazak; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Joost van Hoof. Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Mapping for Environmental and Flood Resilience Assessment: The Case of Ageing and Poverty in the City of Wrocław, Poland. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 2018, 14, 592 -597.

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Szymon Szewrański, Małgorzata Świąder, Jan Kazak, Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Joost van Hoof. Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Mapping for Environmental and Flood Resilience Assessment: The Case of Ageing and Poverty in the City of Wrocław, Poland. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 2018; 14 (5):592-597.

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Szymon Szewrański; Małgorzata Świąder; Jan Kazak; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Joost van Hoof. 2018. "Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Mapping for Environmental and Flood Resilience Assessment: The Case of Ageing and Poverty in the City of Wrocław, Poland." Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 14, no. 5: 592-597.

Journal article
Published: 13 August 2018 in Resources
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The increasing rate of urbanization along with its socio-environmental impact are major global challenges. Therefore, there is a need to assess the boundaries to growth for the future development of cities by the inclusion of the assessment of the environmental carrying capacity (ECC) into spatial management. The purpose is to assess the resource dependence of a given entity. ECC is usually assessed based on indicators such as the ecological footprint (EF) and biocapacity (BC). EF is a measure of the biologically productive areas demanded by human consumption and waste production. Such areas include the space needed for regenerating food and fibers as well as sequestering the generated pollution, particularly CO2 from the combustion of fossil fuels. BC reflects the biological regeneration potential of a given area to regenerate resources as well to absorb waste. The city level EF assessment has been applied to urban zones across the world, however, there is a noticeable lack of urban EF assessments in Central Eastern Europe. Therefore, the current research is a first estimate of the EF and BC for the city of Wrocław, Poland. This study estimates the Ecological Footprint of Food (EFF) through both a top-down assessment and a hybrid top-down/bottom-up assessment. Thus, this research verifies also if results from hybrid method could be comparable with top-down approach. The bottom-up component of the hybrid analysis calculated the carbon footprint of food using the life cycle assessment (LCA) method. The top-down result of Wrocław’s EFF were 1% greater than the hybrid EFF result, 0.974 and 0.963 gha per person respectively. The result indicated that the EFF exceeded the BC of the city of Wrocław 10-fold. Such assessment support efforts to increase resource efficiency and decrease the risk associated with resources—including food security. Therefore, there is a need to verify if a city is able to satisfy the resource needs of its inhabitants while maintaining the natural capital on which they depend intact.

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Małgorzata Świąder; Szymon Szewrański; Jan K. Kazak; Joost Van Hoof; David Lin; Mathis Wackernagel; Armando Alves. Application of Ecological Footprint Accounting as a Part of an Integrated Assessment of Environmental Carrying Capacity: A Case Study of the Footprint of Food of a Large City. Resources 2018, 7, 52 .

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Małgorzata Świąder, Szymon Szewrański, Jan K. Kazak, Joost Van Hoof, David Lin, Mathis Wackernagel, Armando Alves. Application of Ecological Footprint Accounting as a Part of an Integrated Assessment of Environmental Carrying Capacity: A Case Study of the Footprint of Food of a Large City. Resources. 2018; 7 (3):52.

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Małgorzata Świąder; Szymon Szewrański; Jan K. Kazak; Joost Van Hoof; David Lin; Mathis Wackernagel; Armando Alves. 2018. "Application of Ecological Footprint Accounting as a Part of an Integrated Assessment of Environmental Carrying Capacity: A Case Study of the Footprint of Food of a Large City." Resources 7, no. 3: 52.

Journal article
Published: 07 June 2018 in Water
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The interplay of an ever-growing number of inhabitants, sprawl development, soil sealing, changes in urban traffic characteristics, as well as observed climate trends gives rise to more frequent pluvial flooding in cities, a higher run-off of water, and an increasing pollution of surface water. The aim of this research is to develop a location intelligence system for the assessment of pluvial flooding risks and the identification of storm water pollutant sources from roads in newly-developed areas. The system combines geographic information systems and business intelligence software, and it is based on the original Pluvial Flood Risk Assessment tool. The location intelligence system effectively identifies the spatial and temporal distribution of pluvial flood risks, allows to preliminarily evaluate the total run-off from roads, and helps localise potential places for new water management infrastructure. Further improvements concern the modelling of a flow accumulation and drainage system, the application of weather radar precipitation data, and traffic monitoring and modelling.

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Szymon Szewrański; Jakub Chruściński; Joost Van Hoof; Jan K. Kazak; Małgorzata Świąder; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Romuald Żmuda. A Location Intelligence System for the Assessment of Pluvial Flooding Risk and the Identification of Storm Water Pollutant Sources from Roads in Suburbanised Areas. Water 2018, 10, 746 .

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Szymon Szewrański, Jakub Chruściński, Joost Van Hoof, Jan K. Kazak, Małgorzata Świąder, Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Romuald Żmuda. A Location Intelligence System for the Assessment of Pluvial Flooding Risk and the Identification of Storm Water Pollutant Sources from Roads in Suburbanised Areas. Water. 2018; 10 (6):746.

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Szymon Szewrański; Jakub Chruściński; Joost Van Hoof; Jan K. Kazak; Małgorzata Świąder; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Romuald Żmuda. 2018. "A Location Intelligence System for the Assessment of Pluvial Flooding Risk and the Identification of Storm Water Pollutant Sources from Roads in Suburbanised Areas." Water 10, no. 6: 746.

Conference paper
Published: 23 May 2018 in 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development
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Jan Kazak; Halina Dziezyc; Iwona Forys; Szymon Szewrański. Indicator-based analysis of socially sensitive and territorially sustainable development in relation to household energy consumption. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development 2018, 1 .

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Jan Kazak, Halina Dziezyc, Iwona Forys, Szymon Szewrański. Indicator-based analysis of socially sensitive and territorially sustainable development in relation to household energy consumption. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development. 2018; ():1.

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Jan Kazak; Halina Dziezyc; Iwona Forys; Szymon Szewrański. 2018. "Indicator-based analysis of socially sensitive and territorially sustainable development in relation to household energy consumption." 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 26 March 2018 in Water
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The aim of this research is to develop the Pluvial Flood Risk Assessment tool (PFRA) for rainwater management and adaptation to climate change in newly urbanised areas. PFRA allows pluvial hazard assessment, as well as pluvial flood risk mapping. The original model was created using ArcGIS software with the ArcHydro extension, and the script was written using the Python programming language. The PFRA model effectively combines information about land cover, soils, microtopography (LiDAR data), and projected hydro-meteorological conditions, which enables the identification of the spatial and temporal distribution of pluvial flood risks in newly developed areas. Further improvements to the PFRA concern the quantification of pluvial flood-related damages, the application of high resolution precipitation data, and the optimisation of coding.

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Szymon Szewrański; Jakub Chruściński; Jan Kazak; Małgorzata Świąder; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Romuald Żmuda. Pluvial Flood Risk Assessment Tool (PFRA) for Rainwater Management and Adaptation to Climate Change in Newly Urbanised Areas. Water 2018, 10, 386 .

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Szymon Szewrański, Jakub Chruściński, Jan Kazak, Małgorzata Świąder, Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Romuald Żmuda. Pluvial Flood Risk Assessment Tool (PFRA) for Rainwater Management and Adaptation to Climate Change in Newly Urbanised Areas. Water. 2018; 10 (4):386.

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Szymon Szewrański; Jakub Chruściński; Jan Kazak; Małgorzata Świąder; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Romuald Żmuda. 2018. "Pluvial Flood Risk Assessment Tool (PFRA) for Rainwater Management and Adaptation to Climate Change in Newly Urbanised Areas." Water 10, no. 4: 386.

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Published: 20 March 2018 in Sustainability
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Since the 1960s, we have had to face challenging problems in relation to uncontrolled urban development, the destruction of farmlands, and the need to protect natural resources. These challenges are still valid, particularly since dynamic increases in population, especially in cities, have created an increasing need for natural resources. Therefore, the spatial management of the city should take into account the actual use of resources by its inhabitants, as well as the availability of resources within a city and its surrounding suburban areas. Such surveys could be conducted in order to ensure that the basic needs and safety of the residents are met, i.e., in the context of food security. Thus, we recommend a tool that allows specifying the geographical area of food supply: the foodshed. We determined the foodshed based on the relationship between the places of food production and its consumption. Therefore, we delimitated the extent of foodshed area for the city of Wrocław, which reached ca. 56 km. Our work expanded the determination of foodshed boundaries by the delimitation of the city’s foodshed zones, and provided a more detailed analysis of the obtained product data. We obtained data about 98 places of food origin, 448 products, and 115 types of products. This analysis was conducted using Tableau Software (Seattle, WA, USA) and Dell Statistica Software (Round Rock, TX, USA), and the food zone was mapped using ArcGIS Software (Redlands, CA, USA). The main goal of the study was to present a framework for foodshed assessment that could be integrated into other analyses of a city’s sustainability in the context of environmental carrying capacity, and the development of the spatial management of a city in a more sustainable way. This preliminary analysis was carried out in order to emphasize the need for conducting an environmental carrying capacity analysis for the city.

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Małgorzata Świąder; Szymon Szewrański; Jan K. Kazak. Foodshed as an Example of Preliminary Research for Conducting Environmental Carrying Capacity Analysis. Sustainability 2018, 10, 882 .

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Małgorzata Świąder, Szymon Szewrański, Jan K. Kazak. Foodshed as an Example of Preliminary Research for Conducting Environmental Carrying Capacity Analysis. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (3):882.

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Małgorzata Świąder; Szymon Szewrański; Jan K. Kazak. 2018. "Foodshed as an Example of Preliminary Research for Conducting Environmental Carrying Capacity Analysis." Sustainability 10, no. 3: 882.

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Published: 01 March 2018 in Journal of Ecological Engineering
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The adaptation of urbanised areas to climate change is currently one of the key challenges in the domain of urban policy. The diversity of environmental determinants requires the formulation of individual plans dedicated to the most significant local issues. This article serves as a methodic...

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Julianna Kiełkowska; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Jan Kazak; Szymon Szewranski; Joost Van Hoof. Urban Adaptation to Climate Change Plans and Policies – the Conceptual Framework of a Methodological Approach. Journal of Ecological Engineering 2018, 19, 50 -62.

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Julianna Kiełkowska, Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Jan Kazak, Szymon Szewranski, Joost Van Hoof. Urban Adaptation to Climate Change Plans and Policies – the Conceptual Framework of a Methodological Approach. Journal of Ecological Engineering. 2018; 19 (2):50-62.

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Julianna Kiełkowska; Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Jan Kazak; Szymon Szewranski; Joost Van Hoof. 2018. "Urban Adaptation to Climate Change Plans and Policies – the Conceptual Framework of a Methodological Approach." Journal of Ecological Engineering 19, no. 2: 50-62.

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Published: 01 March 2018 in Journal of Ecological Engineering
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Land use and the landscape of the suburban area are strongly affected by the impact of the big city, which is an important factor determining their development. The paper presents the results of analyses of the functional and spatial transformations depending on the distance from city limits and...

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Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Jan Kazak; Szymon Szewranski. The Impact of a Large City on Land Use in Suburban Area – the Case of Wrocław (Poland). Journal of Ecological Engineering 2018, 19, 89 -98.

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Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Jan Kazak, Szymon Szewranski. The Impact of a Large City on Land Use in Suburban Area – the Case of Wrocław (Poland). Journal of Ecological Engineering. 2018; 19 (2):89-98.

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Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak; Jan Kazak; Szymon Szewranski. 2018. "The Impact of a Large City on Land Use in Suburban Area – the Case of Wrocław (Poland)." Journal of Ecological Engineering 19, no. 2: 89-98.