Spatial Potential as an Aspect of Territorial Competitiveness

Abstract

States, regions, cities and villages are nowadays forced to compete for attention, the interest and respect of clients, as well as the users of the territory in question (visitors, business people, investors, gifted and agile workforce). The value of a territory is created by its potential, which may have material or immaterial character. A territorial plan not only complexly resolves the spatial arrangement and functional use of a territory but also creates the prerequisites for the permanently sustainable development of a municipality. The aim of the research was the assessment of the potential participation barriers in the implementation of selected environmental management instruments and their impact on permanently sustainable development of urban settlement as well as to develop the recommendations to make this action more effective. On the basis of a research it is possible to assess identified participation barriers using a method of mathematical statistics – Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Through a process of risk assessment and subsequently its implementation into strategic documents on territorial management, the increased competitiveness of the territorial unit can be expected.

Keywords: Assessment; analysis of variance; barriers of participation; territorial plan; competitiveness;