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Introduction
Localdevelopmentiscurrentlyreferredtonotonlyintermsoftheprocesspresenting
localsignificance;itismoreandmoreoftenperceivedbothinPolandandinmany
othercountries,especiallythesedynamicallydeveloping,asanextremelyimportant,
integralcomponentandfactorunderlyingregional,nationalandevenglobal
processes.Insuchasituation,acrucialroleisplayedbytheanalysesandassessment
ofitsmechanisms,factorsandeffects.Boththepracticalandtheoreticalresearch
focusedonitsintentionalcreationisofequalsignificance.Thismainlyreferstothe
problemsofitsplanningandevaluation.Inspiteofnumerouspublicationsdevoted
totheissuesofbroadlyunderstoodlocaleconomydevelopmentplanning,therestill
remainsanextensivedemandfortheorymodellinganditspracticalapplication.An
evenmoreapparentneedcanbeobservedinrelationtotheassessmentofactivities
undertakenforthepurposesofcreatingthisdevelopment.Therefore,theneedarises
toextendbothobjectiveknowledgeresources,referringtoplanningandevaluation
problems,andsubjectiveknowledgelayersregardingtheseissueswhichare
characteristicforthedecisionmakers,entrepreneurs,activistsandscientists.Itis
onlyinthisway,thatthetheoreticalfindingscanbetranslatedintopractical
applicationfavourableforthesociety,whilethereallifepracticeexperiencecan
enrichtheexistingtheory.
Oneoftheresponsestothisdemandisthescientificconference,organized
annuallybytheDepartmentofRegionalEconomyoftheWrocławUniversityof
Economics,entitledLocalandRegionalEconomyinTheoryandPractice.Nowin
its20thjubileeedition-recordbreakingintermsofinterestandparticipation-over
100scientiststookpartfromPoland,theCzechRepublic,UkraineandItaly,aswellas
severaldozenPolishlocalauthorities’representatives,doctoralcoursesparticipants
andstudentsfromalloverthecountry.Thefollowingpublicationrepresentsone
ofacollectionofsevenwhichincluderesearchresultsconductedandpresentedby
theconferenceparticipants.Itofferspapersdiscussingdifferentproblemsoflocal
developmentplanninginPolandandabroad,aswellaspresentingtheresultsofarea-
specificandcomplexassessmentsofthecreationprocesses.Wehavethepleasure
andhonourtoofferittoitsfuturereaders,hopingthatitscontentwillbecomeuseful
inthecourseofexploringlocaldevelopmentproblemsandtheirmanagement,both
inthelocalandsupra-localperspective.
RyszardBrol,AndrzejSztando