In the context of decision making, the main challenge is the assessment of changes in natural capital stocks due to conversion of ecosystems for development purposes. Ecosystems are basically a spatial concept, so the natural approach is to use GIS to evaluate land cover changes. Basic economic...

Research background: Real estate and urban economics literature is abundant in studies discussing various types of property taxes and their characteristics. Growing area of research focused on tax equity, tax competition, and tax mimicking. Recently, due to substantial developments in spatial...

Zoning plans are the basic legal acts regulating spatial planning in Poland and they determine the rules of building and development of land by investor. Local government is not obliged to draw up the plans. The content of plans does not necessarily cover the entire territory of municipality....