Regional piority - Protection and sustainable use of soils and restoring degraded soils to their proper condition through their remediation and reclamation
Indicator 15.C.2 - Share of degraded land in total area
Protection and sustainable use of soils and restoring degraded soils to their proper condition through their remediation and reclamation
Definition
Percentage area of degraded areas in the total area of urban gminas.
Unit
percent
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Degraded area – is a part or all of the area of a gmina in crisis state due to the concentration of negative social phenomena, in particular unemployment, poverty, crime, low level of education or social capital, as well as insufficient participation in public and cultural life, can be, additionally, designated as a degraded area in the event of at least one of the following negative phenomena:
1) economic – in particular low level of entrepreneurship, poor condition of local enterprises, or
2) environmental among others – in particular exceeding the standards of quality of environment, presence of waste posing a threat to life, human health or the state of environment, or
3) spatial and functional – in particular insufficient equipping in technical and social infrastructure or its poor technical condition, lack of access to basic services or their poor quality, non-adaptation of urban solutions to the changing functions of the area, low level of transport service, deficit or low quality of public areas, or
4) technical – in particular degradation of technical condition of buildings, including those for residental use and failure of technical solutions enabling effective use of buildings, in particular in the field of energy efficiency and environmental protection.
