Abstract
Designing and implementing investment projects are activities that have a direct impact on the natural environment and pose a threat to sustainable development of rural areas. The issue of agricultural production space protection during the implementation of linear projects in Poland is often only mentioned at the design stage as the final element. The aim of the study is to propose a tool to enable an assessment and modelling of a motorway design variant in order to minimise the impact on the agricultural production space. Four indicators introduced in the modelling procedure include the loss of agricultural land, a decrease of land productivity in the vicinity of an investment project, changes in the spatial structure of areas divided by the investment, and difficulties resulting from the accessibility of areas. The superiority of the proposed method over consolidations implemented in the vicinity of a motorway is due to the introduction into projects not only of elements organising the space but also attributes that prevent the reduction of the production capabilities of the land located in the vicinity of the motorway (Module I) and, secondly, the elements decreasing the re-organisation of the space (Module II).
Highlights
For a few decades, i.e., since systemic transformations were carried out in Poland, and thanks to EU funding, there have been opportunities for rapid investment in new roads and the reconstruction of existing ones
I.e., since systemic transformations were carried out in Poland, and thanks to EU funding, there have been opportunities for rapid investment in new roads and the reconstruction of existing ones. Such projects cause significant changes to the natural environment. They concern, inter alia, changes in the use of land in the vicinity of motorways, including the disappearance of areas used for agricultural purposes [1]
The analysis indicates that a slight modification of a design may result in a reduction of costs of the project’s impact on the agricultural production space
Summary
I.e., since systemic transformations were carried out in Poland, and thanks to EU funding, there have been opportunities for rapid investment in new roads and the reconstruction of existing ones. Such projects cause significant changes to the natural environment. Since the errors made at the investment project preparation stage affect the costs at the implementation and use stages, both the investor (in Poland it is the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways) and the contractors strive to avoid them
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