Fires are the major threats to forest ecosystems. In the years 1990-2008 a total of 168.2 thousand forest fires were recorded in Poland over a total area of 170.3 thousand ha. Only in 2008 a total of 7850 forest fires broke out and 2514 ha stands burned down. In the same year in forested areas administered by the State Forests National Forest Holding there were 3306 fires, covering the area of 663 ha. This amounts to 42% in terms of the number and 26% in terms of the af-flicted area of the total number of forest fires in Poland. The forest hazard for for-est complexes forces the entities managing them to undertake actions required by the Polish regulations, consisting in e.g. the establishment and maintenance of an adequately dense network of roads, referred to fire roads. They are an important component of the forest fire hazard monitoring system as well as have a consider-able effect on the efficiency, effectiveness and safety of the conducted fire-fighting activities. This study analyzed the technical condition of almost 50 kilometers of roads considered to be fire access roads in a state forest division in southern Po-land. As a result of the conducted survey it ...
Implementation of infrastructural investments is a key factor contributing to the development potential of a region. The current law in force, regulating the implementation of infrastructural public purpose investments, simplifies the actions leading to terrain acquisition for road investments.The research shows a significant dependence between access to public roads and demand for storage facilities. From an entrepreneur's point of view, the necessary condition for further development is implementation of infrastructural investments. Locating the investments in the vicinity of traffic routes is a strategic decision, closely related to the field of business. Too long distances combined with poor condition of road infrastructure generate additional transport costs. This fact is directly reflected in the limited economic and development potential of particular regions.In the studied case, the theoretical value of statistics (27.868) is almost a half of the calculated value (54.27). Therefore, the null hypothesis is rejected. Calculations carried out at assumed significance level α = 0.0005, clearly prove, that there is a close correlation between the size of the company, and the choice of the location of the additional storage space with regard to access to infrastructure such as public roads. The carried out analysis confirms the fact, that the enterprise size ...
