Natalia Ratajczyk, Iwona Wagner, Agnieszka Wolanska-Kaminska, Tomasz Jurczak and Maciej Zalewski
The purpose of this paper is to present the varied roles played by the University of Lódz (UL) in maintaining and restoring the natural capital of a city as a driver for…
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present the varied roles played by the University of Lódz (UL) in maintaining and restoring the natural capital of a city as a driver for sustainable city development. The higher education institution can be perceived as visionary, originator and executor of natural capital projects.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper analyses three cases performed by the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, UL, in the city of Lódz. The activities are based on different scales ranging from city-wide to local, e.g. river and green infrastructure, and which vary in character from policy planning to implementation.
Findings
Natural capital projects influence city development on different levels: by the initiation of legal protection, by the implementation of rehabilitation concepts for rivers and by influencing the strategic documents for mid-term and long-term urban development.
Originality/value
The university has the potential for multidisciplinary engagement in the development of urban sustainability. In large-scale projects, academics play a more conceptual role, in capacity building and knowledge transfer, while in local-scale implementations, their role includes innovation, know-how and technology transfer. Moreover, it may act as a reinforcement hub, by safeguarding and strengthening the natural capital of the city.
Details
Keywords
The purpose of this paper is to provide a useful overview of the process of central coordinating in a matter of serials in various stages.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a useful overview of the process of central coordinating in a matter of serials in various stages.
Design/methodology/approach
The case study presents management solutions in an academic library.
Findings
Central management and control has significant influence on economic policy in the whole library information system. Gathering the data about serials collection on the one hand allows the Main Library to efficiently manage the finances allocated to the library system units, and on the other, to control the real use of the serials collection.
Research limitations/implications
The data are given on the basis of official yearly reports and practice.
Originality/value
Nowadays, WUT Library is the only library in Poland organized in a centralized manner to such an extent. This kind of workflow can be a good example for other academic libraries with similar internal structures.