Krajobraz jako kategoria ekonomiczna

The paper analyses the basic questions of landscape as an economic category: Destination (functions), property and the way of expressing value. The landscape as a productive factor, due to its special features, is a part of the production process of many other goods, and particularly in services, created in enterprises and households. The landscape as a service makes possible a direct satisfaction of consumers' needs. The landscape as such creates the conditions for economic activity and is suitable for actions bringing about prosperity enlargement. The property rights to a landscape are usually limited. The landscape most often represents features of common good for whose condition public authorities are responsible. It is not a typical product whose value can be estimated and verified by the market.