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: - economic (among others: low level of entrepreneurship, poor condition of local enterprises), - environmental (among others: exceeding the standards of quality of environment, presence of waste posing a threat to life, human health or the state of environment), - spatial and functional (among others: 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), - technical (among others: degradation of technical condition of buildings, failure of technical solutions enabling effective use of buildings, in particular in the field of energy efficiency and environmental protection).