Weakness of the city resulting from its development trends in the 1990 s

-	poorly diversified local economy, dominated by the maritime branches and susceptible to fluctuations in foreign trade, sea shipping, ship construction and fishing industries,
-	low rate of privatisation and restructuring of state-owned enterprises located in Gdynia,
-	insufficient capacity of its road network and unsatisfactory road connections to the port areas,
-	overall ageing of the population due to a negative birth-rate,
-	housing deficit resulting in high density in existing facilities,
-	large share of multi-family housing areas of a low standard,
-	unsatisfactory cultural role,
-	shortage of tourist accommodations,
-	incomplete sewage system,
-	unsatisfactory technical and sanitary condition of water intakes and supply system,
-	unsettled management problems in OPEC (Heat Power Regional Enterprise Ltd.) and PWiK (Water Supply and Sewerage Enterprise Ltd.), especially a deficiency in coherent municipal property management regulations for these companies,
-	incomplete management of the swimming areas, including a swimming ban along the Kacza River outlet due to its pollutants,
-	impossibility of a self-contained solution of the waste management within the city's boundaries,
-	limitations in possible directions of the city's spatial expansion due to its location and certain special zoning restrictions,
-	existence of physical barriers (escarpment of moraine plateau) and legal constraints (coastal zone protective and technical belts, and nature protection areas -landscape park and nature reserves) to the spatial expansion of the city,
-	lack of municipal land equipped with technical infrastructure and intended for housing,
-	existence of military areas excluded from public use along the swimming area (at the top of the moraine plateau),
-	insignificant share of urban green areas and recreational areas.