Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The phenomenon of peripherality is increasingly applied to urban space. At the same time, there is no scientific consensus on how to analyse and measure peripherality. This article presents a tool for analysing peripherality at the urban scale – the Opportunity Potential Model (OPM) – based on the intervening opportunity mechanism. The article describes how the model works and presents an example of its use: an analysis of the peripherality of the Jagodno neighbourhood in Wrocław (Poland). The model takes into account three dimensions of peripherality (geographical, material and social) to create a comprehensive analysis. The case study shows not only the degree of peripherality of the study area but, above all, the possibilities of the model – its advantages and disadvantages in the process of peripherality analysis and possible further uses.
Author: Mikołaj Grosel
Institution: Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4401829040