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The transformation of countryside into a dispersed city: a critical local-scale analysis of selected Polish suburbs

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to highlight the main challenges presented by the spatial transformation of countryside as a result of strong investment pressure in the metropolitan zones of selected Polish cities. The research focuses on the spatial structures of selected communes adjacent to Warsaw, Kraków and Lublin. The study deals with the problem of spatial transformations of the rural landscape. This was done on the background of socio-economic redevelopment and demographic changes. The results show a significant investment pressure and identify the stages and forms of spatial development characterising urbanisation in the studied suburban areas in recent years. The author's planning concept is proposed as an example of a tool for controlling excessive dispersal at local and regional levels.

Source: Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic series

DOI: 10.12775/bgeo-2024-0031

Authors: Matylda Wdowiarz-Bilska, Agnieszka Ciepiela, Rita Łabuz

Institution: Cracow University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Urbanization and City Planning

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4404613544

FWCI: 2.117

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Cited by: 2

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