Social Objectives in the Processes of Urban Change – The Example of Cracow’s Prądnik Czerwony District Cover Image

Cele społeczne w procesach miejskich przemian. Przykład Prądnika Czerwonego w Krakowie
Social Objectives in the Processes of Urban Change – The Example of Cracow’s Prądnik Czerwony District

Author(s): Anna Karwińska
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: housing; Prądnik Czerwony; social goals; smart city; urban space

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the processes of the humanisation of Cracow’s Prądnik Czerwony district. It discusses activities aimed at formulating and implementing social goals in the process of improving the district’s spatial and social structure. Important stages in the socio-spatial development of this area are presented as well as actions undertaken thanks to the inspiration of the residents and city authorities working with various institutions. Existing traditions, cultural resources, places and buildings that potentially could have been centers of social aggregation were partially destroyed. Some were rejected because they did not work in the new environment. After many years some of these places seem to be „regaining power”, in the sense that they have become the foundation for certain social ties and common action.

  • Issue Year: 931/2014
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 59-77
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish