The urban audit in revitalization process of the old town districts (Mysłowice town case study) Cover Image

Audyt miejski w procesie rewitalizacji dzielnic staromiejskich (na przykładzie Mysłowic)
The urban audit in revitalization process of the old town districts (Mysłowice town case study)

Author(s): Weronika Dragan
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: urban audit; revitalization processes; spatial economy; Old Town

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is evaluation of the spatial organization quality of the Old Town district in Mysłowice town, with using of the urban audit. This is a procedure with independent modules for data collection and processing for the revitalization programs preparation and for revitalization monitoring ex post also. Selected study area has a historical urban and architectural pattern and contemporary it characterized by the economic recession and progressive degradation of the urban tissue. To determine the scale of urban and functional degradation was used the form with researched features and spatial units with its point rates (from 0 to 3). The urban audit was made within all of the Old Town’s streets and squares and the final results was presented on map. The studies show that the district of administration and service center is the best maintained, and the highest degree of degradation is noted in north-west and south peripheries. Obtained results were also confirmed in an update of the Municipal Revitalization Program for the Mysłowice town

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 119-135
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English, Polish