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Władze miejskie a poszukiwania dobrej przestrzeni publicznej
The local authority in search of the good public space

Author(s): Irena Borowik
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: post-socialistic city; architectural space; (good) public space; social and spatial order; privatisation and fragmentation of the urban public space; cultural park

Summary/Abstract: Author is focused on the issue of relations: the public urban space (as form / function architectural) and the local authority and inhabitants. The article presents problems: responsibility of inhabitants for their city; privatisation and fragmentation of the urban public space; reinforcement of aesthetical and architectural identity of important (symbolical and prestigious) part of public space – city centre.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 54
  • Page Range: 95-108
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish