PROBLEMS OF CREATING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN PERIPHERAL URBAN AREAS – A CASE OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT METALCHEM IN OPOLE Cover Image

PROBLEMATYKA KSZTAŁTOWANIA ZRÓWNOWAŻONYCH SYSTEMÓW TRANSPORTOWYCH PERYFERYJNYCH OBSZARÓW MIAST NA PRZYKŁADZIE DZIELNICY PRZEMYSŁOWEJ METALCHEM W OPOLU
PROBLEMS OF CREATING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN PERIPHERAL URBAN AREAS – A CASE OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT METALCHEM IN OPOLE

Author(s): Monika Paradowska
Subject(s): Economy, Geography, Regional studies, Evaluation research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: sustainable transport system; Metalchem; Opole;

Summary/Abstract: Ensuring the efficiency of transport systems of the peripheral urban areas is most often difficult. The aim of the paper is to present research results on the functionality of the transport system in an industrial district Metalchem in Opole, including requirements of sustainable transport development, as well as to assess the plans of the municipalities regarding changes in the local transport system. First, main elements of the transport system and key transport roles in the area were diagnosed. Then, actions planned by the local authorities to be taken in terms of changes in the transport system were elaborated. In the last part of the paper an attempt was made to evaluate the measures planned in the context of requirements of sustainable transport development as well as of transport needs of the system’s users.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 42/2
  • Page Range: 79-88
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish