Evaluation of the integration between housing development and railway infrastructure in rural areas of Wroclaw’s suburban zone Cover Image

Ocena integracji zabudowy mieszkaniowej z infrastrukturą ko lejową w obszarach wiejskich w strefie podmiejskiej Wrocławia
Evaluation of the integration between housing development and railway infrastructure in rural areas of Wroclaw’s suburban zone

Author(s): Wojciech Jurkowski
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Maps / Cartography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: railway transport; suburbanization; transport accessibility; transit oriented development

Summary/Abstract: In suburban zones of the largest urban agglomerations in Poland there are transport problems mainly trafficcongestion. These problems occurs due to uncontrolled forms of suburbanization observed in Poland in recent years. Chaos inspatial planning and dispersion of development means inefficiency public transport and dependence on individual transport.Counteracting these processes should be focused on limiting car movements needs and high level of public transportavailability. Railway transport play an important role in the context of daily commutings from suburban zone to city centre,because it is independent of congestion, environment friendly and has a high transport capacity. The purpose of this paperis to assess the integration between the development of residential housing and the railway infrastructure system on theexample of rural areas in the Wrocław suburban area. The research was based on three elements: comparison of the location ofthe railway station and mean centre of buildings, analyze the symmetry of the village based on share buildings on both sidesof the railway line and analyze share of buildings in the two zones of equal distance (buffers).

  • Issue Year: 20/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 31-42
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish