“Green Revolution”: demolition and revitalization in creation of public space in cities Cover Image

„Zielona Rewolucja”: demolowanie i rewitalizacja w kształtowaniu przestrzeni publicznej miast
“Green Revolution”: demolition and revitalization in creation of public space in cities

Author(s): Jarosław Kazimierczak
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: revitalization; demolitions; dysfunctional urban areas; green public space; integration and disintegration in cities; sustainable development

Summary/Abstract: The starting point for the considerations presented in this paper is to outline theessence of dysfunctional urban areas as development barriers of various types that may need to bedemolished as a part of evitalization process. Urban dysfunction manifests itself in the state of disintegrationof urban space. In order to verify this thesis, there have been analyzed selected revitalizationprojects, which included demolitions of morphological elements disintegrating urban spaceand where green public space was implemented to (re)integrate the city. Based on the research results,it was found that green areas are an important structure of (re)integrating modern cities. Transportationused lands display the highest susceptibility to this type of radical revitalization projects.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 21-41
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English, Polish