SPATIAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TOURISM URBANISATION IN THE ŁÓDŹ METROPOLITAN AREA Cover Image

KONSEKWENCJE PRZESTRZENNO-FIZJONOMICZNE URBANIZACJI TURYSTYCZNEJ W ŁÓDZKIM OBSZARZE METROPOLITALNYM
SPATIAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TOURISM URBANISATION IN THE ŁÓDŹ METROPOLITAN AREA

Author(s): Marzena Makowska-Iskierka
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Economic development, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Tourism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: urbanisation; tourism urbanisation; spatial aspect of the urbanisation process; metropolitan area; rural-urban fringe; tourism destinations;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the effects of urbanisation that took place from 1979 to 2004, on the space of tourism areas in the rural-urban fringe of the Łódź Metropolitan Area. The study concerns morphological changes, i.e. land use, land plot development, as well as the technological and social infrastructure of 24 destinations.

  • Issue Year: 23/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 35-45
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish