THE URBANIZATION OF SUMMER HOLIDAY ESTATES SURROUNDING ŁÓDŹ: WIŚNIOWA GÓRA Cover Image

URBANIZACJA PODMIEJSKICH OSIEDLI LETNISKOWYCH. PRZYKŁAD WIŚNIOWEJ GÓRY W STREFIE PODMIEJSKIEJ ŁODZI
THE URBANIZATION OF SUMMER HOLIDAY ESTATES SURROUNDING ŁÓDŹ: WIŚNIOWA GÓRA

Author(s): Andrzej Matczak
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Rural and urban sociology, Economic development, Tourism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: urbanization; suburban village;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the reconstruction of the urbanization process in Wiśniowa Góra, a village near Łódź. It came into being in 1870 as a farming village, surrounded by a forest. After several years the holiday function developed there, which became the base for the general development of the destination during the inter-war period. In 1945 - 1989 Wiśniowa Góra became a dormitory village and a summer holiday estate. The political and economic transformation, which started in 1989, has led to the collapse of the holiday function and the development of the residential function, thus transforming Wiśniowa Góra into a Łódź suburb.

  • Issue Year: 19/2009
  • Issue No: 1(2)
  • Page Range: 67-72
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish