Transition in the space. The impact of the real estate development on the Polish urbanization after 1989 Cover Image

Transformacja w przestrzeni. Wpływ modelu deweloperskiego na urbanizację Polski po 1989 roku
Transition in the space. The impact of the real estate development on the Polish urbanization after 1989

Author(s): Łukasz Drozda
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
Keywords: real estate; housing policy; developer

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the impact, the meaning and the characteristics of the housing estates developed by the real estate companies in Poland after 1989 and presents possible solutions to eliminate the dysfunctions of the inhabited space, which can improve the functionality of inhabited environment. That model of housing is one of the most typical elements of the settlement network in Poland. Unknown under the real socialism when the housing development was based on public and industrial investment and the so-called socialized housing, in the later period supplemented to a greater extent by individual projects. Real estate housing has negative impact on the quality of the urbanized space and the national economy, which results in the creation of a low quality living environment. On the other hand, to some extent they solve the problem of the housing shortage caused by the ine'cient public policy in that field. The study is based on source literature and o'cial statistics on the level of housing production in the analysed period.

  • Issue Year: 27/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 177-192
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish