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Digital Control System of the Wavemaker in the Towing Tank
PublicationThe paper describes a digital control system of the rigid flap wavemaker in a towing tank in CTO S.A. Ship Design and Research Centre. The control system is based on an 8-bit AVR microcontroller and consists of two cascading PID controllers. The digital system replaced the previous analogue system from 1974 and has been integrated with the existing sensors and actuators of the wavemaker. The new control system allows to obtain...
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SafeCity – a GIS-based tool profiled for supporting decision making in urban development and infrastructure protection
PublicationThis paper presents a system for analysis of municipal Critical Infrastructures, which offers integrated tools for target analysis, hazard scenario simulations and spatial analysis within a remotely accessible Web-based Geographic Information System. The system has been applied to research conducted in the city of Gdansk with the aid of blast attack, chemical leakage and flood hazard scenarios, as well as a spatial density algorithm,...
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Public spaces connecting cities. Green and Blue Infrastructures potential.
PublicationA city fragmentation causes a lot of negative effects in urban environment such as: disconnecting the environmental, functional and compositional relations, a loss of urban compactness, chaotic development, visual chaos, a domination of technical landscape, reduction of security. This is why one of main challenges for urban planners is to connect the fragmented structures by creating friendly, attractive and safe public space....
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The Possibility to use a Nuclear Power Plant as a Source of Electrical Energy and Heat
PublicationIn this article issues concernig the possibility of nuclear power plant (NPP) operation also as a source of heat, which means combined heat and power production, have been described. CHP work is possible and profitable only in those areas where high thermal power demand occurs, which means near city agglomerations such as Warsaw or the Tri-City. Two levels of thermal power delivered to the heating system have been considered. Preliminary...
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Move into the open space – what can we expect from moving artistic interventions to open urban spaces?
PublicationThe paper discuses the role of incorporating creative engagement into the processes of urban and social development using cultural means of action and expression and the potential of artistic interventions in public space. The block of initiatives within the People’s Smart Sculpture EU project, realized by Gdańsk City Gallery, has been named “Move Into The Open Space”. This paper will provide...
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Development of trolleybus public transport in Gdynia as part of sustainable mobility strategy
PublicationIn many EU cities trolleybuses are experiencing a period of revitalization. New lines, new and modern trolley-buses, the use of auxiliary propulsion battery, eco-logical values and others, create great opportunities for that kind of public transport as an effective tool to shape transport policy in accordance with the principles of sustainable mobility. Gdynia is one of three cities in Poland with trolleybuses public transport...
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Effect of GIS parameters on modelling runoff from river basin. The case study of catchment in the Puck District
PublicationThe study was preceded to check the impact of the adopted digital elevation model resolution on the determination of catchment parameters and the further influence of the received information on calculations related to the hydrograph at the closing point of the basin after a synthetic 100-year precipitation episode. The study area are river basins located in the Puck commune convoying water directly to the Puck Bay. These studies...
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Rush to become "globally relevant"- culture based development as a significant factor towards sustainable urbanization (Gdansk Case)
PublicationThe paper shows possibilities and barriers as well as attempts to implement culture based development in Gdansk. It can play a significant role in preventing uncontrolled suburban residential development and further spatial polarization of the city.
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Urban lighting masterplan – origins, definitions, methodologies and collaborations
PublicationAwareness of the significance and benefits of properly designed urban lighting masterplans has been growing since the early 21 st century. There are many factors driving this notable change, such as developments in lighting technology, energy conservation, city branding design and economics, environmental impacts, human health and wellbeing, and people-oriented sociological aspects. As the profession of ‘independent urban lighting...
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Influence of operation of national experimental nuclear reactor on the natural environment
PublicationThis paper presents the impact of experimental nuclear reactor operations on the national environment, based on assessment reports of the radiological protection of active nuclear technology sources. Using the analysis of measurements carried out in the last 15 years, the trends are presented in selected elements of the environment on the Świerk Nuclear Centre site and its surroundings. In addition, the impact of research results...
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Comparison of requirements for location, maintenance and removal of road advertising between polish and foreign regulations
PublicationThe article gives an overview of Polish and international formal and legal requirements for roadside advertising and the relevant road safety impacts. The analysis focussed on outdoor advertising life cycle consisting of three stages: location, operation and removal of advertising. Experience of road authorities from Australia (Queensland), Republic of South Africa and the United Kingdom was collected. The article is part of a...
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New approach to urban housing - Report of ISOCARP Young Planning Professionals Workshop, Gdynia School of Urbanizm, Aesop Urban Summer School
PublicationThe workshop was organized along with the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE LIVING IN THE CITY – PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES OF SHAPING HOUSING POLICY which is hosted by the City of Gdynia Poland. It was conducted in frame of Young Planning Professionals Program and 7th AESOP uropean Urban Summer School but also as the new type of the activity for the Young Planners “Gdynia School of...
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Redevelopment of Russian closed towns: The Example of Zato "Zvezdniy"
PublicationThe current economic crisis is having a strong impact on socio-economic processes in the development of Russian cities. The impact of the crisis is particularly strong on city territory where the activity of core industrial enterprises, military units or similar institutions has been stopped. In such cases, the situation is directly related to the functioning of military units or one industrial enterprise responsible for the formation...
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MIEJSKIE PROJEKTY OŚWIETLENIOWE W KONTEKŚCIE REWITALIZACJI
PublicationUrban Lighting in the Context of Regeneration Processes. The article presents how multi-layered urban lighting projects fi t into the programs of integrated activities to improve the living conditions of the local community, the surrounding space, and its economic relations. The role of the electric lighting in revealing the night image of the city, its promotion and public spaces transformations off ering new impressions to city...
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Time for temporariness! Temporary architecture - whim or necessity?
PublicationWhat are the qualities of temporary architectural objects that make them helpful instruments for evolving the image of contemporary urban space? Six hypotheses provide rationales for why current temporary architecture seems to be a remedy for dysfunctional city structures. The research was limited to the temporary architectural objects constructed in open-air city zones, including the architecture of events. The temporary objects'...
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Politics and urban artifacts in cities: what are they and how are they interconected?
PublicationThis research, analyses the effect of politics on a city and its image, via their control over the formation or changes on urban artifacts. It analyses the concepts introduced in Aldo Rossi’s architectural monograph, The Architecture of the City, in the chapter titled ‘Politics as Choice’, and his idea that a city’s image is a reflection of its political institutions and the choices people in authority make. Monuments and architecture...
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Estimation of Rician K-factor Values in Urban Terrain
PublicationThis paper presents results of Rician K-factor estimation from CDMA2000 downlink signals recorded in the area of medium city. Signal and data processing methods used to estimate fading parameters are also briefly described.
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Creating private and public value in data-related management projects: a cross-border case study from Switzerland and Italy
PublicationThe literature in the field of smart cities shows a continuous emphasis and interest in the topic of big data due to the extensive use of Information and Communication Technologies by public and private institutions within each city. There is undoubtedly value in big data: in data lie insights on the city, its stakeholders, citizens, products, and services. Challenges, though, lie in data’s variety, volume, and velocity, but also...
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Voice Maps - portable, dedicated GIS for supporting street navigtion and self-dependent movement of the blind
PublicationThe concept and the prototype application of the system supporting the street navigation and independent, outdoor movement of the blind is presented. The system utilises the GIS database of geometric network of the pedestrian paths in the city and is capable of finding the route from the indicated source to destination. Subsequently, the system supports the movement of the blind along the found route. The information on the user's...
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Technical solutions and benefits of introducing rain gardens – Gdańsk case study
PublicationNowadays, Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) are developing as innovative multifunctional tools to maximize urban ecosystem services such as storm water preservation, reduction of runoff and flood protection, groundwater pollution prevention, biodiversity enhancement, and microclimate control. Gdańsk is one of the first Polish cities to widely introduce rain gardens (one example of an NBS) in different areas such as parks, city center,...
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Baltic Sea climate fever. Creative solutions for waterfront cities in the context of climate change
PublicationThe goal of the research is to recognize climate change impact on Baltic Sea cities and description of strengths and weaknesses of cities strategies and activities. The range of research has been limited to 3 cities in the Baltic Sea (Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Tallinn) and Tricity as an area for which recommendations will be proposed actions in the field of adaptation to climate change. Recommendations for Tricity as a unique group...
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Model of an Integration Bus of Data and Ontologies of Smart Cities Processes
PublicationThis paper presents a model of an integration bus used in the design of Smart Cities system architectures. The model of such a bus becomes necessary when designing high-level architectures, within which the silo processes of the organization should be seen from the perspective of its ontology. For such a bus to be used by any city, a generic solution was proposed which can be implemented as a whole or in part depending on the requirements...
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The UK's banking system as financial hub for Islamic banking
PublicationThis paper examines the phenomenon of London as "the Islamic banking hub". It contends that London has become not only an international centre for Islamic finance, but also that there is big interest and demand for Islamic banking products. The authors are also positive that Islamic banking may be a certain solution for the problems that Europe has been suffering since 2007 when the global debt crisis started. Our intention is...
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Implementing SP4CE Learning Rooms concept and AUTODESK online certification in the preparation of a new generation of engineers.
PublicationIn academia, educators do not always cope with rapidly changing technologies. Yet keeping up with new trends is essential to graduates’ success in a competitive job market. In the article, the author will answer the question of how Autodesk University Open Educational Resources and Certiport exams including GMetrix can enhance students’ academic progress and prepare them for future career. The concept of co-operation between Authorized...
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URBAN MENTORING JAKO NOWA TECHNIKA WPRÓŁPRACY W PROCESIE PLANOWANIA PARTCYPACYJNEGO
PublicationW 25 lat od powrotu demokracji opierającej się o neoliberalny paradygmat rozwoju kraju, Polska przyjęła Krajową Politykę Miejską 2030. Wraz z ustawą o rewitalizacji w nowoczesny sposób określa ona pole współpracy władz samorządowych i administracji z mieszkańcami, przejście do drugiej fazy rozwoju społeczeństwa demokratycznego – mieszkańców współgospodarzy przestrzeni miast. Powolna ewolucja tej relacji, silnie obarczonej dziedzictwem...
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Mury oporowe z gruntu zbrojonego z przekładkami z keramzytu
PublicationW czerwcu 2019 r. nastąpiło otwarcie nowo budowanego wiaduktu na ulicy Drwęckiej w Ostródzie, który zastąpił jeden z trzech przejazdów kolejowo-drogowych znajdujących się w centrum miasta. Zakończenie budowy bezkolizyjnego przejazdu nad torami kolejowymi pozwoliło na bezpieczne oraz szybkie połączenie północnej i południowej części Ostródy. Zastosowanie materacy z keramzytu w konstrukcji z gruntu zbrojonego.
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Methodology for assessing the lighting of pedestrian crossings based on light intensity parameters
PublicationOne of the possible preventive measures that could improve safety at crossings is to assess the state of illumination of the lighting installation located in the transition area for pedestrians. The City of Warsaw has undertaken to comprehensively assess the pedestrian crossings to determine the level of road safety and the condition of lighting. The lighting conditions related to pedestrian crossings without traffic lights in...
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Public valuation of social impacts. The comparison between mega and non-mega sporting events
PublicationThe main aim of this study is to assign value to intangible effects,including social impacts, which appear when organising sportingevents of various scales in the city of Gdansk located in northernPoland. A survey was conducted to determine the city residents’willingness-to-pay (WTP) using the contingent valuation method(CVM). The average WTP values, which ranged between PLN 6.04and PLN 46.34, show that the scale of the sporting...
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Angels drawing a picture JAPAN | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
PublicationPolskie dziedzictwo reprezentowane w pracach młodych uczestników z Polski dzięki powołaniu RWYC Poland i aktywnej działalności na polu edukacji powszechnej. Konkursy realizowane były jesienią 2023 roku w ramach międzynarodowego projektu pod auspicjami UNESCO – Reconnecting WIth Your Culture POLAND. W Japonii odbyły się 4 wystawy z udziałem prac uczestników z całego świata, w tym wybranych przez RWYC Poland. Lokalizacje wystaw...
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Zabytkowa infrastruktura kolejowa jako potencjał krajobrazu kulturowego
PublicationW dobie obecnych działań rewitalizacyjnych oraz przemian kolejnictwa, prowadzonych lub przewidywanych w licznych miastach Polski, konieczne jest wskazanie wartości, jakie często niesie z sobą infrastruktura kolejowa. Może się ona stać istotnym elementem przekształcanych przestrzeni miejskich – nie tylko pod względem transportowym. Odpowiednio zaplanowane działania pozwalają uchronić przed destrukcją historyczne obiekty, m.in. wprowadzając...
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Influence of electrode geometric arrangement on the operation of narrow circular electrostatic precipitator
PublicationIn this work the influence of electrode geometric arrangement on the operation of a circular electrostatic precipitator (ESP) was investigated using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) method. The ESP was a glass circular cylinder (29 mm in diameter, 300 mm long) equipped with a wire discharge electrode and circular-cylinder collecting electrode. The stainless-steel discharge wire electrode (0.23 mm in diameter, 100 mm long) was mounted...
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Long Distance Geographically Distributed InfiniBand Based Computing
PublicationCollaboration between multiple computing centres, referred as federated computing is becom- ing important pillar of High Performance Computing (HPC) and will be one of its key components in the future. To test technical possibilities of future collaboration using 100 Gb optic fiber link (Connection was 900 km in length with 9 ms RTT time) we prepared two scenarios of operation. In the first one, Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical...
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In search for new urban planning education and research formulas
PublicationThis paper shows research and educational urban planning projects based on international and mutlicultural cooperation including innovative elements to conduct research on built environment. Their common aim is to search for a new perspective on the city development and challenges resulting from changing conditions.
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Hospital as a landscape mark
PublicationHalf of the nineteenth century brought significant changes in the organization and operation of hospitals. The on-coming takeover by the state and its agencies tasks related to medical care resulted in a significant jump in quantitative and almost massive construction of new hospitals. Several hospitals and nursing homes functioned on a relatively small area of a city or town, with different specializations and profiles of care....
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The Brick Face of Modernism and Architecture of Gustav Oelsner
PublicationThere are many reasons that make the work of Gustav Oelsner worth to present. One of the reasons is comparison of two different ways of development of two cities, Gdynia (an exhibition of work of Gustav Oelsner was presented in Gdynia in April and May of 2011) and Altona, were Oelsner created his architecture. These two cities has grown at the side of their big neighbours, Gdansk and Hamburg. They are harbour cities and their...
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Developing the Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure as a Tool for Urban Air Quality Management
PublicationUrban structure is an important factor that shapes the process of urban ventilation and pollution dispersion. With proper planning of the urban spatial layout, city breathability can be effectively regulated, contributing to urban air quality improvement. This paper investigates the development and current management of urban systems of green and open spaces in four Polish cities: Gda ´nsk, Warsaw, Pozna ´n and Wrocław, with a...
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Młode Miasto Gdańsk (1380-1455) i jego patrymonium
PublicationW monografii ustalono m.in.: 1) położenie strefy osadniczej Młodego Miasta i zasięg jego patrymonium, 2) liczbę i (w miarę możliwości) lokalizację obiektów sakralnych w tym ośrodku, 3) zmiany w statusie parafialnym kościoła św Bartłomieja, 4) przemiany demograficzne ośrodka młodomiejskiego, 5) związki elity politycznej Młodego Miasta z Głównym Miastem oraz ich kontakty z Zakonem, 6) rolę portu Młodego Miasta jako ośrodka pomocniczego...
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Determinants And Barriers In The Development Of The Entrepreneurial Orientation In The Polish Higher Education Institutions
PublicationThe main aim of the paper is to present the results of the research project on the entrepreneurship in the Polish higher education institutions. The project was funded by the Polish National Science Centre and its main aim was to identify the factors that enable, enhance, limit or disable the entrepreneurial potential in higher education institutions. The paper gives an overview of the identified determinants that foster the entrepreneurial...
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BADANIA KOMPOZYTOWEGO MOSTU DLA PIESZYCH
PublicationThe paper presents in situ load testing of the innovative footbridge of FOBRIDGE grant mounted at Gdansk University of Technology. The span of composite sandwich structure (GFRP skins, PET core) and the scope of static and dynamic tests are presented. The selected, representative results of in situ measurements and data obtained from the SHM monitoring system are discussed. Besides the standard testing procedures on the full scale...
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Syntheses and structures of the first terminal phosphanylphosphido complexes of molybdenum(IV)
PublicationThe reactions of R2P-P(SiMe3)Li (R = tBu, iPr2N) with [Cp2MoCl2] yield terminal phosphanylphosphido complexes formally via the insertion of the phosphinidene P-atom into the C - H bond of a cyclopentadienyl ring and the migration of the hydrogen atom or SiMe3 moiety to the molybdenum centre. Solid state structures of [Cp(C5H4P-PtBu2)MoH], [Cp(C5H4P-PtBu2)Mo(SiMe3)] and [Cp{C5H4P-P(NiPr2)2}Mo(SiMe3)] were established by single crystal...
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Importance of model tests in design and operation of watercraft for example CTO
PublicationShip Hydromechanics Division is a specialized research and development department of Ship Design and Research Centre conducting tests and research in the field of hydromechanics, connected with design and operation of ships and other floating structures, in scope of: predictions, numerical analyses, designs of - hull shape optimized with respect to the ship’s functions with the application of modern design tools, screw propellers...
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Improving methods to calculate the loss of ecosystem services provided by urban trees using LiDAR and aerial orthophotos
PublicationIn this paper we propose a methodology for combining remotely sensed data with field measurements to assess selected tree parameters (diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree species) required by the i-Tree Eco model to estimate ecosystem services (ES) provided by urban trees. We determined values of ES provided by trees in 2017 in Racibórz (a city in South Poland) and estimated the loss of ES from January 1, 2017 to March 5, 2017,...
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URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS
PublicationMentor&Student Research Lab is a common initiative of the members of Gdańsk University of Technology student research club, Urban Revolution Laboratory LEM-ur and International Society of City and Regional Planners ISOCARP. The aim of the event was to promote collaboration of professionals and the student in the area of research on the city and the region. During three months' Workshop five groups leaded by ISOCARP Mentors performed...
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Mentor&Student Research Lab – Urban Transformations – Introduction
PublicationMentor&Student Research Lab - "Urban Transformations" is a common initiative of the members of Gdańsk University of Technology student research club, Urban Revolution Laboratory and the International Society of City and Regional Planners ISOCARP. The aim of the event was to promote collaboration of professionals and the students in the area of research on the city and the region. During three months’ Workshop five groups leaded...
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Participatory co-design approach for Greencoin educational tool shaping urban green behaviors.
PublicationOur main goal is to prepare assumptions of the Greencoin (GC) cybernetic system, implying pro-ecological attitudes and behavior of city residents. We used qualitative methods, including a literature review and action research -workshops attended by academics, representatives of private and business sectors, urban movements, municipal institutions’ partners, and residents. Our results defined functionalities of the GC, identified...
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From grey to green
PublicationThe article presents conceptual project made by students during Urban European Summer School “City on water” in Bremen 2015. The area of study was Hemelingen, Aller-Harbour, Bremen, Germany. The aim was to make a design of regeneration of the area. Students were free in choosing methods and ideas for their project.
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Regional implementation of a road safety observatory in Poland
PublicationThe paper outlines the background and goals of the Road Safety Observatory in the Polish region of Warmia and Mazury. While created it was Poland’s first road safety Observatory, both at the regional and central level. Established in line with the methodology proposed in the European project SafetyNet, together with the planned National Road Safety Observatory it will form part of a Europe-wide network of observatories linked with...
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Catena-Poly[[(tetrahydrofuran-[kappa]O)lithium(I)]-bis([mu]-trimethylsilanolato-[kappa]2O:O)-gallium(III)-bis([mu]-trimethylsilanolato-[kappa]2O:O)-[(tetrahydrofuran-[kappa]O)lithium(I)]-[mu]-bromido]
PublicationThe title chain polymer compound, [GaLi2Br(C3H9OSi)4(C4H8O)2]n, was obtained in the reaction of GaBr3 with Me3SiOLi in toluene/tetrahydrofuran. The GaIII atom, located on a twofold rotation axis, is coordinated by four trimethylsilanolate ligands and has a distorted tetrahedral geometry. The LiI atom is four coordinated by one bridging Br atom located on an inversion centre, two trimethylsilanolate ligands and one tetrahydrofurane...
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Architekt miasta wczoraj i dziś - wizjoner czy administrator? Uwagi na temat roli architekta miejskiego w kształtowaniu wizji miasta
PublicationArtykuł jest próbą oceny roli architekta miejskiego od początków XX wieku do czasów obecnych. Opracowanie bazuje na pytaniu badawczym, czy we współczesnym mieście wciąż jest miejsc na wizjonerską i wiodącą rolę architekta miejskiego w kształtowaniu przestrzeni, jak to miało miejsce w przeszłości. Architekci miejscy są dziś raczej związani z pełnieniem funkcji administracyjnych, natomiast kwestie przekształceń urbanistycznych powierzane...
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Capacity Transforming challenges into opportunities
PublicationThe Urban Initiative Laboratory (UIL) aims to upgrade the smart city concept in Gdańsk by introducing the Food-Water-Energy (FWE) nexus to the city. It was agreed in the CRUNCH international consortium that projects on different scales would be implemented in the individual countries to test the Integrated Decision Supportive system platform, which would, in principle, concern urban scale. The regular urban scale was to be researched...