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  • Informal Settlements and International Migrants: The city of Rome (Italy) as Case Study

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    - Year 2021

    Today, urbanization is happening at an unprecedentedly rapid rate, owing heavily to the influx of migrants. Empirical evidence shows the development of informal settlements in cities as a result of migration, including Rome. Furthermore, information on informal settlements is either insufficient or inadequate, which makes it challenging for architects, urban planners, and policymakers to form viable solutions to deal with the situations...

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  • Big Beautiful Buildings: Eine Schönheit, viele Maßstäbe - urbane Landschaften der Nachkriegsmoderne in Europa / Big Beautiful Buildings: one beauty, many scales - urban landscapes of the post-war modernism across Europe

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    - Year 2019

    Massive urbanization in Europe is not a phenomenon that began only in the 20th century. The roots of this process can be traced back two centuries. With the end of the Second World War the specific conjunction of powerful forces together changed the landscape of European cities. Urbanization was undoubtedly one of them. Among other factors, Musterd and van Kempen (2005) correctly itemized not only objective processes that can be...

  • Developing Polycentricity to Shape Resilient Metropolitan Structures: The Case of the Gdansk–Gdynia–Sopot Metropolitan Area

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    Making the metropolitan area resilient, in many cases, calls for amending its spatial structures. This may take various forms, including both reshaping the metropolitan core and redeveloping the entire regional network of cities and centres, making them part of a coherent structure. The latter strategy is associated with reinforcing secondary urban centres as well as shaping new connections between them. In this case, the term...

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  • Greencoin – educational information system for ecoinclusion and empowering urban adaptability.

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    - Year 2022

    The SARS-CoV19 pandemic exposed a broad spectrum of challenges for modern cities, societies and the environment at large. The post-Covid transformation requires new social, ecological and educational solutions, adjusted to modern challenges, but also equipped with technological advances that allow for digital inclusion and sustainable urban development to benefit the local economy and society. Many information systems designed...

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  • Greencoin: a Pro­environmental Action-­Reward System

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    The massive destruction of the natural environment is rapidly eroding the world’s capacity to provide food and water, threatening the security of billions of people. In order to facilitate green lifestyles – understood in terms of both pro-environmental behaviors and green self-image on the one hand, and to build sustainable local and global communities, on the other, we put forward an idea of a novel action-reward system based...

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  • Urban dew formation efficiency and chemistry in Poland

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    - Atmospheric Pollution Research - Year 2016

    The measurements of dew formation efficiency and chemistry were performed in Poland in September 2009, as a part of a longer, two-year sampling campaign. Pairs of sites, representing centers of major Polish cities and rural conditions in three different regions, were compared. With the aim to get more detailed landuse-oriented characteristics of dew, two additional sites were set close to Wroclaw. Collection of dew at each site...

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  • Museums of Gdansk - Tourism Products or Signs of Remembrance?

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    Museum buildings constitute a significant element in the composition and functionality of contemporary cities. They are both their attractions and landmarks. The article presents a case study illustrating the relation between museum buildings and their location, as well as the showcased exhibition. The article aims at demonstrating the way in which those elements form a harmonious whole - a cultural tourism product affecting the...

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  • Assessing Tram Infrastructure Safety Using the Example of the City of Gdańsk

    Analysis of Gdańsk’s tram network statistics shows that incidents are quite frequent (about 650 within 5 years) and mostly involve collisions and crashes. As well as reducing the tram systems’ efficiency and reliability, incidents have a nega-tive effect on road safety. As Polish cities extend their tram networks, they must also ensure that their existing networks are safe. This is to be achieved by conducting safety assessments....

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  • Polish Suburban Landscape made of Enterpereneurial Tissue

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    - Year 2013

    Dwa ostatnie dekady w Polsce to okres ekspansywny rozwój małych przedsiębiorstw i równolegle dynamiczne przekształcenia przestrzeni wokół miasta . Rozwój tych dwóch zjawisk nastąpiło w okresie transformacji gospodarczej po 1989 roku . Głównym celem pracy jest zbadanie poziomu interakcji między procesem suburbanizacji i rozwojem sektora MSP w wybranych podmiejskich obszary, na przykładzie Metropolii Trójmiejskiej.

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  • Konferencja Na Rynek

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    06-05-2022 09:00 - 06-05-2022 15:30

    Mamy zaszczyt zaprosić Państwa do udziału w Konferencji Popularyzatorskiej pt.:“Na Rynek! Regeneracja targowisk miejskich”, która odbędzie się stacjonarnie na dziedzińcu Heweliusza w Gmachu Głównym Politechniki Gdańskiej

  • 20232024_Elective design II_CULTURAL HERITAGE ROUTES_Gdańsk Virtual scenarios for city storytelling

    e-Learning Courses
    • J. Borucka

    Cultural Heritage Routes – Gdańsk. This course explores challenges, conflicts and concepts of cultural heritage preservation and protection in urban level, their connection to architectural and urban design in the time of digitalisation and their importance for a future of the cities. The aim of this course, based on the case study city of Gdańsk, is to understand the problem of cultural heritage and develop innovative...

  • Mural i jego rola w przestrzeni zurbanizowanej

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    - Year 2016

    Czym tak naprawdę jest mural? Definicji jest bardzo wiele. Według Słownika języka polskiego PWN mural to „wielkie malowidło wykonane bezpośrednio na ścianie budynku”. Pierwotnymi malowidłami tego typu były prace naskalne z epoki paleolitu. Następnie ważnymi epokami dla rozwoju tego typu prac był starożytny Egipt i starożytny Rzym. Samo słowo „mural” pochodzi z języka hiszpańskiego (h. mural – ścienny; malarstwo ścienne). To dzięki...

  • Analiza wezbrania rzeki Kaczej w Gdyni po opadzie z 14 lipca 2016 roku

    W połowie lipca 2016 r. w Trójmieście, zanotowano opad atmosferyczny o sumie przekraczającej 150 mm. Opadom deszczu od godzin popołudniowych dnia 14 lipca do godzin rannych 15 lipca towarzyszył okresami bardzo silny i gwałtowny wiatr początkowo z kierunku północno-wschodniego następnie z kierunku północno-zachodniego. Opisana sytuacja hydro-meteorologiczna spowodowała znaczne wezbrania w rzekach i potokach rejonu Zatoki Gdańskiej,...

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  • Extreme weather layer method for implementation of nature-based solutions for climate adaptation: Case study Słupsk

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    - SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT - Year 2022

    One of the most severe climate risks that is expected to affect all regions is related to stormwater. Climate models, constructed based on long-term trends, show that extreme weather events such as storms, cloudbursts and a large rise in sea level will be significant in the coming decades. Moreover, even the frequency and intensity of “normal” rainfall events, such as microbursts, are expected to be remarkably higher than today...

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  • Influence of the local building tradition on Renaissance architecture in Royal Prussia

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    - Year 2018

    Contrary to the southern Europe the first signs of Renaissance in northern parts of the Holy Roman Empire as well as in Poland and Lithuania might be observed only at the beginning of the 16th century. Initially, they were created by Italian teams which came from Florence, Rome and the region of Como. One of the most recognizable marks of that process was the transfer of the Italian craftsmen and architectural solutions, e.g....

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  • SHAPING PLACES THROUGH ART. THE ROLE OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN PHILADELPHIA

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    - Year 2016

    The aim of a paper is to examine the role of creative placemaking in shaping urban environment. Art and artists have a long history of contributing and changing cities. Nowadays art and cultural activities become the revitalization tools, helping to start and sustain the process of change in the areas in crisis. The process of creative placemaking brings art to people and people to art, enhancing creativity in lives to transform...

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  • Potencjał kognitywno-kulturowy dzielnicy a innowacyjne strategie rehabilitacji w kontekście społecznej indywidualizacji. Studium przypadku: Mouraria, Lizbona = Innovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive-Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon

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    Innovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive- -Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon. This paper deals with the issue of sustainable urban rehabilitation interventions in city cores focused on value creation through culture-led development as a tool for building a cognitive city. The objective is to analyze cases of rehabilitation of public space by culture-led...

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  • Small city and a bridge. Landscape perspective

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    - Year 2018

    The aim of the paper is to present the problems connected with the location of big infrastructure objects; like bridges; in close neighbourhood to the small cities located in valuable environment and landscape; and the ways to minimize the potential threats. The case study of the small town Wyszogrod in central Poland will be presented to illustrate the values of the environment and landscape; which could have been easily destroyed...

  • Settlement Networks in Polish Spatial Development Regional Plans

    In 1999, ten years after the great political changes in Poland, 16 self-governed regions (in Polish: voivodeship) were created. According to Polish law, voivodeship spatial development plans, or regional plans in short, determine basic elements of the settlement network. No detailed regulations indicate the specific elements of the settlement network or what features of these elements should be determined. For this reason, centres...

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  • FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN URBAN BASINS OF THE CITY OF GDAŃSK

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    Over the last years, the City of Gdańsk suffers twice from flash floods. Both events were caused by intense storms which produced significant surface runoff and caused inundation private and cities properties. The first case of July 2001 flood [3], [9] was the turning point for the city authorities, who decide to look close on the flood management in small urban catchments. The aim of research projects was to establish technical...

  • Urban lighting masterplan – origins, definitions, methodologies and collaborations

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    Awareness 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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  • THE CIRCUS SITE

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    - Year 2016

    The location of project is a site of over 1,2 ha, situated on the southern fringes of Gdynia formerly used as an area to host a Circus. Here artists were performing for the public, newcomers were meeting the locals, the temporality of the event was enhancing the experience of exchange. Circus used to be the place where people live, work and create art. Currently the site stays empty but surely not for long. Its potential, attractive...

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  • System subwencjonowania jednostek samorządu terytorialnego w Polsce: dysfunkcje i pożądane kierunki racjonalizacji

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    - Year 2016

    Monografia poświęcona jest problematyce racjonalizacji subwencjonowania samorządu terytorialnego w Polsce. Jej głównym celem jest określenie roli i znaczenia subwencji w systemie finansowym jednostek samorządu terytorialnego. Za dysfunkcje w największym stopniu zniekształcające system subwencjonowania uznano: ― brak powiązania globalnej kwoty subwencji ogólnej ze składowymi budżetu państwa, ― pomijanie, przy ocenie potencjału...

  • Elective Project I _ Shelter_learning by doing

    e-Learning Courses
    • G. Rembarz
    • B. Bou Kalfouni

    Elective Project I _ Shelter - learning by doing “Your creativity and skills play an important role in making an impact in responding to humanitarian challenges and global crises” The world seems to be reeling from one crisis to another. Recently we experienced climate crises, global pandemic (Covid-19), economic uncertainty, wars, floods, wildfire, and earthquakes. Proceeding from the challenges facing humanity at the global...

  • [soft skills] Intellectual property protection

    e-Learning Courses
    • R. Jankowski
    • J. Pawłowska-Bajerska
    • A. Klej

    {mlang pl} Dyscyplina: wszystkie dyscypliny Zajęcia obowiązkowe dla doktorantów I roku Prowadzący:  dr Justyna Pawłowska, Rzecznik patentowy na PG Liczba godzin: 5 Forma zajęć: wykład {mlang} {mlang en} Discipline: all disciplines Obligatory course for 1st-year PhD students Academic teacher: Justyna Pawłowska, PhD, Patent Attorney at GUT Total hours of training: 5 teaching hours Course type: lecture {mlang} Soft skills Area...

  • E-egzamin - analiza statystyczna wyników

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    - Year 2008

    Dnia 4 marca 2008 roku, po raz pierwszy w Polsce, odbył się próbny egzamin gimnazjalny z części matematyczno-przyrodniczej, przeprowadzany drogą elektroniczną, ''E-egzamin 2008''. Organizatorami egzaminu byli: Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna i WSiP. Patronat nad projektem objęli: Minister EN i dyrektor Centralnej Komisji Egzaminacyjnej. Nietypowy próbny egzamin gimnazjalny pisało w jednym czasie kilka tysięcy gimnazjalistów...

  • Redesigning Informal Beirut: Shaping the Sustainable Transformation Strategies

    Lebanon is distinguished by its strategic geographical location among the Arab countries. Beirut, as the capital city and the major commercial and cultural centre of the country, is a point of interest for migrants. The region has witnessed many changes since the end of World War II, which have resulted in internal and external conflicts, migrations, the centralization of the country’s economy, etc. Furthermore, the city has witnessed...

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  • Technical solutions and benefits of introducing rain gardens – Gdańsk case study

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    Nowadays, 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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  • Assessment of Citizens’ Actions against Light Pollution with Guidelines for Future Initiatives

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    Due to the wide reach of media reports about scientific research and technological tools such as the world wide web (WWW), the Internet, and web browsers, citizens today have access to factual information about the negative impact of artificial light at night (ALAN) on their dark skies, and their health and well-being. This means they can now make educated decisions and take the necessary steps to help protect themselves and their...

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  • Spatial aspects of urban air quality management: Estimating the impact of micro-scale urban form on pollution dispersion

    Urban planning and design solutions affect urban ventilation conditions, thus mitigating the effects of atmospheric pollution. However, these findings are not being implemented in the planning practice to a sufficient extent, partly due to the lack of specific guidelines. Moreover, many urban air quality monitoring (AQM) sites have low represnentativeness and thus do not provide comprehensive data for effective urban air pollution control...

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  • ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT OF LIGHTING PARAMETERS AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IN WARSAW

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    - Archives of Transport - Year 2021

    The night time, based on many world studies, generates an increased risk of serious accidents (with fatalities and serious injuries). This is especially true for accidents with pedestrians. Pedestrian crossings are very sensitive to the influence of the time of day in terms of pedestrian safety, elements of road infrastructure. This is visible on the example of Poland, where numerous accidents at crosswalks are recorded, characterized...

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  • A mobile hospital – its advantages and functional limitations

    The idea of a mobile hospital is not entirely new – the need for their use, ranging from military field hospitals to the charity or mass disaster tent cities, shows how much they are needed. While these cases can be reduced to a portable ambulatory unit with a limited scope of outpatient medical activities, a fully functional hospital is a system with a high degree of complexity far exceeding a regime of compact objects. Solutions...

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  • Shaping the new planning curricula in the post-socialistic context lessons from Poland and Russia

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    Planning education is the issue widely discussed during various conferences and seminars, especially ones grouping the representatives of universities offering professional education in this field. But to large extend this discourse is dominated by the realities and specifics of the highly- developed countries, which is also reflected in the structure of the organizations of universities offering these. At the same time planning...

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  • Towards Hybrid Urban Mobility: Kick Scooter as a Means of Individual Transport in the City

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    The characteristic feature of a contemporary city is its inconvenience and oppressiveness caused by the hitherto dominant paradigm of urban planning based on car mobility. As a result, the inhabitants have to cope with air pollution, noise, spatial barriers, sedentary lifestyle and other factors which worsen their health and quality of life. Ecological and physically activating urban mobility thus plays an increasingly important...

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  • Teaching Architecture – contemporary challenges and threats in the complexity of built environment

    The complexity of the modern built environment is a problem n ot only of architectural and urban issues. This issue extends to many othe r disciplines as well as covering a wide range of social engagements. The idea of writing this pa per is generally initiated by the debate which took place in Gdańs k on 22.01.2016, and was prepar ed in order to meet representatives of the four circles of interest...

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  • City and Urbanity in the Social Discourse

    The aim of our article is an attempt to present the concept of urbanity that has been shaped throughout centuries along with the development of European civilisation and now entered a new phase of social production of space based on cultural dimensions. The future of the majority of World’s population is connected currently with the urban life with the assumption that qualitative characteristics of life in the 21st century define...

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  • Assessing unsignalised pedestrian crossings

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    - Year 2018

    The lack of pedestrian safety on crossings is a complex problem and one that is influenced by a number of factors such as the law, road traffic culture, the road and traffic. This paper will focus on the last two by presenting a method for assessing pedestrian crossings for their geometry and roadside using data from 930 pedestrian crossings in Warsaw. The authors of this paper have attempted to systematise the process of assessment...

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  • The Relation Between Art and Physical Activity in the Public Space of the Contemporary City

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    - Year 2018

    Art has always been and still is a mirror in which human activity is reflected. One of the basic human activities is physical activity, thanks to which humans are able to satisfy their needs, improve health and also function in society. Therefore, there are different relationships between physical activity and art. Both of them are present in the public space of cities and this aspect of connection is addressed in the article. The...

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  • Rola przekształceń styku lądu i wody w procesach rewitalizacji

    Artykuł poświęcony jest zweryfikowaniu roli, jaką pełnią przekształcenia granic miedzy lądem i wodą w procesach rewitalizacji. Analizując szereg tego typu działań, w szczególności dotyczących transformacji obszarów poprzemysłowych, można zauważyć, że w ostatnim czasie charakterystyczne dla nich stają się modyfikacje planów obszarów wodnych i form ich granic. Jak okazuje się, działania takie mają nie tylko znaczenie kompozycyjne...

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  • Wielkie wydarzenia jako katalizator procesów rewitalizacji

    Celem referatu jest naświetlenie procesów rewitalizacji towarzyszących organizacji wielkich wydarzeń w dwóch aspektach: 1) rewitalizacja jako motor lub jako skutek działań; 2) lokalność i regionalność procesów rewitalizacji. Omówieniu tych zjawisk służą przykłady miast-organizatorów wielkich wydarzeń, Sydney (IO 2000), Pekin (IO 2008), Londyn (IO 2012) oraz Gdańsk (Euro 2012) i Szczecin (The Tall Ships Races 2013). Kluczową kwestią...

  • South Coast Baltic Establishing durable cross-border boating destination management on the basis of the MARRIAGE cooperation network

    Projects

    Project manager: dr inż. Marcin Forkiewicz   Financial Program Name: Europejska Wspólnota Terytorialna

    Project realized in Department of Management according to STHB.02.01.00-DE-0070/16-00 agreement from 2017-02-28

  • Orken Mamyrbayev Professor

    People

    1.  Education: Higher. In 2001, graduated from the Abay Almaty State University (now Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University), in the specialty: Computer science and computerization manager. 2.  Academic degree: Ph.D. in the specialty "6D070300-Information systems". The dissertation was defended in 2014 on the topic: "Kazakh soileulerin tanudyn kupmodaldy zhuyesin kuru". Under my supervision, 16 masters, 1 dissertation...

  • Adaptacyjny system oświetlania dróg oraz inteligentnych miast

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    - Year 2024

    Przedmiotem rozprawy jest zbadanie praktycznej możliwości wykrywania w czasie rzeczywistym anomalii w systemie oświetlenia drogowego w oparciu o analizę danych ze inteligentnych liczników energii. Zastosowanie inteligentnych liczników energii elektrycznej (Smart Meter) w systemach oświetlenia drogowego stwarza nowe możliwości w zakresie automatycznej diagnostyki takich niepożądanych zjawisk jak awarie lamp, odstępstwa od harmonogramu...

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  • The value of less Light – Sustainable architectural lighting design

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    • K. M. Zielińska-Dąbkowska

    - Year 2013

    Since its beginning, the art of external illumination has substantially influ-enced the creation and the perception of architecture and the night-time urban environment. In her lecture, the author examines and defines the significant interdisciplinary conditions related to architectural lighting design that have evolved over the years, starting from the first simple exterior lighting projects to the more modern, complex concepts...

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  • Evolution of Edges and Porosity of Urban Blue Spaces: A Case Study of Gdańsk

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    Current waterfront studies focus mainly on a land-based perspective, failing to include the water side. Water is, however, not just a resource for port and industrial purposes and an edge to the waterfront; it is also a feature of the waterfront and the complex relation between water and city. Thus, the article suggests that water-land edges need to be re-contextualised, taking into consideration also their shape, functionality,...

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  • Impact of Large-scale urban interventions on contemporary city centers. Gdansk case study. Wpływ przedsiewzięć urbanistycznych dużej skali na centra miast. Studium przypadku Gdańska

    Large scale urban interventions have become a common development practice in cotemporary cities, allowing achieving rapid changes in their urban structure. They can be analyzed taking into account various perspectives. Some of them include planning and development models, transformation of brownfields and other types of distressed urban areas, as well as consequences and results of their implementation in existing urban structures....

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  • Injury Prediction Models for Onshore Road Network Development

    Integrating different modes of transport (road, rail, air and water) is important for port cities. To accommodate this need, new transport hubs must be built such as airports or sea ports. If ports are to grow, they must be accessible, a feature which is best achieved by building new roads, including fast roads. Poland must develop a network of fast roads that will provide good access to ports. What is equally important is to upgrade...

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  • Preliminary study on icebreaking operation on the Middle and Lower Odra River

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    - Year 2018

    The Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project (OVFMP) is implemented with the assistance of international financial institutions, including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Council of Europe Development Bank, as well as with the support of funding from the Cohesion Fund and the state budget. Aside from others, the objective of the OVFMP is to increase flood protection for people living in selected areas...

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  • Urban Mentoring as a new polish management technique in participatory planning

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    A decade of experience in implementation of numerous urban modernization projects in Poland resulted in a lively debate on socialization of the planning process, in which the matter of the public space quality has become the center of gravity. In those years, transformation from the classic administrative model of „bureaucracy planning” to the model of „management planning” has not been complete. The socialist primacy of the public...

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  • Public Spaces - Coexistence and Participation

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    The paper is an attempt to answer two questions: (1) how to develop positive social relations and citizenship among residents of cities in Poland and (2) howsuitable shaping of public space affects the activation and integration of local residents.The specificity of the post-war process of urbanization in Poland - a country traditionally agricultural - was its political dimension (forced 'nationalisation' of agriculture and industrialization...