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Urban Regeneration vs. Urban Sprawl - Problems and Prospects in Post-Socialist Cities
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy relacji pomiędzy procesami suburbanizacji a odnowy miasta na przykładzie miast post-socjalistycznych. W szczególnosci zaprezentowano w nim moziwości rozwoju koncepcji miasta kompaktowego oraz problemów wiążacych się z tym konceptem.
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City as a product. Architecture as an Economic Instrument. Are Global Cities People-Friendly Places?
PublicationWhile spending time in our everyday urban environment do we ever think how particular architecture influences the economic value of that space? Space has its measurable financial value. From the economic point of view a place can be treated as a product that fights for appearing in tourists’ and investors’ consciousnesses. Space - treated as an object of demand and supply - becomes an element in a marketing game. To reach its...
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Threat/risk assessment tool to assess vulnerability of Polish cities to Russian attacks
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The (Un)Real City by Magdalena Abakanowicz: Guidelines for Cities in Times of Planetary Crisis
PublicationThree decades have passed since Magdalena Abakanowicz presented her concept of Bois de Nanterre — Arboreal Architecture, in response to a call for a broader reflection on approaches to urban landscaping and a reinterpretation of the meaning and evolution of the Grand Axis in Paris. This paper analyses the work presented by the artist from an urban planning perspective. It shows how the rich and multi-layered metaphor for the 21st-century...
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European Football Championship - Euro 2012 in Poland: the Impact on the Host-Cities' Development
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[Soft Skills] Smart metering - social risk perception and risk governance (2023/2024)
e-Learning CoursesThe aim of the course is to broaden the understanding of the risks associated with technology and to present the concept of social risk perception and risk management in the context of smart metering technology. In the current phase of technological development - called the Fourth Industrial Revolution - rapid and profound changes are creating new, particularly destabilizing threats. In the increasingly complex technological systems...
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Local advisory councils in deliberative decision-making. Findings from research in Polish cities
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Use of Data from Satellite Navigation System in Operational and Strategic Management of Transport in Cities
PublicationThe article presents the possibilities of using data from the Global Positioning System for the development of traffic models and examples of use this data in the transport management. Traffic models are useful tools in planning and evaluation of transport solutions, but also can be used for current, operational transport management.
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Aleksander Orłowski dr hab. inż.
PeopleDr hab. inż. Aleksander Orłowski, profesor PG w Katedrze Zarządzania Wydziału Zarządzania i Ekonomii Politechniki Gdańskiej, v-ce prezes Forum Rozwoju Aglomeracji Gdańskiej. Zawodowo zajmuje się badaniem i rozwojem koncepcji Smart Cities, współautor (2016-2017) badań gotowości do Smart City dziesięciu czołowych polskich urzędów miejskich, autor książki: Model gotowości procesowej urzędu miejskiego dojścia do Smart City (2019)....
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The Protection of the Heritage of Selected Ukrainian Cities - Lvov,Chernivtsi and Odessa - in the light of the 19th-20th Century.
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia uwarunkowania historyczne, stan istniejący oraz możliwości prewencji zasobów wybranych miast Ukrainy - Lwowa, Czerniowiec i Odessy, w kontekście autorskich 12 lat pracy naukowo - badawczej związanej z wymienionymi miastami. Jest to podsumowanie działalności na Ukrainie jako członek Zarządu PK ICOMOS.
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Identification of the featured-element in fine road dust of cities with coal contamination by geochemical investigation and isotopic monitoring
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Non-Dioxin-Like PCBs – the Key Air Pollutant Associated with Lung Cancer in 15 Cities in Silesia
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Role of inner-city brownfields in urban development of european cities - example of Gdańsk Music and Congress Centre
PublicationPołożone w bliskim sąsiedztwie śródmieść tereny poprzemysłowe odgrywają w miastach europejskich ważną rolę w przekształceniach struktur miejskich. Kształtowane na posiadających bardzo silną tożsamość terenach wielofunkcyjne, przestrzenie publiczne przyczyniają się do zatrzymania w centrum miast jego mieszkańców i przeciwdziałają ich ucieczce na obrzeża. Wyżej wspomniane kulturowe i historyczne dziedzictwo, jak i genius loci obecny...
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Förster Resonance Energy Transfer-Activated Processes in Smart Nanotheranostics Fabricated in a Sustainable Manner
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BelBuk System—Smart Logistics for Sustainable City Development in Terms of the Deficit of a Chemical Fertilizers
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COVID-19 pandemic fear, life satisfaction and mental health at the initial stage of the pandemic in the largest cities in Poland
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Attempt to eliminate health inequalities in Poland arising at the time of political and economic transformation: Polish 400 Cities Project
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Can Grand Design Doctrines Go Well with Locally Reinvented Urbanisms? Notes from Polish Cities in Transition
PublicationThe text explores how New Urbanism ideas, a comprehensive global design doctrine, transgress into the context of Polish planning practice. New Urbanism is considered through the perspective of the decentralization of a discussion on a planning policy and a modernization of a State, resulting form its post-Socialist urban change. In the text, New Urbanism is understood as a neotraditionalist movement i.e. drawing from the pre-modernist...
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The Undisrupted Growth of the Airbnb Phenomenon between 2014–2020. The Touristification of European Cities before the COVID-19 Outbreak
PublicationAs a result of the Airbnb eruption, not only has the character of the short-term rental market been completely transformed, but the decades long growth in tourism has also been further accelerated. Therefore, due to the new demands of the tourism economy, the major shift in the usage of historic city centers occurred–the process of ‘touristification’, that results in the emergence of its new, unsustainable form. Despite the significance...
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Management of Urban Waters with Nature-Based Solutions in Circular Cities—Exemplified through Seven Urban Circularity Challenges
PublicationNature-Based Solutions (NBS) have been proven to effectively mitigate and solve resource depletion and climate-related challenges in urban areas. The COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action CA17133 entitled “Implementing nature-based solutions (NBS) for building a resourceful circular city” has established seven urban circularity challenges (UCC) that can be addressed effectively with NBS. This paper presents the outcomes...
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Technology and Economics of Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy
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Tackling Air Pollution in Cities with Modelling and Simulation: Remote Group Model Building as an Educational Tool Supporting System Dynamics Modelling
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Jacek Krenz dr hab. inż. arch.
PeopleJacek Krenz, born in 1948 in Poznań, Poland, is an academic architect and painter. He is a professor at Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, taught also at University of Fine Arts in Poznań – both in Poland – and at Universidade da Beira Interior in Covilhã, Portugal. Charter member of The Polish Watercolour Society. He is a co-founder of the Wdzydze Artists’ Village in Kaszuby, Poland, where he works in his...
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Integration of a Multilevel Transport System Model into Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
PublicationWhen planning their transport policy, cities usually focus on developing sustainable transport systems and reducing the negative consequences of transport. One way to deliver transport policies is to use the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP), a strategic document designed to meet the demand for mobility whilst ensuring adequate quality of life for the residents. The process of Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP process)...
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Dorota Dominika Kamrowska-Załuska dr hab. inż. arch.
PeopleProf. Dorota Kamrowska-Zaluska, architect and urban planner, Associate Professor and Director of mid-career program on Urban development and management of metropolitan areas, at the Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning at Faculty of Architecture, Gdansk University of Technology; Visiting Scholar and Research Fellow at several research institutions incl. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013), Charted Urban Planner...
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Diamonds in the Mine. Strategies for the Cities in the Silesian Metropolitan Region. / Diamenty w kopalni. Strategie rozwoju dla miast śląskiego regionu metropolitalnego.
PublicationJan Olbrycht, poseł do Parlamentu Europejakiego, w swojej działalności związanej z rozwojem miast współpracuje z Towarzystwem Urbanistów Polskich, jednym z najstarszych stowarzyszeń urbanistów w Europie, które aktywnie działa od 1923 roku. Miałam przyjemność i zaszczyt reprezentować Zarząd Główny Towarzystwa w naszych ostatnich wspólnych przedsięwzięciach. W roku 2016 po konferencji „Miasto - Zarządzanie Miastem” corocznie...
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AMA-Agricultural Mechanization in Asia Africa and Latin America
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Sławomir Ostrowski dr inż.
PeopleSławomir Ostrowski is a research and didactic employee employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics in Management at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. In 2018, he obtained a PhD in economic sciences in the discipline of management science. A graduate of uniform Master's-engineering studies in Management (specialization: IT Technology Management) at the Faculty...
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UG students’ perception of city’s corporation activities aimed at encouraging young educated to study and settle in Gdansk in Poland.
Open Research DataNowadays, the urban areas very often attract the poor and the unemployed, leading to the creation of neighbourhoods of poverty (slums) and other economic and social problems. All over the World cities include sustainable goals in their development strategies but the question is, whether the city development strategies foresee activities devoted also...
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Zintegrowany Program Operacyjny Rozwoju Regionalnego (ZPORR) w procesie rewitalizacji miast polskich. Integrated Operational Programme For Regional Development in the Process of Polish Cities Revitalization.
PublicationWobec przygotowań do przystąpienia naszego kraju do Unii Europejskiej pojawiły się nowe możliwości wspierania rewitalizacji polskich miast. Jedną z nich jest Zintegrowany Program Operacyjny Rozwoju Regionalnego (ZPORR), które posłużą do realizacji Narodowego Planu Rozwoju na lata 2004-2006. stanowiący część Narodowego Planu Rozwoju na lata 2004-2006. Program ma być współfinansowany z zasobów Europejskiego Funduszu Rozwoju Regionalnego...
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Cellulose and its derivatives, coffee grounds, and cross-linked, β-cyclodextrin in the race for the highest sorption capacity of cationic dyes in accordance with the principles of sustainable development
PublicationIn this study, seven different materials were analyzed and includes coffee grounds (CG), two types of cellulose (CGC and CC), two types of modified cellulose (CT and CTCD), and cross-linked β-cyclodextrin (CD-1 and CD-2) were tested as adsorbents for the removal of dyes from the wastewater. The composition, morphology, and presence of functional groups in the obtained sorption materials were characterized by elemental analysis,...
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The methodology of identifying active aging places in the city - Practical application
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City brand equity, a marketing perspective
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Kształtowanie formy założeń pomnikowych w przestrzeni polskich miast od połowy XX wieku = Shaping the form of monumental guidelines in the space of polish cities since the middle of the 20th century.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono proces kształtowania się założeń pomnikowych w polskich miastach od połowy XX wieku. Przełomowymi momentami dla rozwoju polskiej sztuki pomnikowej stały się dramatyczne wydarzenia II wojny światowej oraz okres transformacji w latach dziewięćdziesiątych XX wieku. Wydarzenia te okazały się impulsem do poszukiwań nowych środków artystycznych formujących miejsca pamięci. W wyniku tych przemian powstały pomniki...
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Conscious Cities Anthology 2018:Human-Centred Design, Science, and Technology
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Can the Pandemic Be a Catalyst of Spatial Changes Leading Towards the Smart City?
PublicationThe worldwide spread of Covid‐19 infections has had a pervasive influence on cities and the lives of their residents. The current crisis has highlighted many urban problems, including those related to the functionality of urban structures, which directly affect the quality of life. Concurrently, the notion of “smart cities” is becoming a dominant trend in the discourse on urban development. At the intersection of these two phenomena,...
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Verfassung und Recht in Ubersee/Law and Politics in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
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Data and knowledge supporting decision-making for the urban Food-Water-Energy nexus
PublicationCities are hubs of innovation and wealth creation, and magnets for an increasing urban population. Cities also face unprecedented challenges in terms of food, water and energy scarcity, and governance and management. Urban environmental issues are no longer problems for experts to address but have become issues of public debate, in which knowledge from multiple sectors is needed to support inclusive governance approaches. Consequently,...
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Jakub Szczepański prof. dr hab. inż. arch.
PeopleJakub Szczepanski is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Gdańsk University of Technology and since 2016 a Vice-Dean for Scientific Research. Architect, historian of architecture and monuments’ conservator. His research focused on the history of both Gdańsk and Baltric Sea cities’ architecture as well as monuments’ conservation and the contemporary problems of cities. Parallelly with the academic work on the GUT,...
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Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans: implementation process and indicators to evaluate effects on physical activity
PublicationBackground: Active mobility and public transport increase physical activity (PA) levels. With varying intensity and effectiveness, European cities implement Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) to spur transport-related PA. Therefore, we aim to examine drivers and barriers to SUMP implementation and assess its influence on PA across European cities. Methods: We screened policy reports to gain insights into SUMP implementation...
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The Rule-Based Model of Negentropy for Increasing the Energy Efficiency of the City’s Digital Transformation Processes into a Smart City
PublicationThe aim of the article is to build a rule-based model (RMFDN) for increasing the energy efficiency of Smart Cities’ digital transformation processes. The problem that arises during the implementation of digital transformation processes concerns the measures that should be assigned to estimate the duration of the digital transformation. Previous studies of digital transformation have been based on the analysis of design processes...
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An overview of the cognitive and biological effects of city nighttime illumination including a London case study
PublicationCurrent scientific research demonstrates how critical the effects of city nighttime illumination are upon cognitive and biological health1 – which needs to be adequately acknowledged, understood and addressed by conscious cities and the plans they develop. Until recent decades, the design of nighttime lighting was determined mostly by electrical engineers who often applied technical standards to meet the requirements of vehicle-focused...
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Karolina Krośnicka dr hab. inż. arch.
PeopleKarolina A. Krośnicka, Ph.D., D.Sc., Eng. Arch., is associated professor at Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Gdańsk University of Technology (Poland). For many years (1998 – 2016) she was employed at the Department of Transport and Logistics at the Faculty of Navigation at Gdynia Maritime University (Gdynia, Poland), where she was mostly involved in issues connected with seaports and port...
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The role of urban movements in the process of local spatial planning and the development of participation mechanism
PublicationIn civil societies, urban movements are one of the tools in the process of spatial governance. In Poland, urban activism is beginning to develop together with a budding participation in public life. Therefore, there is a need to assess the scope and effects of the urban movements’ actions. The aim of the study was to determine and evaluate their impact on the spatial development in three Polish cities - Poznań, Gdańsk and Gdynia, especially...
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HEALTH-AFFIRMING EVERYDAY LANDSCAPES IN SUSTAINABLE CITY. ECO-NEIGHBORHOODS IN FRANCE CASE
PublicationThis paper discusses the close relationship between the concept of health-affirming everyday landscapesand the idea of sustainable city design.The French National program of eco-neighborhood certification ÉcoQuartier is described and the correlation between the concepts of health-affirming landscapes,sustainable cities, and eco-neighborhoods is explained using the example of a selected eco-neighborhood in France.
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The Contemporary aspects of revitalization of the buildings and the port areas
PublicationPort cities are the forefront of globalization. The continued growth of international trade of goods and services has now played a major role in shaping the economic and social world. Strategies for mutual cooperation and follow-up between countries, cities and regions are increasingly complex. On the one hand it brings profits, on the other leads to destabilization and the need for transformation and constant modernization. Port...
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MSRL and the Real-Life Processes of Capturing and Implementing the "Urban Innovation"
PublicationResult of the MSRL workshop, five research projects, reflect on a broader process of exchange of the ideas between the cities, that is occurring in the real life and became one of the driving factors of the urban development nowadays. The objective of the MSRL research - concepts, which help to advance the development of the cities, support the improvement of the quality of urban environment or meet the future challenges, can be...
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Early warning models against bankruptcy risk for Central European and Latin American enterprises
PublicationThis article is devoted to the issue of forecasting the bankruptcy risk of enterprises in Latin America and Central Europe. The author has used statistical and soft computing methods to program the prediction models. It compares the effectiveness of twelve different early warningmodels for forecasting the bankruptcy risk of companies. In the research conducted, the author used data on 185 companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange...
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Study on the student's perception of marketing activities undertaken by Gdansk and Mangalore
Open Research DataNowadays, the urban areas very often attract the poor and the unemployed, leading to the creation of neighbourhoods of poverty (slums) and other economic and social problems. All over the World cities include sustainable goals in their development strategies but the question is, whether the city development strategies foresee activities devoted also...
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Jak przystąpić do wdrażania inteligentnych rozwiązań w mieście?
PublicationNowa kadencja władz lokalnych to wyjątkowa okazja do wprowadzenia zmian, które mogą przekształcić miasta w inteligentne, zrównoważone i przyjazne do życia. Wdrażanie idei smart city nie tylko poprawia jakość życia, ale również sprzyja rozwojowi gospodarczemu i ochronie środowiska. W artykule przedstawiamy kluczowe rekomendacje dla nowych władz, które pomogą w skutecznej transformacji miast w smart cities.