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  • Street Art and Urban Regeneration. Case Study Gdansk and Rome.

    Publication

    - Year 2016

    Street art plays an important role in urban planning as a transforming engine to regenerate the public spaces and in the processes of participation. The article analyzes two main topics. The first one focuses on the urban serving as a support for spatial and cultural strategies in urban redevelopment projects. The second one is related to the potential of micro urban interventions as a strategy for a wider involvement of inhabitants...

  • METHODS OF TEACHING SPATIAL AND URBAN PLANNING AT GEODESY AND CARTOGRAPHY

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    Spatial and town planning is a complex process caused by the interaction between natural and social systems at different temporal and spatial scales. That is the reason, why it is difficult to introduce this subject to students studying disciplines other than spatial or urban planning. The main problem is to define goals, the scope and expected educational effects. The second step is to choose the appropriate teaching and assessment...

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  • MSRL and the Real-Life Processes of Capturing and Implementing the "Urban Innovation"

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    Result 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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  • Pesticides in rain and roof runoff waters from an urban region

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    The levels of organonitrogen, organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticides were monitored in rain and roof runoff waters in Gdask (Poland) over a period of 6 months (October 2000 - March 2001). Buildings included in the study were of different ages, and covered with a variety of roofing materials. Samples were collected during the precipitation events. Pesticides were determined by gas chromatography combined with NPD and ECD...

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  • Urban Freight Transport Demand Modelling and Data Availability Constraints

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    - Year 2018

    The paper provides a review of urban freight transport demand modelling approaches confronted with constrains regarding adequate data provision from a perspective of the local authorities. Demand estimation models has been selected as a reference because they are the most representative in terms of inclusion of urban freight indicators which can be transformed into a decision-support tool for evaluation of freight measures. The...

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  • Justyna Martyniuk-Pęczek dr hab. inż. arch.

    Justyna Martyniuk-Peczek, Ph.D., D.Sc. Associate Professor Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture Gdansk University of Technology                 My academic and research activity has been concentrated around one specialty — urban planning, however it involves an interdisciplinary reference to other fields, such as lighting and the science of management. In terms of quantity, my academic work...

  • From structures to landscapes – towards re-conceptualization of the urban condition

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    - Year 2017

    This paper presents an original approach towards the phenomena of re-naturalization of cities and indicates its possible consequences for the urban design and planning strategies. It focuses on the ongoing shift “from structures to landscapes” in understanding urban conditions. While modern architecture introduced geomet-ric compositions against the background of nature, early modern theories of architects and sociologists started...

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  • Automated Parking Management for Urban Efficiency: A Comprehensive Approach

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    - Year 2024

    Effective parking management is essential for ad-dressing the challenges of traffic congestion, city logistics, and air pollution in densely populated urban areas. This paper presents an algorithm designed to optimize parking management within city environments. The proposed system leverages deep learning models to accurately detect and classify street elements and events. Various algorithms, including automatic segmentation of...

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  • NEIGHBOURHOOD SPORT AS A TOOL OF URBAN REGENERATION - A WARSAW CASE STUDY

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    - Year 2016

    There are many connections between sport and urban regeneration. They can be observed while organizing top-down projects, such as sporting mega-events. But sport and urban renewal can also be linked within bottom-up sport initiatives, ones that relate mostly to physical recreation or sport for all. The main goals of physical activity is caring for health, improving fitness, practicing hobbies, and achieving social integration....

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  • Mass and momentum conservation in the simplified flood routing models

    W pracy wykazano, że uproszczone modele fal wezbraniowych w postaci fali kinematycznej reprezentują w przypadku liniowych zarówno zasadę zachowania masy jaki i pędu, natomiast w przypadku nieliniowym, reprezentują albo zasadę zachowania masy albo pędu, zależnie od postaci zachowawczej równania. Ponadto wykazano, iż nieliniowa fala dyfuzyjna nie spełnia ani całkowowej zasady zachowania masy ani pędu.

  • New trends in a development of the contemporary lighting forms within the urban environment

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    This paper presents selected issues on the design of urban lighting forms including street luminaires within the urban environment. The purpose of this paper is to show the evolution of urban lighting forms, in terms of their performance, character, and in the context of the progression of new lighting technologies. The authors discuss chosen aspects related to the development of lighting forms and the changing role of lighting...

  • Potential for ITS/ICT Solutions in Urban Freight Management

    The article presents a study on applying ITS solutions in planning and management of urban freight transport in Gdynia. The traffic management system Tristar which is under implementation and its related systems show a potential to assist in development of freight transport measures. Recommendations for urban freight policy development supplementing Gdynia's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan were used as a basis for identification...

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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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  • Place attachment, place identity, and satisfaction with urban aesthetic.

    The data include individual responses on the following  scales (1) place attachment, (2) place identity, and (3) satisfaction with an urban aesthetic. Each line represents responses obtained from one participant and his or her demographic characteristics. like gender, age, and education level. 

  • MSRL 2.0. as a new method for research education on urban issues

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    The MSRL 2.0. research is focused on the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) as a multidimensional urban phenomenon with Gdansk acting as a hub for the research teams. The idea of the MSRL 2.0. is to promote the collaboration of professionals and graduate and PhD students by bringing together the mentor(s) with a local research team sharing experiences and proposing strategic recommendations to strengthen sustainable urban development initiatives...

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  • Studenckie Koło Naukowe "Hulaj Urban Squad"

    e-Learning Courses
    • A. Lewko
    • Z. Kullak
    • W. Rodak
    • B. Biernacka
    • M. Deptuła
    • M. Kostrzewska
    • A. Krakowiak
    • M. Sobieraj
    • B. Macikowski
    • H. Malara... and 2 others

    "Hulaj Urban Squad" to koło naukowe zrzeszające studentów Wydziału Architektury z kierunków Architektura i Gospodarka przestrzenna. Działamy od 2017 roku. Opiekunami koła są dr inż. arch. Małgorzata Kostrzewska i dr inż. arch. Bartosz Macikowski. W naszym kole zajmujemy się promowaniem aktywnej mobilności miejskiej, poruszając się na hulajnogach, ale także na rowerach czy własnych nogach. Bierzemy udział w licznych wydarzeniach...

  • Urban Design II _ New Urban Living 2023/24

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

    In the twenty-first century the idea of living in a perfect place combines the need for beauty&identity of the place with the ecology. Metropolises around the world are waiting for concepts that will expose the landscape values and give life in the suburbs high quality including energy efficiency and climate neutrality. A new concepts of are being discussed. Join this trend and look for solutions which merge expression of beauty...

  • Architectural and Urban Project I 2023/24

    e-Learning Courses
    • K. Piątkowska
    • J. Martyniuk-Pęczek
    • M. Wojtkiewicz

    OLD CITY GDANSK - CONNECTING SPACE Every year the main goal of the I-st  Master degree semester is to learn the ways of architectural and urban revitalization of existing urban spaces that require it by implementing specific design activities - combining and redefining space, architectural recycling, mixing functions, etc. This year, the design studio course is in the students’ competition form organized with Gdansk City Authorities....

  • Ranking ecosystem services delivered by trees in urban and rural areas

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    - AMBIO - Year 2022

    Policies and strategies for tree management and protection on a national, regional, and local level have not sufficiently considered differences between rural and urban areas. We used expert knowledge to compare rural and urban areas in a case study evaluating the relative importance of ecosystem services (ES) in policy development. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and focus group discussions were used to rank 17 ES, representing...

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  • Using Container Structures in Architecture and Urban Design

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    Abstract. The paper presents the use of shipping containers in architecture and urban design. Even today, houses and apartments are still too expensive. Since 1923 architects have been improving the living conditions of citizens by building very simple, repeatable forms. With prefabrication technology it became possible to build quicker, causing house prices to decrease. Apartments in block of flats became affordable to more and...

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  • Urban History

    Journals

    ISSN: 0963-9268 , eISSN: 1469-8706

  • Urban Education

    Journals

    ISSN: 0143-9154 , eISSN: 1552-8340

  • The Urban Review

    Journals

    ISSN: 0042-0972 , eISSN: 1573-1960

  • Urban Forum

    Journals

    ISSN: 1015-3802 , eISSN: 1874-6330

  • Urban Climate

    Journals

    ISSN: 2212-0955

  • URBAN MORPHOLOGY

    Journals

    ISSN: 1027-4278

  • Urban Science

    Journals

    eISSN: 2413-8851

  • sub\urban

    Journals

    eISSN: 2197-2567

  • URBAN GEOGRAPHY

    Journals

    ISSN: 0272-3638 , eISSN: 1938-2847

  • URBAN STUDIES

    Journals

    ISSN: 0042-0980 , eISSN: 1360-063X

  • URBAN LAWYER

    Journals

    ISSN: 0042-0905

  • In search for new urban planning education and research formulas

    This 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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  • Architectural and Urban Project I 2024/25

    e-Learning Courses
    • K. Piątkowska
    • J. Martyniuk-Pęczek
    • M. Wojtkiewicz

    LONDON RETROFIT:  WESTMINSTER SITE ALLOCATION. The project for this semester will involve collaborating with the City of London (Westminster part) to conduct design research on the development, architecture, and urban revitalization of the central area around Paddington Station. This project is in partnership with the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London (UCL) and the University of Westminster.

  • Interrelations between Travel Patterns and Urban Spatial Structure of the Largest Russian Cities

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    • E. Saveleva

    - Year 2020

    The study presented within this dissertation involves the analysis of the relationship between urban spatial structure and travel patterns in the largest Russian cities. It is an empirical investigation of how the spatial structure, formed during the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, affects the travel patterns in the largest cities of contemporary Russia. It aims to determine what measures, both urban structure and transportation...

  • Mentor&Student Research Lab – Urban Transformations – Introduction

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    Mentor&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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  • Successfull urban regeneration project: Gdansk-Letnica district case study

    The paper presents the process of urban regeneration of Gdansk Letnica district, a project that from a very short time perspective can be described as successful. The paper present a brief district's history as well as analysis of circumstances that may have influenced Gdansk authorities' decision of starting an urban regeneration project.

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  • Attitudes to tree removal on private property in rural and urban Polish municipalities.

    Open Research Data
    version 1.1 open access
    • A. Inglot
    • P. Przewoźna
    • M. Mielewczyk
    • K. Mączka
    • P. Matczak
    • P. Wężyk
    - series: Public Participation GIS study on Ecosystem Services provided by trees in Polish case studies.

    The urban-rural divide is an important factor known to affect public opinion on issues related to environmental protection and management. The present data set allows for a deeper understanding of this issue with respect to policies dealing with tree removal on private property in two municipalities located in southern Poland: Racibórz (an urban municipality)...

  • The role of urban movements in the process of local spatial planning and the development of participation mechanism

    In 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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  • Pollutant deposition via dew in urban and rural environment, Cracow, Poland

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    - ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH - Year 2015

    This study is a comparative analysis of dew in rural and urban environment. Dew samples were collected between May and October, 2009 in two reference stations in southern Poland: Cracow and Gaik-Brzezowa. The investigation included comparison of volume and chemistry of the collected samples. Due to its formation mechanisms, dew is a good indicator of air pollution. Following parameters were analyzed in 159 collected samples: pH,...

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  • Western Front of the City Centre of Gdańsk. An Urban Conservation Study

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    - Year 2023

    The western front of Gdańsk`s city centre is the key fragment of a ring road scheme, which was created at the turn of the 20th century during the great transformation of the city. It was at that time that new streets and squares were delineated on the site of the early modern earthen bastions, which for more than three centuries marked Gdańsk`s border. The new city development was set up in their surroundings. In 1945, Gdańsk was...

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  • The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on the Rise of Urban Social Movements in Poland

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    - Year 2015

    The chapter examines the relationship between the use of Information and Communications Technology (ITC) and the emergence of social movements focused on urban agenda in Poland. The aim is to investigate how and to what extent a growing body of smaller activist groups use opportunities provided by the ITC to achieve their political objectives. The research results indicate that Web-based media have helped to raise the profile...

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  • The Impact of Information and Communications Technology on the Rise of Urban Social Movements in Poland

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    - Year 2015

    The chapter examines the relationship between the use of Information and Communications Technology (ITC) and the emergence of social movements focused on urban agenda in Poland. The aim is to investigate how and to what extent a growing body of smaller activist groups use opportunities provided by the ITC to achieve their political objectives. The research results indicate that Web-based media have helped to raise the profile of...

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  • Algorithms for spatial analysis and interpolation of discrete sets of Critical Infrastructure hazard data

    Nowo opracowane zaawansowane narzędzia technologii informacyjnych i komunikacyjnych (TIK) ujawniają swoją przydatność do przewidywania różnego rodzaju zagrożeń oraz minimalizowania związanego z nimi potencjalnego ryzyka. Jednakże większość tych narzędzi operuje jedynie na niektórych typach infrastruktury i zaniedbuje ich przestrzenne interakcje z otoczeniem oraz innymi strukturami. Niniejszy artykuł zawiera propozycje kilku algorytmów...

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  • Evaluation of Fire Hazard in Electrical Installations Due to Unfavorable Ambient Thermal Conditions

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    • S. Szultka
    • S. Czapp
    • A. Tomaszewski
    • H. Ullah

    - Fire - Year 2023

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  • Analysis of the regenerative braking process for the urban traffic conditions

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    In a regular drive system, with an internal combustion engine, vehicle braking is connected with the unproductive dissipation of kinetic and potential energy accumulated in the mass of the vehicle into the environment. This energy can constitute up to 70% of the energy used to drive a vehicle under urban conditions. Its recovery and reuse is one of the basic advantages of hybrid and electric vehicles. Modern traffic management...

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  • URBAN MENTORING JAKO NOWA TECHNIKA WPRÓŁPRACY W PROCESIE PLANOWANIA PARTCYPACYJNEGO

    W 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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  • Reshaping of Coastlines as the Beginning of Urban Structures Changes in North Poland

    This article discusses the problem of strategies concerning the processes of re-shaping the Baltic Sea southern coastline applied recently in North Poland. The undertaken research is an attempt to identify the relationship between the modifications of coastline forms and the positive changes of urban structures. It can be seen that these modifications are needed because of the problems of existing shoreline erosion. It can be also...

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  • Impact of AI-Based Tools and Urban Big Data Analytics on the Design and Planning of Cities

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    Wide access to large volumes of urban big data and artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools allow performing new analyses that were previously impossible due to the lack of data or their high aggregation. This paper aims to assess the possibilities of the use of urban big data analytics based on AI-related tools to support the design and planning of cities. To this end, the author introduces a conceptual framework to assess the...

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  • Informal practices in urban planning and governance. Examples from Polish cities

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    - Planning Practice and Research - Year 2023

    Planning has a formal, legally defined component and an informal component developed in response to deficiencies in the planning system. Informal practices can contribute to the development of tools that would improve urban governance, especially in areas related to space. This article presents an overview of informal practices that have taken place in Polish cities and towns in recent years and offers an assessment of their impact...

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  • Implementation of daylight design strategies in urban planning - barriers to application in Poland

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    - Year 2015

    This paper reflects on studies done in the area of daylight design methods with regard to principles that can be applied in architecture and urban planning strategies. The paper addresses barriers to the application of new daylight design methods in urban planning, and in particular discusses current Polish building regulations in the context of daylight design. The results of the pilot study carried out among 82 participants show...

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