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GEOLOGY OF THE AQUIFER AREAS OF AN INDUCED INFILTRATION INTAKE IN THE CITY OF WROCŁAW
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Urban regeneration vs. urban sprawl - is the ''compact city'' possible?
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy zagadnień zrównoważonego rozwoju miast i konceptu ''miasta kompaktowego''. Poruszone zostały zagadnienia zasad urbanistycznych współczesnego rozwoju miasta oraz problem rewitalizacji urbanistycznej.
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Young City in Gdańsk - a Brief History of Development and Planning Efforts.
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy kwestii planowania rozwoju obszaru Młodego Miasta w Gdańsku- czyli terenów postoczniowych. Zawarto w nim skrótowe omówienie dotychczasowych działań planistycznych podjętych w tym zakresie, a także historię rozwoju układu urbanistycznego stoczni.
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The Transformation Revealed Concept of Smart City Application in Urban Planning
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to present the findings of research conducted to reveal a smart city application concept in urban planning. The method is discussed in the context of case studies of smart city concepts in Malaysian states namely Johor, Penang and Selangor, with the efficient and effective state for implementation and application in urban planning being selected. The case study method was utilised to demonstrate the...
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Western Front of the City Centre of Gdańsk. An Urban Conservation Study
PublicationThe 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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RATIONALE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF 3D CADASTRE AS ILLUSTRATED WITH THE EXAMPLE OF THE CITY OF KRAKÓW
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Nightscape in the E-city. Lighting Public Space in the 21st Century
PublicationRozdział porusza kwestię oświetlenia sztucznego w przestrzeniach publicznych współczesnego miasta. Temat ten zaprezentowany został na tle obecnych tendencji kształtowania wizerunku przestrzeni publicznych oraz poparty krótkim rysem historycznym. Aspekt podzielony jest na dwie kategorie - pierwszą, w której oświetlenie bazuje na zmiennych sceneriach przestrzeni z wykorzystaniem głównie ekranów medialnych, oraz drugą, w której mamy...
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Planning the City Against Barriers. Enhancing the Role of Public Spaces
PublicationContemporary cities are being fragmented by growing number of technical barriers like roads, railways, infrastructural objects, that generate variety of problems of different nature. The aim of the research is to present the issues connected with such barriers in the city and the ways of solving them. Main problems are e.g.: the destruction of the complexity of urban fabric, functional disadvantages, environmental and landscape...
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Barcelona - from the province to Metropolis.The cogent strategy of branding the city
PublicationThe phenomenon of rebranding Barcelona's image, called the Barcelona effect or 'Barcelona Model', is exampled as one of the most spectacular transformations of the city perception in the last decade. Why has Barcelona been successful? Is it the effect of the recently intensified revitalization practice, or has the city of Barcelona built its brand market value for years? The aim of the research is to name these transition...
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Metropolitan dimension of Tri-City: Development of the new harbor structures
PublicationThis article deals with the phenomenon of urban waterfront transformation. The special focus is on the Tri-City area in Poland. Both the transformation of port structures and redevelopment of the post-harbor areas are presented.
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Selected Problems of Transport in Port Towns – Tri-City as an Example
PublicationPort towns are strategic places from the point of view of transport systems. They form integration junctions for various transport branches , apart from the traditional - road and railway ones , also for water( sea) transport which is active there. Moreover, air transport comes also into consideration , whose efficient functioning must be connected with good accessibility, that concerns sea transport as well. Efficient and...
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The function of the sculpture in public space and its reception occupants of the city
PublicationSculpture has been with people for thousands of years. Its destiny, subject and scale have changed over the centuries. Public art, along with sculpture, began to appear in a new form (not only to commemorate important figures and events) only in the 1960s. This paper aims to answer what functions are currently performed by the sculptures located in a public space and how they are perceived by the inhabitants of the city.
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Sustainable urban planning in the context of studentification of the inner city areas
PublicationThe social dimension of urban planning as well as the importance of local communities and civic participation are often underlined in contemporary urban renewal and revitalisation programmes based on the principles of sustainable development. British Urban Renaissance is one the most far-reaching and widely discussed urban regeneration strategies which aims at repopulation and social diversification of inner city areas and land...
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Big Data and the Internet of Things in Edge Computing for Smart City
PublicationRequests expressing collective human expectations and outcomes from city service tasks can be partially satisfied by processing Big Data provided to a city cloud via the Internet of Things. To improve the efficiency of the city clouds an edge computing has been introduced regarding Big Data mining. This intelligent and efficient distributed system can be developed for citizens that are supposed to be informed and educated by the...
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Polish waterfront in the process of transformation: The case of Elbląg port city
PublicationThe topic of waterfront transformation is a vast and challenging issue, which in small and medium-sized cities is still unexplored. With growing global interest in the matter of regeneration of city-water relationship and increasing public awareness of the value of waterfront public spaces, actions to transform abandoned waterfront areas have been undertaken in many Polish port cities. City of Elbląg, located in northern Poland,...
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Wyzwania zarządzania strategicznego w perspektywie Smart City - blockchain
PublicationW pracy pokazano możliwość zastosowania technologii Blockchain w rzadko rozważa-nym dla niej środowisku jakim są urzędy miejskie realizujące koncepcję Smart City. Celem pracy nie jest opis technologii, a spojrzenie strategiczne na jej zastosowanie stąd, poza pod-stawowym opisem Blockchain i Smart City, przedstawiono zalety oraz wyzwania wdrażania Blockchain dla Smart City. Całość zilustrowano dwoma przykładami procesów, które obrazują...
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Informacyjna warstwa przestrzeni komercyjnej - smart city a wizerunek miasta
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wielopoziomowy wpływ technologii informacyjnych na przestrzeń miasta. Na wstępie zaprezentowano krótką charakterystykę smart city, która została rozpatrzona w kontekście przestrzeni komercyjnych. W dalszej części rozważono kwestię "ukrytej" inteligencji wspomagającej w mieście różnorodne procesy. Omówiono także zasięg emisji informacji w przestrzeni komercyjnej. Najważniejsze miejsce w artykule zajmuje...
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HEALTH-AFFIRMING EVERYDAY LANDSCAPES IN SUSTAINABLE CITY. THEORIES AND TOOLS
PublicationAs cities and urban population continue to grow, causing serious threats to public health, the development of health-affirming urban landscapes becomes even more important topic than ever before. The purpose of this paper is to answer the question which qualities of urban landscape make it the health-affirming landscape. In the first part of the paper, a concept of health-affirming landscapes and a modern approach to sustainable...
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Investigation of the Antifungal Activity and Mode of Action of Thymus vulgaris, Citrus limonum, Pelargonium graveolens, Cinnamomum cassia, Ocimum basilicum, and Eugenia caryophyllus Essential Oils
PublicationThe antimicrobial activity of plant oils and extracts has been recognized for many years. In this study the activity of Thymus vulgaris, Citrus limonum, Pelargonium graveolens, Cinnamomum cassia, Ocimumbasilicum, and Eugenia caryophyllus essential oils (EOs) distributed by Pollena Aroma (Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland) was investigated against a group of 183 clinical isolates of C. albicans and 76 isolates of C. glabrata. All of...
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Metodyka pomiaru jachtów regatowych przy pomocy skanowania laserowego 3D
PublicationPrzedstawiono metodykę pomiaru klasowego za pomocą skanera laserowego 3D, dostepne rzowiązania techniczne i oprogramowanie oraz przykłady zastosowania.
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Wpływ napięcia takielunku na odkształcenia kadłuba jachtu regatowego na przykładzie jednostki klasy Omega
PublicationPrzedstawiono problem deformacji kadłuba pod wpływem sił generowanych przez takielunekj, w kontekście przepisów klasowych oraz pożądanych i niepożądanych własności konstrukcyjnych kadłuba.
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WHAT KIND OF CITY ARE WE BUILDING? WHAT KIND OF CITY DO WE WANT TO BUILD? Re-viewing three different urban developments in metropolitan areas
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The effect of anthropogenic activity on BTEX, NO2, SO2, and CO concentrations in urban air of the spa city of Sopot and medium-industrialized city of Tczew located in North Poland
PublicationThe major goal of the present study is to compare the air quality of two urban locations situated in Northern Poland – the spa City of Sopot and the medium-industrialized city of Tczew using chemometric methods. As a criterion for the assessment of atmospheric air quality, measurements of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and total xylenes were used (collected from atmospheric air using diffusion-type passive samplers) as well as...
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THE INFLUENCE OF THE URBAN DESIGN ON THE AIR EXCHANGE IN CITIES. SELECTED PROBLEMS IN POLISH REALITY
PublicationThe progress of the architecture and urbanism raises problems requiring interdisciplinary research conducted with the use of advanced experimental techniques and computer simulation. The fields of this research include aerodynamics, especially in intensively developed area of Environmental Wind Engineering (EWE). Aerodynamic phenomena occurring around buildings have a significant impact on the quality of the climate in the cities....
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Measurement of expenditure efficiency of Polish cities with county rights in the context of quality of life
PublicationThe article is devoted to the measurement of efficiency of overall expenditures. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficiency of use of budget resources by local government units in the context of fostering quality of life. The subject of the study is 65 Polish cities with county rights (county status). Calculations were carried out using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The results of analysis confirm the two research...
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Possible directions for development of C-ITS services in cities on the example of the TRISTAR System
PublicationDuring the previous EU financial perspective (2007 - 2013), we observed an intensification of the evelopment of transport management systems using ITS services in Polish cities. One of the biggest territorially and functionally system is Tri-city TRISTAR system, the implementation of which was completed in 2015. The concept of the TRISTAR system and its architecture was developed in the years 2002-2007. Currently, we can observe...
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Threat/risk assessment tool to assess vulnerability of Polish cities to Russian attacks
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Navigating the Complexity: Understanding Social Integration in Smart Communities versus Smart Cities
PublicationThis study delves into the differentiation between smart community and smart city concepts, employing a comprehensive review of conceptual literature. The aim of this study is to identify and deliberate on the nuanced disparities between these two paradigms. By establishing pivotal distinctions, we aim to scrutinize the integration of social aspects in the development and implementation of smart communities. Our findings will offer...
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Assessment and Optimization of Air Monitoring Network for Smart Cities with Multicriteria Decision Analysis
PublicationEnvironmental monitoring networks need to be designed in efficient way, to minimize costs and maximize the information granted by their operation. Gathering data from monitoring stations is also the essence of Smart Cities. Agency of Regional Air Quality Monitoring in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area (pol. ARMAAG) was assessed in terms of its efficiency to obtain variety of information. The results on one-month average concentrations...
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The Principles of Model Building Concepts Which Are Applied to the Design Patterns for Smart Cities
PublicationThe involvement of citizens into decision-making processes is one of the main features of smart cities. Such commitment is reflected in the form of requirements towards the city, and the benefits which are expected from the city. Requirements and benefits are thus the primary language of communication between decision-makers and urban residents. To develop such a language, it becomes necessary to develop design patterns for Smart...
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Smart Growth – Is It a Fairy Tale or the Best Initiative for Polish Cities and Their Functional Regions?
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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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Metoda projektowania systemów Smart Cities bazowana na Case Based Reasoning
PublicationCelem artykułu jest prezentacja wyników badań nad opracowaniem metody projektowania systemów Smart Cities. Metoda ta bazuje na analizie przypadków projektowania systemów Smart Cities w miastach, wybór odpowiedniego do wymagań zdecydowanego na wdrożenie ośrodka i jego zastosowanie. Do budowy proponowanej metody projektowania wykorzystano metodę Case Based Reasoning oraz mechanizmy konwersji procesów i ról projektowych do procesów...
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European Football Championship - Euro 2012 in Poland: the Impact on the Host-Cities' Development
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Interrelations between Travel Patterns and Urban Spatial Structure of the Largest Russian Cities
PublicationThe 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...
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Gdańsk’s Cultural Heritage. The City Centre District and Municipal Historical Policy
PublicationThe current municipal historical policy of Gdańsk focuses on two major museum projects purported to be a unique embodiment of the city’s cultural heritage. Their underlying narrative, which is told from the European perspective, is based on two great events of the 20th century and seems to disregard the cultural heritage recorded in the urban structure of the city centre. However, it is precisely this urban structure that exerts...
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Monument of History in Gdynia - Problems with Protection of the Main Representative Axis of the City
PublicationThe spatial idea of the main representative axis was presented in 1938 in the project of the Representative District of Gdynia and partly realised in 1938-1939. Although the whole area was included in the Gdynia's Monument of History, now its spatial integration is on thread by the controversial current development plans
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Model gotowości procesowej urzędu miejskiego dojścia do Smart City
PublicationPrezentowana książka dostarczyć ma nową perspektywę spojrzenia na Smart City. Dotychczas koncentrowano się na opisie Smart City lub na opisie miast, książka ta przedstawia drogę pomiędzy miastem, a Smart City, wskazując urząd miejski jako kluczową instytucję zarządzającą procesami przejścia na tej drodze. Aby pokazać tę drogę konieczne było przeprowadzenie badań miast. W książce przedstawiono badania dziesięciu polskich, dużych...
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The Relation Between Art and Physical Activity in the Public Space of the Contemporary City
PublicationArt 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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THE AGRI-HOOD AND SLOW-SUBURB CONCEPT IN THE CONTEXT OF AN IN-BETWEEN CITY (ZWISCHENSTADT)
PublicationThe concept of an “in-between-city” (Zwischenstadt) interprets the urban sprawl in Europe as a new, evolving model of urban development, taking the form of urbanized landscapes, which does not correspond with the traditional understanding of urban design. The actual shape of an in-between-city reflects the today’s technology and economy generating new lifestyles: global trends coexist with the locality in a strong relation. The...
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SORPTION OF SELECTED CHLORINATED SOLVENTS ON PLANT DEBRIS COLLECTED IN A CITY PARK
PublicationDebris from deciduous trees in the form of park green waste was investigated as a potential biosorbent for the removal of chlorinated solvents from water. The sorption properties of beech leaves and cupules, oak leaves and acorns, birch leaves and lime leaves (all tree species common for a moderate climate) in a non-modified form were investigated with regard to the removal of perchloroethylene, 1,1,2-trichloroethane and 1,1,1,2-tetrachlorothane....
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Development of the Construction of City Buses in Terms of Reducing the Curb Weight of the Vehicle
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Analysis of the effect of mass events on car traffic in the city in the daily interval
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Recycling Gdańsk´s an urban spaces: the proceses supporting the identity of the city
PublicationPrzeobrażenia epoki postindustrialnej przybliżają wyobrażenie miasta inten- sywnego i zróżnicowanego. Istnieje potrzeba dostosowania istniejącej struk- tury miasta na nowych oczekiwań, poprzez uwypuklenie narracji już zapisanych w strukturze miasta, między innymi w nie docenianych obecnie układach wod- nych. Wskazano także na potencjał przetwarzania przestrzeni miasta związany z prawidłowym skonfigurowaniem przestrzennym samego...
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Indoor allergens in settled dust from kindergartens in city of Łódź, Poland
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Dynamic computation of acoustic field distribution in the city area employing a supercomputer
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The green waterfront of a city. Where are the limits of good planning? Gdansk case
PublicationThe aim of the article is to present the role of green public areas of waterfronts in shaping the image of cities, and the threats to such landscape which may be caused by wrong planning decisions. The case study of Gdansk sea-shore area in Poland is presented as an example to illustrate the values and potential of the waterfront landscape which can be easily destroyed by inadequate spatial development. Some theoretical studies...
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Working in harmony with nature. Green office buildings in a present-day city
PublicationMetropolis - as main point of people's migration, mostly because of work, have to face sustainable development as a strategy for the near future. This article describes possible ways leading to the best office building concepts in the design process. Searching for a workspace in harmony with nature is one of the aspects of a balanced development. The challenge is to create functional, compact, environmentally friendly and healthy...
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Perspektywy wykorzystania architektury korporacyjnej w tworzeniu rozwiązań smart city
PublicationIdea jaką jest SmartCity jest na tyle nowa, iż trudno znaleźć kompleksowy i w pełni działający system obejmujący wszystkich jego interesariuszy oraz ich wymagania względem niego – rozumianego jako przedsięwzięcie, a nie system informatyczny. Obecnie prowadzonych jest wiele projektów o których można powiedzieć, iż są to projekty „wyspowe” - obejmują tylko jedno, lub kilka zagadnień (domen, aspektów), związanych z zarządzaniem przestrzenią...
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Perspectives of Telematics Implementation in Tri-City Transport Systems Management and Planning
PublicationIn 2010 the City of Gdynia applied for match funding the project ''Implementation of the Integrated Traffic Management System TRISTAR in Tri-City" under the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment. This year the project has been placed on a list approved by the Ministry of Infrastructure. Tri-City proceeds with a tender for the implementation of the system. The project will be implemented in key elements are included...