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  • The Impact of Decommissioning Cemeteries on the Urban Ecosystem

    The decommissioning of cemeteries noticeably transforms the urban fabric. The purpose of this article was to determine what impact the decommissioning of cemeteries has on the urban ecosystem. For this purpose, it was necessary to assess the value of cemeteries within the urban ecosystem. Cemeteries are classified as urban green spaces, and their value as preservers of flora and fauna in local ecosystems has been proven. However,...

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  • The green waterfront of a city. Where are the limits of good planning? Gdansk case

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    - Year 2013

    The 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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  • Is it possible to create a unified urban greenery management system (UGMS) on a national scale? The concept for EU Member State of Poland

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    - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY - Year 2023

    Motives: Currently developed urban greenery management systems (UGMS) are limited in scope and profiled towards solving particular issues. Moreover, due to the lack of common standards and solutions, UGMS implementation requires considerable financial effort, which is only feasible for wealthy urban centres. There is a need for universal, cost-effective technological solutions which could constitute a common urban green infrastructure...

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  • The health impact of urban parks along waterways

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    - Year 2014

    Well designed parks along waterways could promote health and well-being of local inhabitants. The way the human settlements meet water bodies can influence the habits of local population. How people spend their time have significant impact on their health. For example, a team of Japanese scientists has proven that a well designed walk-able green spaces are crucial for the longevity of elderly citizens (Takano T. et al, 2002). Nature...

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  • Can the Pandemic Be a Catalyst of Spatial Changes Leading Towards the Smart City?

    The 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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  • Public Participation practice versus economic pressure: transformation of the Gdansk Coastal Strip

    The paper focuses on the issue of public participation in the areas that are particularly sensitive to the transformation processes based on the case study of Gdańsk Coastal Strip. Moreover the article presents the outcome of an innovative attempt at promotion of public participation introduced in university education that was built on the experiences gathered during elaboration of the pro publico bono project of the Coastal Strip...

  • Karolina Krośnicka dr hab. inż. arch.

    Karolina 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...

  • 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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  • FACES OF MODERNISM - URBAN PLANNING OF SOCIAL HOUSING ESTATES IN GDANSK AND HAMBURG-ALTONA

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    - Year 2016

    The paper aims to compare the modernistic social housing estates built during the interwar period in the Free City of Gdansk and in Altona, the small neighbour of Hamburg. The comparison is based on the analysis of the factors, which significantly affected the decisions regarding spatial transformations and the development of both cities in that time. These factors include primarily: poor living conditions, resulting from the explosive...

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  • Role of Sports Facilities in the Process of Revitalization of Brownfields

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    The paper gives an evidence that building a large sports facility can generate beneficial urban space transformation and a significant improvement in the dilapidated urban areas. On the basis of theoretical investigations and case studies it can be proved that sports facilities introduced to urban brownfields could be considered one of the best known large scale revitalization methods. Large urban spaces surrounding sport facilities...

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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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  • Use of Bi-Temporal ALS Point Clouds for Tree Removal Detection on Private Property in Racibórz, Poland

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    - Remote Sensing - Year 2021

    Trees growing on private property have become an essential part of urban green policies. In many places, restrictions are imposed on tree removal on private property. However, monitoring compliance of these regulations appears difficult due to a lack of reference data and public administration capacity. We assessed the impact of the temporary suspension of mandatory permits on tree removal, which was in force in 2017 in Poland,...

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  • Piotr Lorens prof. dr hab. inż. arch.

    Prof. Piotr Lorens - PhD, DSc., urban planner. Lecturer in urban design and development and - since 2007 - Head of the Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Architecture, Gdansk University of Technology. His university activities also include coordination of the research and EU Social Fund projects. Based on these projects he was responsible for organization and coordination of the post-graduate studies...

  • Narratives on cutting down trees on private land. A comparison of urban and rural municipalities in Poland using the Q-deliberation method

    Publication
    • K. Mączka
    • P. Matczak
    • M. Mielewczyk
    • P. Przewoźna
    • A. Inglot
    • P. Wężyk
    • K. Zięba-kulawik
    • P. Hawryło

    - LAND USE POLICY - Year 2023

    Increased development in rural and urban areas leads to a decrease in tree cover and reduces the ecosystem services that trees provide. Municipal authorities must consider managing trees on private land to ensure that residents have access to trees and green spaces. In doing so, they must frequently confront conflicting stakeholder views, which are driven by diverse public and private interests and impacted by the type of landscape...

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  • Sources of contamination in sediments of retention tanks and the influence of precipitation type on the size of pollution load

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    Densification of cities and urban population contributes to increased runoff and suspended solids and alteration of the urban water cycle. Nowadays, Blue-Green Infrastructure is promoted to increase a city’s resilience to floods; however, stormwater drainage systems, supported with retention tanks are still important in protecting urban areas against floods. Sediment accumulation in stormwater infrastructure relates to an issue...

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  • URBAN DESIGN IV - MATARNIA/AIRPORT - ERASMUS 2021/22

    e-Learning Courses
    • Ł. Pancewicz
    • B. Bou Kalfouni

    Urban Design IV the course objective is to provide a district-level design proposal for the development of the complex urban areas. The objective is to develop the proposals for the areas adjacent to the Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport. The course is open to ERASMUS students and it is delivered in English. 

  • The environmental dimension of city dwellers’ quality of life and the city’s social and spatial variability

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    - Miscellanea Geographica - Year 2023

    The purpose of this paper is to attempt an analysis of the environmental dimension of the quality of life using quantitative surveys conducted among residents of Gdańsk. In the paper, we make reference to the theoretical assumptions ensuing from the concept of a comprehensive and integrated approach to the development of the urban environment, whilst noting the profound impact humans bring to their evaluation of the environmental...

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  • Greenery and Urban Form vs. Health of Residents: Evaluation of Modernist Housing in Lodz and Gdansk

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    - Urban Planning - Year 2022

    Urban forms can have numerous direct and indirect effects on the health of residents. This article focuses on the rela‐ tionship between health and urban form, in particular the role of green open spaces. The goal is to identify criteria for evaluating the impact of physical forms such as streets and open spaces, green infrastructure, and built structures on urban health. These criteria are then used to identify paths for the redevelopment...

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  • Elective design I: Waterfront Areas in a Changing Climate – Solutions for Gdańsk

    e-Learning Courses
    • J. Borucka
    • J. Szczepański
    • L. Nyka

    Elective design I:Waterfront Areas in a Changing Climate – Solutions for Gdańsk  for MSc in Arch. Seminars & assignments: 30 hTeacher: Lucyna Nyka, Jakub Szczepański, Justyna Borucka + assist. teacher from Gdańsk Tech Waterfront Areas in a Changing Climate – Solutions for Gdańsk – This course explores challenges, conflicts and concepts in waterfront areas, their connection to architectural and urban design in the time of...

  • Architectural and urban theories in urban regeneration

    e-Learning Courses
    • K. Piątkowska
    • L. Nyka
    • P. Lorens

    This course deals with key issues associated with contemporary architectural and urban teories associated with transformation and revitalization of the distressed / degradated areas and buildings / objects. The architectural topics will be presented by dr Ksenia Piątkowska and Prof. Lucyna Nyka, while urban topics will be discussed by Prof. Piotr Lorens. Particular topics and themes will be presented according to the individual...

  • Dorota Dominika Kamrowska-Załuska dr hab. inż. arch.

    Prof. 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...

  • The Changing Nature of In‐Between Spaces in the Transformation Process of Cities

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    In the in‐between spaces of cities, there are many problems of various nature and scale: functional, spatial, economic, environmental, visual, and social. There are also some hidden potentials that can be activated. The aim of the article is to explore the possibilities of solving existing problems and to show the possibilities of using the potentials of in‐between spaces with regard to the changing nature of a city. The article,...

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  • Public spaces connecting cities. Green and Blue Infrastructures potential.

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    A city fragmentation causes a lot of negative effects in urban environment such as: disconnecting the environmental, functional and compositional relations, a loss of urban compactness, chaotic development, visual chaos, a domination of technical landscape, reduction of security. This is why one of main challenges for urban planners is to connect the fragmented structures by creating friendly, attractive and safe public space....

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  • COMBINATION OF ARCHITECTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS IN URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

    Increasing a city’s resilience against climate change is one of the major concerns of today. Sustainable stormwater management, using Green Infrastructure units (GI) integrated with an urban area, has proved to be effective in flooding control and to offer extra benefits encompassing groundwater recharge, stormwater treatment, mitigation of air pollution, and an urban micro-climate. Moreover, GI brings cultural benefits for the...

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  • Research, theories and practical experience of therapeutic landscapes as a tool for urban open space design

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    - Year 2013

    This paper reviews the research on therapeutic landscapes and discusses the design of urban parks and open green space. Firstly, the most relevant research on therapeutic landscapes is reviewed. Secondly, the practical experience of healing and therapeutic gardens is discussed. Finally, the conclusions leading to future use of therapeutic landscape concept in urban open space design are presented.

  • Izabela Mironowicz dr hab. inż. arch.

  • Andrzej Chybicki dr inż.

    A graduate of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at the Gdańsk University of Technology, PhD in technical sciences in the field of IT specializing in distributed data processing in IT . Aimed at exploiting the achievements and knowledge in the field of industrial research. He cooperated with a number of companies including OpeGieka Elbląg, Reson Inc., Powel Sp. z o. o., Wasat, Better Solutions, the European...

  • Hanna Obracht-Prondzyńska dr inż. arch.

    People

    Hanna Obracht-Prondzyńska, PhD MArch, Eng. Assistant Professor at the University of Gdańsk, Department of Spatial Management, academic teacher of urban design and spatial data analyses. Architect and urban planner experienced in data driven urban design and planning. She defended her PhD with distinction in engineering and technical sciences in the discipline of architecture and urban planning in 2020 at the Faculty of Architecture...

  • Revitalisation - Architectural and urban project ORUNIA UPDATE Grupa K. Piątkowska, J. Martyniuk Pęczek 2021/22

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

    ORUNIA - UPDATE - architectural and urban revitalization of Orunia areas in the area of ​​Sandomierska, Równa, Głuche and Przy Torze Streets. Creation of a new, multi-functional city space. Development of a master plan for a district indicated by the city that requires the development of a revitalization strategy, designing a new architectural and urban structure with a complex function, development of a selected fragment of...

  • Bartosz Sawik

    People

    Dr Bartosz Sawik is a Professor at the Department of Business Informatics and Engineering Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland and at the Institute of Smart Cities, GILT-OR Group, Department of Statistics, Computer Science and Mathematics, Public University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain. He is a Visiting Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He has a Ph.D. and a M.Sc. and Eng....

  • Natalia Sokół dr inż.

    BACKGROUND       Master of Science in Light and Lighting (2008-2009/11) The UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, Faculty of the Built Environment, London, UK, www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk       MA Degree in Interior Architecture (1999-2004), The Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland, www.uap.edu.pl       MA Degree in Art Education (1997-2002), Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland, www.uap.edu.pl MAIN RESEARCH AREAS ·         ...

  • Tomasz Szymański dr inż. arch.

    Tomasz Szymanski (Ph.D.) is an architect and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Gdansk. Graduated at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Gdansk. Studies completed with a diploma with honors. Research Interests Dr. Tomasz Szymanski are centered around the issue of industrial heritage, re-use, adaptation and revitalization of industrial buildings and objects...

  • ELECTIVE PROJECT II _sem 5_Green Story - Free Time Space

    e-Learning Courses
    • K. Życzkowska

    The topic of the course - Green Story - Free Time Space, joins green architecture and a place to spend free time - inside and outside – to read, to eat, to relax. The idea is to design green – to give back the greenery to the public square – to make a city space more friendly for users and more friendly to the environment.  You can design a story, to make a space more attractive. You can design a Green Story, to make people more...

  • Impact of Urbanization on Stormwater Runoff from a Small Urban Catchment: Gdańsk Małomiejska Basin Case Study

    This paper deals with the impact of different forms of urbanization on the basin outflow. The influence of changes in land cover/use, drainage system development, reservoirs, and alternative ways of stormwater management (green roofs, permeable pavements) on basin runoff was presented in the case of a small urban basin in Gdańsk (Poland. Seven variants of area development (in the period of 2000-2012) – three historical and four...

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  • Greencoin - educational information system for eco-inclusion and empowering urban adaptability.

    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 and ecological 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 are designed to enable...

  • Attitudes to tree removal on private properties in two Polish cities.

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

    Large cities are increasingly faced with declining urban tree cover and related problems, such as increased urban heat islands and flash floods. Reducing these phenomena increasingly has to rely on trees located on private property. However, to effectively engage private landowners on these issues, more attention must be paid to understanding their...

  • Targ Węglowy as the keystone of two ring road complexes of Gdańsk city centre

    Publication

    - Year 2014

    The urban structure of Gdansk city centre is determined by two ring road complexes. The first of them, the Gdansk Ring, has been created as a result of a city defortification at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and has been destroyed in the end of World War Two with the rest of Gdansk. The second, the Main Town Green Belt, has been formed in place of the medieval fortification system of the city’s most important historical...

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  • Concrete versus green corridors in road planning. Gdansk case

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    The aim of an article is to present the threats which may be caused by the construction of the transit road inside the city structure, and some mitigation measures aiming to eliminate or minimize environmental and landscape damages and social problems. Theoretical guidelines and conclusions will be followed by the example illustrating the problem. As an answer, some guidelines enabling sustainable road planning will be presented....

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  • A universal standard for health-promoting places. Example of assessment -on the basis of a case study of Rahway River Park

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    The purpose of this paper is to contribute to development of approaches to the evaluation of the design of public open green spaces (POS). This paper presents a universal standard for the design of health-promoting urban places. The standard is a conceptual framework which was developed after visiting over one hundred public parks and therapeutic gardens in Europe and the United States. The universal standard is a simple and...

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  • Seven Different Lighting Conditions in Photogrammetric Studies of a 3D Urban Mock-Up

    One of the most important elements during photogrammetric studies is the appropriate lighting of the object or area under investigation. Nevertheless, the concept of “adequate lighting” is relative. Therefore, we have attempted, based on experimental proof of concept (technology readiness level—TRL3), to verify the impact of various types of lighting emitted by LED light sources for scene illumination and their direct influence...

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  • The two ring road complexes of Gdansk

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    - Year 2014

    The urban structure of Gdańsk city centre is determined by two ring road complexes. The first of them, the Gdańsk Ring, has been designed by Hermann Josef Stübben as a result of a defortification at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. This new modern zone of the city centre was destroyed like the rest of Gdańsk in the end of World War Two and had not been reconstructed as a result of de-Germanization of the Recovered Territories....

  • Greencoin as an AI-Based Solution Shaping Climate Awareness.

    Publication
    • H. Obracht-Prondzynska
    • E. Duda
    • H. Anacka
    • J. Kowal

    - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Year 2022

    Our research aim was to define possible AI-based solutions to be embedded in the Green- coin project, designed as a supportive tool for smart cities to achieve climate neutrality. We used Kamrowska-Załuska’s approach for evaluating AI-based solutions’ potential in urban planning. We narrowed down the research to the educational and economic aspects of smart cities. Furthermore, we used a systematic literature review. We propose...

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  • Magdalena Gajewska prof. dr hab. inż.

    Magdalena Gajewska (born   June 1th  1968 in Gdańsk) in 1993 graduated Hydro-Engineering Faculty at Gdańsk University of Technology.   At present she is an assistant professor in the Department of Water and Wastewater Technology at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering GUT. PhD (2001) and habilitation (2013) in the discipline of environmental engineering. In the 2016-2020 term, serves as Vice -dean for science. She...

  • Functionalized nanodiamonds as a perspective green carbo-catalyst for removal of emerging organic pollutants

    Rapid industrial and urban development jointly with rising global population strongly affect the large-scale issues with drinking, groundwater, and surface water pollution. Concerns are not limited to environmental issues but also human health impact becoming serious global aspect. Organic pollution becomes a primarily serious hazard, therefore, the novel sophisticated approaches to treat them are thoroughly investigated. Among...

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  • Strategie rozwoju obszarów funkcjonalnych miast na obszarach peryferyjnych polskich regionów

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    - Year 2017

    Artykuł dotyczy strategii 12 miejskich obszarów funkcjonalnych (MOF) na polskich ob-szarach peryferyjnych, tj. zlokalizowanych poza MOF stolic województw. Celami badania były: (1) znalezienie czynników, które były podstawą do opracowania planowanych strategii, (2) rozpoznanie i ocena strategii (3) wzbogacenie wiedzy na temat planowania strategicznego: stosowanych metod, a także najbardziej powszechnych wad. Metoda badań obejmowała...

  • Planning the City Against Barriers. Enhancing the Role of Public Spaces

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    Contemporary 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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  • Ośrodki wzrostu na obszarach peryferyjnych regionów. W poszukiwaniu kapitału terytorialnego

    Przedmiotem badań były gminy miejskie i miejsko-wiejskie na obszarach peryferyjnych województw, czyli poza obszarami funkcjonalnymi miast wojewódzkich i aglomeracji śląskich. Cele badań było: (1) rozpoznanie najbardziej rozwiniętych gospodarczo gmin na badanym obszarze; (2) rozpoznanie, w jaki sposób czynniki rozwojowe i ich kombinacje, które mogą tworzyć kapitał terytorialny, są postrzegane i wykorzystywane w strategiach miejskich....

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  • Wybrane problemy geotechniczne na terenach zurbanizowanych na przykładzie Trójmiasta

    Wybrane, współczesne problemy geotechniczne na terenach zurbanizowanych, miejskich i poprzemysłowych na przykładzie Trójmiasta. Dwie grupy problemów związane z podłożem oraz z otoczeniem inwestycji. Problemy związane z wodą gruntową i jej przepływem, z zanieczyszczeniami oraz pozostałościami budowlanymi z przeszłości. Sąsiedztwo zabudowy i brak miejsca. Przykłady z zrealizowanych obiektów budowlanych. Europejskie Centrum Solidarności,...

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  • Urban Project IV. Summer semester - ERASMUS

    e-Learning Courses
    • Ł. Pancewicz

    Course Urban Project IV (AI_MK_28/1) SHAPING A NEW DISTRICT – WHITE RIVER (POL. BIAŁA RZEKA) IN THE CITY OF RUMIA The subject of the exercises is to design the spatial layout of the new district in the area of ​​the so-called Small Tricity. The task of the group will be to develop initial design guidelines - layout and character of buildings, primar building parameters, service program. The planned construction of the new SKM...