For over 25 years, Poland has been undergoing major political, social and economic transformations. The country's system changed from a planned economy to a free-market, neo-liberal one. The effects of these changes are visible on several levels, including the field of urban planning, where they manifested themselves as the birth of the suburbanization process. In the field of economics, it could be noticed that since 1989, the...

Since 1989, Poland has been undergoing major political, social and economic transformations. The effects of these changes are visible on several levels, including the field of urban planning, where they manifested themselves as the birth of the suburbanization process. In the field of economics, it could be noticed that since 1989, the SME sector has been awakening very dynamically. Correlation of the parallel development of these...

Compact housing structures located in city centers are considered to be the most energy and environmentally eective, mainly due to the access to services, transport networks and municipal infrastructures. There is the question of why so many of the acknowledged ecological housing complexes are located on the outskirts of cities or suburbs. Numerous cities decide to introduce strategies either to densify city centers, hoping to...

Artykuł obejmuje skrótowe omówienie współczesnych procesów rozwoju i rewitalizacji miast w Polsce. Zaprezentowano w nim zarówno procesy planowe jak i zachodzące spontanicznie, a także typologie obszarów poddawanym współczesnym procesom przekształceń

The article deals with contemporary transformation of urban structures with special focus on Polish cities. The special attention is given to issues associated with re-urbanization and suburbanization of these within the framwork of principles of sustainable urban development