The dynamics of the urban population: public space in the city: modern transformations
Author
Gyurkovich, Jacek
Release date
2016
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Centre de Política de Sòl i Valoracions
Published in
Back to the Sense of the City : 11th VCT International monograph book, Year 2016, July, Krakow
Pages
403-414
Language
English
ISBN
978-84-8157-660-3
DOI
URI http://hdl.handle.net/2117/90421
Comments
International Conference Virtual City and Territory - 11th Congress Virtual City and Territory, Krakow, 6-8 July 2016
Keywords
transformation, revitalisation, sustainable development
Abstract
The article presents the issue of changes in the population of selected Polish cities against the background of global demographic and urbanisation-related phenomena over the period of the last 55 years and in the perspective of forecasts until the mid-21st century, as well as the meaning of the effect of the disurbanisation processes observed today on the strategy of the spatial and functional organisation of cities. There occurs the need to think about cities as a network within the scheme of metropolitan syThe article presents the issue of changes in the population of selected Polish cities against the background of global demographic and urbanisation-related phenomena over the period of the last 55 years and in the perspective of forecasts until the mid-21st century, as well as the meaning of the effect of the disurbanisation processes observed today on the strategy of the spatial and stems – with a polycentric structure, where the main link – a hub city - cooperates with a grid of smaller towns, independent territorially, but cooperating with each other and the hub city itself. This strategy can limit the territorial expansion of cities and have its effect on the development of the urban subregion. Operations fostering the process of strengthening of the hub city and preventing the ‘escape’ of residents from cities are presented by means of a discussion of an example of a project of transformation of degraded areas, connected with the concept of sustainable development of the city.
