How does polycentric urban form affect safety and urban commuting: the case of Cracow
Wariant tytułu
Wpływ policentrycznej formy miejskiej na bezpieczeństwo i dojazdy do miasta na przykładzie Krakowa
Autor
Blazy, Rafał
Ziobra, Anna
Opublikowane w
Archives of Civil Engineering
Numeracja
Vol. 69, Iss. 2
Strony
325 –338
Data wydania
2023
Miejsce wydania
Warszawa
Wydawca
Warsaw University of Technology. Faculty of Civil Engineering
Commitee for Civil Engineering Polish Academy of Science
Język
angielski
ISSN
1230-2945
eISSN
2300-3103
DOI
10.24425/ace.2023.145270
Słowa kluczowe
urban security, polycentricism, suburbanization, spatial structure of the city, Cracow, urban planning
bezpieczeństwo miejskie, policentryzm, suburbanizacja, struktura przestrzenna miasta, Kraków, urbanistyka
Abstrakt
This paper discusses the security and safety of the polycentric functio-spatial structure of the city in the context of a pandemic. The research hypothesis is as follows: will the fear of the epidemic affect the manner of planning polycentric structures, reinforce local service concentrations and restore the commercial role of the city street? This paper presents a new outlook on urban security. Local service polycentricism is of particular significance. The problem was investigated based on original analyses of polycentricism and a definition that points to levels of understanding the notion of the centre while accounting for current theories and trends. The study discusses differences in the perception of polycentricism over time. On the example of the history of Cracow’s development, the author analysed factors that affect polycentricism, such as: political decisions, suburbanisation and transport-related behaviour patterns.
