1160 | 868 | The unused urban spaces | Agnieszka Majorek
Since the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, it has increased effort to develop solutions aimed at balancing the pace and intensity of urban changes has been observed. Unused spaces (i.e. undeveloped areas, wastelands, open or green areas) are becoming an increasingly popular subject of discussion in the context of contemporary concepts of city development_x000D_
(e.g. sustainable city, high-density city, compact city, 15-minute city). These spaces are created as a result of the loosening of the previously compact spatial structure of the city (related to uncontrolled development of buildings, deindustrialization, depopulation and changes in preferences on housing markets, among others). On the other hand, the uneven development of cities results, among others, in “spatial chaos”, the creation of perforated cities, or the occurrence of “island urbanism”. _x000D_
The key thread is to identify the causes of created unused urban spaces, as well as ways to classify them. Then, the results of the study of unused spaces on the example of Katowice (the capital of the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland) will be presented. At the end of the presentation, there will also be considerations about the future of unused urban spaces, in particular the possibilities and barriers to their development.
Agnieszka Majorek
University of Economics in Katowice
ID Abstract: 868