Katarzyna Krasowska

West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin · Department of Architecture and Urban Planning

This paper compares the idea of the Human Smart City, that Polish cities plan to implement in terms of sustainable mobility, with the solutions implemented by leading Polish cities in this field. Documents developed by the European Commission-Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs)-are an important element contributing to the development of active...

Abstract This article presents a research study into the dynamics of negative changes to the almost untouched coastal landscape of the Bay of Pomerania on the south-western coast of the Baltic Sea, taking into consideration the impact of the spatial development of the port of Świnoujście and of the development of leisure facilities in the small fis...

A city is accessible when everyone can easily live in it and use its resources. Persons with disabilities are the largest social minority in the world, and it is estimated that a sixth of the European Union’s citizens has a disability. This paper presents a review of current digital technologies that support persons with special needs in functionin...

The subject of the work is the development of small cities and the search for a method that will enable to evaluate the development within the city space. The ongoing monitoring of functional and spatial changes taking place in the centres of small cities seems to be a key precondition for precise diagnosis of current problems and to develop curren...

Socio-economic transformations taking place in Polish cities cause the weakening of their former identity. Strategic documents play an increasingly important role; their character is no longer just a utopian vision of the future. Changes in legal conditions and an increase in the awareness of residents strengthen the role of social participation in...

According to research, global climate change is largely caused by excessive economic development and a consequence of CO2 emission and other gases as well as the production of heat caused by the urbanization of the world. It is estimated that 30% of the blame for causing global warming bears the building sector. The architecture has therefore in th...

Es spielt keine Rolle ob die Gebäude in Großtafelbauweise In Polen oder in Deutschland entstanden sind die Probleme mit der thermischen Sanierung sind die gleichen. Im Artikel werden Untersuchungsmöglichkeiten vorgestellt welche vor der Sanierung durchzuführen sind sowie grundsätzliche technische Probleme aufgeschlüsselt.

During the last few years a rapid development of West Pomeranian small towns can be observed. The analysis of the chosen examples shows that the propelling force for the positive transformations are, among the other things, the possibilities of acquiring resources for investments and renovations from European Union’s funds, as well as new planning...

One of the most important issues related to changes and transformation of urban structure of small towns is relation between transformation of different part of towns, and changes in the way they are used. The article presents analysis of urban structure of small, beautifully located town of Barlinek. The town lost over fifty percent of its urban s...