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https://doi.org/10.4467/20833113PG.23.3

Publication date: 02.2024

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Publikacja dofinansowana ze środków budżetu państwa w ramach programu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki pod nazwą „Doskonała Nauka – Wsparcie konferencji naukowych” nr projektu DNK/SP/550155/2022 kwota dofinansowania 73 550 PLN całkowita wartość projektu 106 036 PLN.

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Issue Editor Monika Murzyn-Kupisz

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Marek Grochowicz

Geographical Studies, Issue 172, 2023, pp. 7 - 30

https://doi.org/10.4467/20833113PG.23.013.19200
Visiting historic cities has gained in popularity in recent years due to an increasing proclivity for urban travel (so-called city breaks) and the interest in exploring the charms of historic districts. The rise in the number of tourists in historic city spaces has resulted in both positive developments for cities and their inhabitants (economic growth, accelerated regeneration processes) and negative consequences (deterioration of quality of life, overtourism). The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to severe travel restrictions, has led to a discussion about the future of historic districts and the changes that should be made to reduce the negative effects of tourism on local communities. The city of Florence and its UNESCO World Heritage area were analysed using existing data, academic literature and information from in-depth interviews conducted by the author in 2022. In Florence during the pandemic, there was an intensive debate about the possible directions for addressing the challenges of the post-pandemic reality. This discussion resulted, among other, in a joint effort of the city authorities and its inhabitants to develop a new management plan for the UNESCO area. The challenges faced by the historic district, accentuated by the pandemic, have become a driving force to initiate a process of change. Some proposed solutions are already present in local urban documents and are gradually being implemented. However, the effectiveness of the instruments introduced by local authorities to manage the district of the city centre remains a topic of discussion, as does the actual impact on the functioning of the historic city centre under post-pandemic conditions.
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Weronika Hughes, Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała, Edyta Masierek

Geographical Studies, Issue 172, 2023, pp. 31 - 55

https://doi.org/10.4467/20833113PG.23.014.19201
The article presents the spatial distribution of projects implemented as part of the participatory budgeting (PB) in Łódź in 2013–2019 against the backdrop of the area delimited for urban regeneration. The authors analyse the projects, create their typology and evaluate them in terms of the implementation of the objectives set in the urban regeneration programme. The article hopes to contribute to the scientific discussion on the participation of the local community in the life of the city, in particular in the changes made in its space, as well as on the effectiveness of the implementation and the role of a participatory tool such as the civic budget in urban regeneration. It may also inspire local governments to prepare and use this instrument in urban regeneration processes in a well-thought-out manner.
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Liliana Janik

Geographical Studies, Issue 172, 2023, pp. 57 - 81

https://doi.org/10.4467/20833113PG.23.015.19202
The participatory budgeting (PB) as a tool for engaging residents in co-decision making about the city is gaining increasing popularity. The first PB in Poland was organized in 2011 in Sopot, while in Katowice, this mechanism has been utilized since 2014. From 2016 to 2021, the city allocated over 117 million PLN for the implementation of winning projects. The broadly understood greenery theme holds a relatively significant place among the projects selected in the PB. This is due to the fact that green areas play a crucial role in the lives of city residents, serving as places for recreation and social gatherings. They also fulfill various ecological functions, such as providing a habitat for plants and animals, acting as a barrier to noise, and mitigating air pollution. Among the 13 thematic categories identified based on the analysis of proposals submitted by residents for projects in the Katowice PB, greenery ranked sixth in popularity among tasks selected for implementation. From 2016 to 2021, in about one-tenth of the winning projects, their authors included green-related activities as at least one of the goals. The position of greenery in Katowice’s PB has solidified over the years, and the percentage of selected projects related to this theme has not undergone significant changes. However, according to the PB voting results, actions related to, for example, road infrastructure, transportation, safety, or institutions providing basic services in the city still seem more important to residents than green areas. Furthermore, within the PB, more innovative forms of greenery in the city are rarely proposed and implemented.
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Joanna Jamróz-Woźniak

Geographical Studies, Issue 172, 2023, pp. 83 - 102

https://doi.org/10.4467/20833113PG.23.016.19203
The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between the use of elements of cultural heritage and local identity and the quality of public space projects implemented in rural areas. The study, carried out on a sample of 231 investments cofinanced by the European Union for operations of the type ’Shaping public space’ under the measure ‚Basic services and village renewal in rural areas’ covered by the Rural Development Programme for 2014–2020, showed that numerous generally accessible sports and leisure facilities are currently developed in Polish villages but usually result in the creation of spaces that are not particularly innovative, repeating existing solutions and not using local potentials and traditions. At the same time, the analysis of projects implemented under the above-mentioned programme confirmed that emphasising the local identity and heritage of a given place is associated with a more innovative approach to rural design and, as a result, may affect the holistic assessment and value of a given investment. The use of the genius loci element is a factor that significantly affects the value of public space, allows for the preservation of distinctiveness, and supports the development of individual villages in Poland. The results of the study suggest that drawing inspiration from and making reference to elements of cultural heritage and local identity may contribute to reversing the negative phenomena observed in the physiognomy of rural areas in recent years, such as the typification of architectural forms imposing universal unification, as well as distancing itself from local customs and place identity.
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Ewa Jarecka-Bidzińska, Zofia Wiosna, Magdalena Sender

Geographical Studies, Issue 172, 2023, pp. 103 - 126

https://doi.org/10.4467/20833113PG.23.017.19204
The reinterpretation of the idea of a social housing complex becomes an alternative, yet a response to numerous contemporary problems visible in many large, homogeneous housing estates and the challenges of spatial planning in large cities. The constitutive features of well- -designed pre-war social housing estates have recently been rediscovered in the context of present-day, often chaotically developed housing estates that lack basic services. Important issues that relate specifically to social housing complexes are local community building and strengthening social connections through proper spatial planning and ensuring a diverse social structure, including less wealthy residents in danger of social exclusion. Possible solutions are diversified forms of access to affordable housing, such as municipal and social housing and various types of subsidies for the purchase or rental of apartments. The article proposes a theoretical re-development concept of a “socially conscious” housing complex in a brownfield in the Wola district in Warsaw that was previously used as a fortification area and then as an industrial site. The proposal includes, in addition to housing, various social services (a school, a kindergarten, a health centre, a community centre, and retail) and various open public spaces accessible to the general public.
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Joanna Hibner, Antoni Zięba, Bogusława Filar, Karolina Taczanowska

Geographical Studies, Issue 172, 2023, pp. 127 - 145

https://doi.org/10.4467/20833113PG.23.018.19205
Protected areas (PAs) serve as significant tourist destinations, drawing a substantial number of visitors annually. Over the past century, managers and scientists overseeing PAs have sought to identify indicators that specify the maximum number of tourists that could visit a particular area without making a large impact on the environment. As a result, the carrying capacity theory was created, which now evolved into the concept called Limits of Acceptable Changes (LAC). This concept is based on the expected conditions that should be met in a protected area in both ecological and social aspects. This study aims to assess the tolerable level of congestion in a cable car destination situated in the Tatra Mountains and, in addition, to obtain information on the factors that affected the differences in visitors’ perception of crowding. Data used in the analysis were collected as part of two research projects: focused on the Kasprowy Wierch area (Poland) and the Skalnaté Pleso area (Slovakia). To gain information on the perception of crowding by visitors, on-site surveys were conducted during the summer season of 2014 and 2015 at both sites. The research results show that the acceptance of crowding decreases with the increasing number of visitors in research areas and it is affected by the type of research area. The analysis also reveals that the acceptance of crowding is also dependent on socio-demographic and social factors such as the level of educational attainment of the respondents, the type of trip or the size of the group.
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