One of the primary challenges for modern cities is the availability of homes. Today, the property market is very important because it affect for localization new housing estates. Investors choose locations, guided by yourself profit. Unfortunately sometimes their choice is not the best for the development of city and can create new problems for the city. In this publication are three main kind of locations negative for city development described with a few examples.

This article presents an overview of architectural solutions aimed at helping to improve living conditions in informal cities emerging in South America. The presented projects are based on the results of global architectural competitions, and based on the analysis of social and cultural research, social consultations and through the introduction of radical urban solutions. Each of these aims to reduce the level of social marginalisation of the residents of poor neighbourhoods and the integration of formal and informal parts of cities.

The aim of this study was to document spatial changes in the size of the spa park in Inowrocław from the 19th century onwards based on archival maps as well as field research and observations of the current status. Towns providing a highly specialised health resort and spa services need large expanses of green areas as public spaces for outdoor therapy for spa town visitors and patients. In Inowrocław, this may not be limited only to the surroundings of the greatest asset of this spa town – its graduation towers. The fascinating history of the area and planning decisions concerning green areas over the years have brought many benefits to the town. This article presents the multi-faceted changes and transformations of this area along with the plans and intended uses.

This paper discusses the need for adopting effective and efficient legal regulation in Poland regarding the protection of names which should not be changed due to their cultural or historical significance. Also discussed are the methods of legal protection of immovable monuments in Poland, including the responsibilities of the owner, forms of protection, supervision and control over the owner, the issue of financing and authorities of monuments protection.

When visiting Paris, one can notice how the memory layer of urban space creates a polyphony of institutionalised activity and dispersed commemoration – from the martyrdom museum, through the mausoleum, to interactive monuments and street art. The author, using the example of Paris, tracks how urban space is steeped in various forms of commemoration, which at the same time are destinations for thanatotourism, which is growing in popularity.

This article presents an outline of the public administration body which is the General Conservator of Monuments paying attention to all manifestations of cooperation with other bodies in the scope of their duties. The issue of cooperation based on the provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure is thoroughly described. On cooperation in terms of preventing and combating crime directed against monuments, three forms of cooperation are presented: theexchange of information; the improvement of the methodology of monument protection; cooperation in the area of the coordination of urgent actions requiring a quick response.

The register of monuments in the Polish legal system includes a very wide range of heritage that consists of monuments with very diverse ages, functions and importance for science and culture. Despite this range and scale of diversity, the protection of monuments and the surroundings around them is currently unified. This uniformity often does not reflect the needs of the real protection of monuments and their high diversity. The high scale of the protection of monuments is often a reason for the slowing down of the natural development of the urbanisation of progressive cities, which has many negative consequences as an economic development itsself. The Polish legal system of protection of cultural heritage should be changed in such a case law way that could be the best solution for solving the challenge of diversity protection of the surroundings of cultural heritage.