%0 Journal Article
%T The concept of a metropolitan slow-suburb as a tool for improving the quality of life in an in-between-city
%A Rembarz, Gabriela
%J Public Management
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/20843968ZP.19.002.9943
%N Issue 1 (45)
%P 19-34
%K contemporary urban planning, Zwischenstadt, metropolitan slow-suburbs, suburbanization in Gdansk
%@ 1896-0200
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-publiczne/article/koncepcja-metropolitalnego-slow-przedmiescia-jako-narzedzie-poprawy-jakosci-zycia-w-miedzymiescie
%X 
	The structures emergent in the suburbanization process are the new form of urbanized landscape. They, however, require innovative planning tools, the so-called inter-cities (German: die Zwischenstadt). It involves innovative spatial concepts creating an alternative to the global trends that are homogenizing the social life in suburban areas. Inspired by the slow-hood model, the Author’s concept of a slow-suburb uses the exeperince of the Cittaslow network. Elements of urban and agricultural programs are integrated through a strategy for improvement of the quality of life on the outskirts of a metropolis. The remnants of traditional suburbs and rural systems within urban peripheries form a potential for creation of metropolitan enclaves of highquality slow-life. The article is illustrated with research case studies carried out in Gdansk, Poland, with reference to current international research.