%0 Journal Article
%T Application of the urban audit to the evaluation of spatial organization in former railway settlements – Sosnowiec Maczki case study
%A Dragan, Weronika
%J Geographical Studies
%V 2015
%R 10.4467/20833113PG.15.019.4459
%N Issue 142
%P 77-88
%K urban audit, spatial organization, degradation, revitalization, Sosnowiec Maczki, Poland
%@ 1644-3586
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-geograficzne/article/zastosowanie-audytu-miejskiego-do-oceny-zagospodarowania-przestrzennego-dawnego-osiedla-kolejowego-na-przykladzie-sosnowca-maczek
%X 
	The aim of the study is to evaluate spatial organization quality using the urban audit. It is one of the suitable methods used in this type of diagnosis, and it is a procedure with independent modules for the collection and processing of information in order to show social, economic, and urban public space diversity. However, this study is limited to a single subsystem – urban space. The basic condition for the correctness of the urban audit execution is the selection of a relatively small and functionally and morphologically homogeneous area. The study was conducted in Sosnowiec City – in the Maczki district, in the area associated with the establishment of the Warsaw–Vienna Railway border station between the Kingdom of Poland ( then part of Russia ) and Austria–Hungary and the broad-gauge railway station of the Iwangorodzko-Dąbrowska Railway. The urban audit was conducted for the following streets: Kadłubka, Krakowska, Skwerowa, Spacerowa, Stacyjna and Wodociągi. It was found that in the worst condition are the following streets: Stacyjna Street, leading to the former broad-gauge station, with gaps between buildings and low quality of road infrastructure, and Skwerowa Street, which is characterized by a predominance of old housing stock for railway workers. The best technical condition for identified in the case of Spacerowa Street, primarily due to the occurrence of privately-owned housing. Thus, research has shown that the district is in need of urban revitalization.