%0 Journal Article
%T Urban Regeneration of the Vistula River Boulevards – an Attempt at Creating a new Public Space within a City
%A Bednarz, Martyna
%J Housing Environment
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/25438700SM.18.052.9642
%N 24/2018
%P 4-12
%K river, Vistula River boulevards, public space, urban space
%@ 1731-2442
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/urban-regeneration-of-the-vistula-river-boulevards-an-attempt-at-creating-a-new-public-space-within-a-city
%X 
	The urban regeneration of waterfronts which is meant to regenerate urban public spaces involves efforts which are aimed at the improvement of the quality and the densification of the built environment and development in areas of natural river watercourses. These are efforts covering the modernisation of different types of areas – downtown, post-industrial areas and those of former ports, located in the vicinity of residential areas, boulevards – and which are also focused on recreational, cir­culation and hydrotechnical infrastructure. In Krakow, the eastern section of the Vistula River constitutes a design challenge for planners and urban designers, due to the function of the areas that are adjacent to it, which are industrial areas, areas suf­fering from urban decay, as well as wasteland areas. In the article the author attempts to outline directions for action regard­ing the urban regeneration of the boulevards and the waterfront in an area dominated by an industrial form of use – the Łęg heat and power generation plant, using the example of the development of the Vistula River boulevards in Warsaw as a basis.