TY - JOUR TI - The complexity of a small town AU - Chen, Tingting AU - Kobylarczyk, Justyna AU - Krupa, Michał AU - Kuśnierz-Krupa, Dominika TI - The complexity of a small town AB - The article presents deliberations about a small city as a desirable living environment of a multi-layered character focusing on sociological issues that take into account the lifestyle of the residents and their preferences. Environmental studies, which reflected the expectations of the residents regarding their living environment, proved to be very important for the matter of the paper. Another issue related to small cities is the architecture responsible for the vitality of the place, its character and intimacy. It often determines the attractiveness of the centre, its history and culture. The considerations provided by the authors were supported by urban analyses, interviews, literature studies and own observations regarding selected urban centres located in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. VL - 2018 IS - Volume 3 Year 2018 (115) PY - 2018 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 5 EP - 20 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.18.033.8295 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/the-complexity-of-a-small-town KW - small cities KW - architecture KW - spatial arrangement