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The paper attempts to characterize the features of contemporary urban space and directions of changes thanks to which a large city can increase its chances of success in the context of new challenges related to the functioning of an innovative learning economy and in the face of turbulent political, economic and social transformations in the world. The purpose of the study is to project three possible scenarios of development of Wrocław based on the results of previously conducted research using, among others, SWOT and PEST analyzes as well as a synthetic prospective diagnosis of external factors affecting the city’s development.