Contemporary foundations of the theory of urban development – case study smart, slow and compact city theory

• Authors: Kamil Rysz , Kinga Mazurek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The issue of the concept of development and urban planning in an optimal manner is as old as cities. It has not yet been established which human activities are to be considered as conscious and planned space development. It is assumed that the beginnings of rational, thoughtful urban planning should be sought at a time when cities began to be treated as a single organism, which should function smoothly, guarantee the safety of its inhabitants through defence functions and provide a higher standard of living. The effect of these assumptions was the logical placement of buildings, transportation systems and infrastructure, as well as recreational areas so that life in the city was something more than just miserable existence. This article overlooks former planning theories such as the theories of location by J.H. von Thunen or A. Weber, as well as the projects of a garden city by E. Howard and Functional Warsaw by J. Chmielewski and S. Syrkus. Instead, it focuses on what is currently, at the beginning of the 21st century, up to date and combines contemporary concepts of sustainability and new technologies, and treats the city as a resource of limited space, buildings, infrastructure and people representing both purchasing power and the labour force. The article, apart from theoretical considerations, focused on realizations of ideas in practice, quoting both sectoral solutions related to the organization of transportation in the city, as well as to projects of entire cities.

Keywords

EN

city development; smart city; slow city; eco city; spatial planning

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Environmental & Socio-economic Studies
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 39-46

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2016-02-12

Contributors

author

Kamil Rysz

• Department of Spatial Economy, Faculty of Economics, University of Economics in Katowice, 1 Maja Str. 50, 40-287 Katowice, Poland

author

Kinga Mazurek

• Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Będzińska Str. 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/environ-2015-0072