• dr Tomasz Spórna
Stanowisko: adiunkt
Jednostka: Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Gospodarki Przestrzennej
Adres: 41-200 Sosnowiec, ul. Będzińska 60
Piętro: XVIII
Numer pokoju: 1822
Telefon: (32) 3689 693
E-mail: tomasz.sporna@us.edu.pl
Spis publikacji: Spis wg CINiBA
Spis publikacji: Spis wg OPUS
Scopus Author ID: 55829907200
Publikacje z bazy Scopus
2023
Musiaka, Ł.; Sudra, P.; Spórna, T.; Spadło, K.
In: Czasopismo Geograficzne, vol. 94, no. 2, pp. 339-369, 2023, ISSN: 00459453.
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title = {SCENARIOS FOR THE RENEWAL OF SMALL TOWNS . CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS OF REVITALISATION IN SELECTED CENTRES OF THE VOIVODESHIP OF VARMIA AND MASURIA [SCENARIUSZE ODNOWY MAŁYCH MIAST . WYZWANIA I PROBLEMY REWITALIZACJI WYBRANYCH OŚRODKÓW WOJEWÓDZTWA WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIEGO]},
author = { Ł. Musiaka and P. Sudra and T. Spórna and K. Spadło},
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abstract = {The main research objective of this paper is to assess the spatial aspects of the revitalisation of small towns in the Voivodeship of Varmia and Masuria on the example of Kisielice, Lubawa and Węgorzewo . The selected towns were destroyed during World War II on a scale of more than 70% of their built-up area . They represent different forms of post-war reconstruction and have a diverse scale and nature of contemporary functional and spatial challenges . The article analyses the effectiveness of urban regeneration tools in the form of local revitalisation programmes (LPR) and the supra-local revitalisation programme within the Cittaslow network for the processes of physical renewal of urban fabric . The primary research method was the analysis of strategic and development documents drawn at various levels . In addition, study visits to the examined towns were conducted, and use was made of the consulting and advising experience offered to local governments as well as expert interviews . Both local programmes and the supra-local programme have played an essential role in the regeneration process of the towns under study, both spatially, functionally and as a platform for promotion and cooperation . However, the organisational and legal framework to date is not flawless and does not meet the current needs of local authorities . The introduction of the Revitalisation Act in 2015 and the implementation of new solutions in the form of municipal revitalisation programmes (GPR) were an attempt to overcome the low effectiveness of the existing tools . The new solutions provide an opportunity to continue ongoing projects and to start a new urban renewal and development stage . This is particularly important in a region facing enormous demographic, social and economic challenges and the still-felt repercussions of the Second World War and the subsequent spatial changes . © 2023 Polish Geographical Society. All rights reserved.},
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The main research objective of this paper is to assess the spatial aspects of the revitalisation of small towns in the Voivodeship of Varmia and Masuria on the example of Kisielice, Lubawa and Węgorzewo . The selected towns were destroyed during World War II on a scale of more than 70% of their built-up area . They represent different forms of post-war reconstruction and have a diverse scale and nature of contemporary functional and spatial challenges . The article analyses the effectiveness of urban regeneration tools in the form of local revitalisation programmes (LPR) and the supra-local revitalisation programme within the Cittaslow network for the processes of physical renewal of urban fabric . The primary research method was the analysis of strategic and development documents drawn at various levels . In addition, study visits to the examined towns were conducted, and use was made of the consulting and advising experience offered to local governments as well as expert interviews . Both local programmes and the supra-local programme have played an essential role in the regeneration process of the towns under study, both spatially, functionally and as a platform for promotion and cooperation . However, the organisational and legal framework to date is not flawless and does not meet the current needs of local authorities . The introduction of the Revitalisation Act in 2015 and the implementation of new solutions in the form of municipal revitalisation programmes (GPR) were an attempt to overcome the low effectiveness of the existing tools . The new solutions provide an opportunity to continue ongoing projects and to start a new urban renewal and development stage . This is particularly important in a region facing enormous demographic, social and economic challenges and the still-felt repercussions of the Second World War and the subsequent spatial changes . © 2023 Polish Geographical Society. All rights reserved.
2022
Musiaka, Ł.; Sudra, P.; Spórna, T.
In: Land, vol. 11, no. 10, 2022, ISSN: 2073445X.
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abstract = {In the original publication [1], the funder “National Science Centre, Poland”, “2019/03/X/HS4/00766”, for “Łukasz Musiaka” was not included. Funding: The publication is the result of the query within the frame of the single scientific activity 2019/03/X/HS4/00766 (Morphological changes in the towns of former East Prussia after World War II) of the Miniatura 3 programme of the National Science Centre, Poland. The number of the grant is 2019/03/X/HS4/00766. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated. © 2022 by the authors.},
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In the original publication [1], the funder “National Science Centre, Poland”, “2019/03/X/HS4/00766”, for “Łukasz Musiaka” was not included. Funding: The publication is the result of the query within the frame of the single scientific activity 2019/03/X/HS4/00766 (Morphological changes in the towns of former East Prussia after World War II) of the Miniatura 3 programme of the National Science Centre, Poland. The number of the grant is 2019/03/X/HS4/00766. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated. © 2022 by the authors.
Rahmonov, O.; Czajka, A.; Nádudvari, Á.; Fajer, M.; Spórna, T.; Szypuła, B.
Soil and Vegetation Development on Coal-Waste Dump in Southern Poland Journal Article
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 15, 2022, ISSN: 16617827, (6).
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abstract = {As an anthropogenic element of urban landscapes, coal heaps undergo changes due to both natural and anthropogenic factors. The aim of this study was to determine the common development of soil under the influence of vegetation succession against a background of environmental conditions. Vegetation changes and soil properties were analysed along a transect passing through a heap representing a particular succession stage. It was found that changes in the development of vegetation were closely related to the stages of coal-waste disposal, where the initial, transitional, and terminal stages were distinguished. The mean range of pH (H2O) values in the profiles was 6.75 ± 0.21 (profile 1), 7.2 ± 0.31 (profile 2), 6.3 ± 1.22 (profile 3), and 5.38 ± 0.42 (profile 4). The organic carbon (OC) content in all samples was high, ranging from 9.6% to 41.6%. The highest content of total nitrogen (Nt) was found (1.132%) in the algal crust and sub-horizon of the organic horizon (Olfh-0.751%) and humus (A-0.884) horizon in profile 3 under the initial forest. Notable contents of available elements were found in the algal shell for P (1588 mg∙kg−1) and Mg (670 mg∙kg−1). Soil organic matter content was mainly dominated by n-alkanes (n-C11-n-C34) and alkanoic acids (C5–C20). Phytene and Phytadiene were typical for the algal crust on the initial pedigree. The initiation of succession was determined by the variation in grain size of the waste dumped on the heap and the variation in relief and associated habitat mosaic. Algal crusts forming on clay–dust mineral and organic material accumulating in the depressions of the site and at the foot of the heap can be regarded as the focus of pedogenesis. © 2022 by the authors.},
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As an anthropogenic element of urban landscapes, coal heaps undergo changes due to both natural and anthropogenic factors. The aim of this study was to determine the common development of soil under the influence of vegetation succession against a background of environmental conditions. Vegetation changes and soil properties were analysed along a transect passing through a heap representing a particular succession stage. It was found that changes in the development of vegetation were closely related to the stages of coal-waste disposal, where the initial, transitional, and terminal stages were distinguished. The mean range of pH (H2O) values in the profiles was 6.75 ± 0.21 (profile 1), 7.2 ± 0.31 (profile 2), 6.3 ± 1.22 (profile 3), and 5.38 ± 0.42 (profile 4). The organic carbon (OC) content in all samples was high, ranging from 9.6% to 41.6%. The highest content of total nitrogen (Nt) was found (1.132%) in the algal crust and sub-horizon of the organic horizon (Olfh-0.751%) and humus (A-0.884) horizon in profile 3 under the initial forest. Notable contents of available elements were found in the algal shell for P (1588 mg∙kg−1) and Mg (670 mg∙kg−1). Soil organic matter content was mainly dominated by n-alkanes (n-C11-n-C34) and alkanoic acids (C5–C20). Phytene and Phytadiene were typical for the algal crust on the initial pedigree. The initiation of succession was determined by the variation in grain size of the waste dumped on the heap and the variation in relief and associated habitat mosaic. Algal crusts forming on clay–dust mineral and organic material accumulating in the depressions of the site and at the foot of the heap can be regarded as the focus of pedogenesis. © 2022 by the authors.
2021
Musiaka, Ł.; Sudra, P.; Spórna, T.
Spatial chaos as a result of war damage and post-war transformations. Example of the small town of węgorzewo Journal Article
In: Land, vol. 10, no. 5, 2021, ISSN: 2073445X, (2).
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abstract = {World War II’s military activities and the post-war devastation period destroyed many European cities and towns. One of the areas that was struck the most was former East Prussia, currently located in Poland and the Kaliningrad Region (the Russian Federation). In addition to the destruction of cities, which are strategically and economically important, small towns have also suffered. An example of such a town is Węgorzewo, where the scale of destruction of the pre-war urban tissue exceeded 80%, and the old town’s built-up area practically ceased to exist. This town magnifies most of the processes and spatial problems characteristic of Central and Eastern Europe’s towns of the “metamorphic” type. Post-war zoning during the Polish People’s Republic period, in the spirit of constructing a socialist town and bypassing the original spatial arrangement, brought about irreversible changes in the urban tissue. This was reflected in the break with the town’s original layout and the creation of modernist buildings. The changes were solidified or even deepened during the economic and political transition of the 1990s in Poland. Today, decades after the end of World War II, despite taking corrective measures, the town is still facing the problem of spatial chaos. Its morphological and physiognomic manifestations in the lack of a central public space, the loss of its historic character, the disharmonization of the urban landscape, and the dispersed development are the main subjects of this article’s analysis. This study uses a diverse methodological apparatus consisting of an analysis of the town’s morphological transformations, an analysis of the physiognomy of the urban landscape and architecture, in situ studies, and an analysis of municipal documents and expert interviews. In the discussion, the study results are embedded in the context of the cases of other European cities and towns. The conclusions indicate the risks to the formation of spatial order in Węgorzewo and possible paths of action. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.},
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World War II’s military activities and the post-war devastation period destroyed many European cities and towns. One of the areas that was struck the most was former East Prussia, currently located in Poland and the Kaliningrad Region (the Russian Federation). In addition to the destruction of cities, which are strategically and economically important, small towns have also suffered. An example of such a town is Węgorzewo, where the scale of destruction of the pre-war urban tissue exceeded 80%, and the old town’s built-up area practically ceased to exist. This town magnifies most of the processes and spatial problems characteristic of Central and Eastern Europe’s towns of the “metamorphic” type. Post-war zoning during the Polish People’s Republic period, in the spirit of constructing a socialist town and bypassing the original spatial arrangement, brought about irreversible changes in the urban tissue. This was reflected in the break with the town’s original layout and the creation of modernist buildings. The changes were solidified or even deepened during the economic and political transition of the 1990s in Poland. Today, decades after the end of World War II, despite taking corrective measures, the town is still facing the problem of spatial chaos. Its morphological and physiognomic manifestations in the lack of a central public space, the loss of its historic character, the disharmonization of the urban landscape, and the dispersed development are the main subjects of this article’s analysis. This study uses a diverse methodological apparatus consisting of an analysis of the town’s morphological transformations, an analysis of the physiognomy of the urban landscape and architecture, in situ studies, and an analysis of municipal documents and expert interviews. In the discussion, the study results are embedded in the context of the cases of other European cities and towns. The conclusions indicate the risks to the formation of spatial order in Węgorzewo and possible paths of action. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Krzysztofik, R.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Spórna, T.
In: Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 13, no. 8, 2021, ISSN: 20711050, (2).
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title = {Multidimensional conditions of the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in the trans-industrial region. An example of the silesian voivodeship in Poland},
author = { R. Krzysztofik and I. Kantor-Pietraga and T. Spórna},
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abstract = {The successive phases of the global COVID-19 pandemic show some differences from the first wave in 2020. The most important of these is some experience in responding to its spread and in applying vaccines. However, new, more aggressive variants of COVID-19 mean that the pandemic is often taking on the nature of the one experienced by societies a year ago. So, the knowledge about the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is still up-to-date—significantly where the essential determinants of its spread have not changed. The article presents the Silesian Voivodeship case in Southern Poland, distinguished by different geographical conditions compared to the entire country. The authors showed the relationship between the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic and the characteristic attributes of the analysed area (post-)mining functions or urban shrinkage. The article conducted a dependence study using the Pearson correlation coefficient and the signs table method. In turn, the authors used thematic cartography to present the results of the analysis. It turned out that two attributes, namely (post-)mining and urban shrinkage, are essential in spreading the epidemic with the region analysed. This conclusion may be essential in implementing national and regional policies related to reducing the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a limitation in the scope of the presented applications is the fact that mining regions, such as the Silesian (Ślaskie)˛ Voivodeship, are currently less numerous in the world than, for example, those that develop based on services. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.},
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The successive phases of the global COVID-19 pandemic show some differences from the first wave in 2020. The most important of these is some experience in responding to its spread and in applying vaccines. However, new, more aggressive variants of COVID-19 mean that the pandemic is often taking on the nature of the one experienced by societies a year ago. So, the knowledge about the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is still up-to-date—significantly where the essential determinants of its spread have not changed. The article presents the Silesian Voivodeship case in Southern Poland, distinguished by different geographical conditions compared to the entire country. The authors showed the relationship between the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic and the characteristic attributes of the analysed area (post-)mining functions or urban shrinkage. The article conducted a dependence study using the Pearson correlation coefficient and the signs table method. In turn, the authors used thematic cartography to present the results of the analysis. It turned out that two attributes, namely (post-)mining and urban shrinkage, are essential in spreading the epidemic with the region analysed. This conclusion may be essential in implementing national and regional policies related to reducing the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a limitation in the scope of the presented applications is the fact that mining regions, such as the Silesian (Ślaskie)˛ Voivodeship, are currently less numerous in the world than, for example, those that develop based on services. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
2020
Krzysztofik, R.; Dulias, R.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Spórna, T.; Dragan, W.
Paths of urban planning in a post-mining area. A case study of a former sandpit in southern Poland Journal Article
In: Land Use Policy, vol. 99, 2020, ISSN: 02648377, (12).
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abstract = {Decision-making on the directions of spatial development are particularly visible in post-mining areas in large cities. This issue is one of the key themes in a discourse that focuses on how to reconcile strategic urban planning and urban policy in post-mining towns, and is based on the concepts of brownfield regeneration and just transition. This paper approaches the issue by taking the redevelopment of the site of a large former stowing sand pit, operated for the needs of coal mining in Sosnowiec near Krakow (southern Poland), as an example. The dilemma concerns turning the former mining area into a new zone for industrial investment or transforming it into a leisure area around a new reservoir. An important part of the study involved obtaining, via a questionnaire survey, the opinions of residents as to their vision for how the former sandpit should be redeveloped. The paper underlines that due to limited social participation in this regard, this is a challenging issue for local urban policy. In post-mining towns, in which sustainable development is particularly important, the changeability of socio-economic phenomena on the one hand and residents' opinions on the other merit special attention. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd},
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Decision-making on the directions of spatial development are particularly visible in post-mining areas in large cities. This issue is one of the key themes in a discourse that focuses on how to reconcile strategic urban planning and urban policy in post-mining towns, and is based on the concepts of brownfield regeneration and just transition. This paper approaches the issue by taking the redevelopment of the site of a large former stowing sand pit, operated for the needs of coal mining in Sosnowiec near Krakow (southern Poland), as an example. The dilemma concerns turning the former mining area into a new zone for industrial investment or transforming it into a leisure area around a new reservoir. An important part of the study involved obtaining, via a questionnaire survey, the opinions of residents as to their vision for how the former sandpit should be redeveloped. The paper underlines that due to limited social participation in this regard, this is a challenging issue for local urban policy. In post-mining towns, in which sustainable development is particularly important, the changeability of socio-economic phenomena on the one hand and residents' opinions on the other merit special attention. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
Spórna, T.; Krzysztofik, R.
In: Cities, vol. 104, 2020, ISSN: 02642751, (20).
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author = { T. Spórna and R. Krzysztofik},
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The article discusses the issue of ‘inner’ suburbanisation – a unique spatial and social phenomenon. The process of ‘inner’ suburbanisation involves the development of low-rise housing estates (characteristic of ‘classical’ suburban architecture) within highly urbanised areas. This phenomenon, with its anti-sprawl effect, develops in polycentric systems on account of the specific distribution of ground rent and the availability of free land for new housing developments. This paper presents ‘inner’ suburbanisation in a post-industrial example, in the post-socialist Katowice conurbation in southern Poland. Referring to that example, the factors of the advancement of ‘inner’ suburbanisation are discussed, as well as the typology of spatial manifestations of this process within the metropolitan core. It was established that ‘inner’ suburbanisation processes developed in the surroundings of most towns in the core of the polycentric urban region. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
Krzysztofik, R.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Spórna, T.; Dragan, W.; Szymonowicz, T.
In: Acta Geographica Slovenica, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 21-31, 2020, ISSN: 15816613, (1).
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The aim of the article is to explain the dependence on key factors and development path in the expansion process of the largest Central European logistics complex situated on postmining brown-field. Here, a highly original example is the city of Sosnowiec in the Katowice conurbation (Poland). In the article, the development of this complex and its model of spatial diffusion, with an indication of both facilitating and restricting aspects of its further expansion is discussed. The following issues are also brought to light: spatial location, urban policy, transport accessibility and local labour market. In the article, the development of this complex is discussed according to model of spatial diffusion. © 2020, ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC. All rights reserved.
Krzysztofik, R.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Spórna, T.
Spatial and functional dimensions of the COVID-19 epidemic in Poland Journal Article
In: Eurasian Geography and Economics, vol. 61, no. 4-5, pp. 573-586, 2020, ISSN: 15387216, (43).
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abstract = {The COVID-19 epidemic appeared in Poland in early March 2020. Since then, the epidemic has impacted strongly on the socioeconomic nature of the country. Since April 2020, the region with the most confirmed cases is the province of Silesia (Śląskie). This paper has two main aims. First, the authors focus on explanations for the causes of the large number of confirmed cases in this region. The second issue is the mosaic pattern of COVID-19 cases in Śląskie province. The paper explains these patterns with reference to urban shrinkage, trans-industrialism, hard coal mining and polycentricity. The impact of these drivers is clearly visible in the local patterning of the pandemic. The authors point out that this specific relationship in this province complicates regional and local policy and indirectly affects state policy focused on the epidemic as well. The key problem is the negative impact of COVID-19 on hard coal mining. This sector, in turn, is considered by the Polish government as one of the most important from an economic and political point of view. © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.},
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The COVID-19 epidemic appeared in Poland in early March 2020. Since then, the epidemic has impacted strongly on the socioeconomic nature of the country. Since April 2020, the region with the most confirmed cases is the province of Silesia (Śląskie). This paper has two main aims. First, the authors focus on explanations for the causes of the large number of confirmed cases in this region. The second issue is the mosaic pattern of COVID-19 cases in Śląskie province. The paper explains these patterns with reference to urban shrinkage, trans-industrialism, hard coal mining and polycentricity. The impact of these drivers is clearly visible in the local patterning of the pandemic. The authors point out that this specific relationship in this province complicates regional and local policy and indirectly affects state policy focused on the epidemic as well. The key problem is the negative impact of COVID-19 on hard coal mining. This sector, in turn, is considered by the Polish government as one of the most important from an economic and political point of view. © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
2019
Krzysztofik, R.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Spórna, T.; Dragan, W.; Mihaylov, V. T.
Beyond ‘logistics sprawl’ and ‘logistics anti-sprawl’. Case of the Katowice region, Poland Journal Article
In: European Planning Studies, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1646-1660, 2019, ISSN: 09654313, (14).
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The growing role of logistics in the economic space of large metropolises is visible in an increasing number of objects of this kind as well as in their high spatial concentration. Taking into account these circumstances, a phenomenon known as ‘logistics sprawl’ is considered in the article. This is one of two problems concerning the development of logistics in metropolitan areas. Studying the Katowice conurbation in Poland, the authors note, however, that in this region the opposite phenomenon, which they define as a ‘logistics anti-sprawl’, is more noticable. Its characteristic feature is a location of logistics facilities not in the outer zone of the conurbation, but in its core. This phenomenon undoubtedly differs from the patterns of localization of logistics facilities in all major CEECs. It is caused by some chief factors which are disscused in the paper. Therefore, an attention is drawn on the period of socialist development of the region, its contemporary postindustrialism, urban shrinkage, as well as the polycentricity of the conurbation. The crucial question whether the expected reduction of the ‘sprawl logistics’ phenomenon may be based on the development model observed in the Katowice conurbation is also discussed in the article. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Mihaylov, V. T.; Runge, J.; Krzysztofik, R.; Spórna, T.
Paths of Evolution of Territorial Identity. The Case of Former Towns in the Katowice Conurbation Journal Article
In: Geographica Pannonica, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 173-184, 2019, ISSN: 03548724, (4).
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In this study we focus on the evolution of the identity of those urban neighbourhoods which have formerly been separate towns. This problem is discussed using the example of the polycentric conurbation of Katowice in southern Poland, which came into being because of its mining and industrial functions. of this multi-level polycentric urban system is the primary background neighbourhoods that used to be separate towns. Assuming that changes in legal and administrative status may have certain consequences regarding the social connections neighbourhoods, this study aimed to identify such places within the analysed region. The authors also attempted to construct paths of local identity for such spatial entities, confronting them with the thesis that economic factors make them relatively homogeneous. The implementation this mining-industrial region are also significant elements of the region’s social transformation in terms © 2019. Geographica Pannonica.All Rights Reserved
2018
Spórna, T.
The suburbanisation process in a depopulation context in the Katowice conurbation, Poland Journal Article
In: Environmental and Socio-Economic Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 57-72, 2018, ISSN: 23540079, (25).
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The Katowice conurbation is an example of a typical old industrial region in Central and Eastern Europe, whose socioeconomic transformation, initiated after 1990, has led to spatial and functional changes. The aim of this article is to present the suburbanisation process in the Katowice conurbation based on demographic changes and an analysis of migration flow. This process has been taking place in the area since the 2000s and takes on the shape of a multi-centre development of newly created individual and developed housing zones (both in the core and in the suburban area of the conurbation). Since 1990, the cities of the Katowice conurbation have been undergoing a process of shrinking. This process is manifested in the decline in number of urban residents in the years 1991-2016, amounting to 366 thousand people. Moreover, the cities face numerous social, economic and spatial problems. Since 1995, simultaneous with the shrinking of the cities of the Katowice conurbation, there has been an increase in the number of inhabitants in its suburban areas (since 2004; the trend has continued to be positive). Population increases have also been recorded in some inner-city zones of the conurbation. The suburbanisation process in the outer zone of the conurbation includes, in particular, the communes located north and south of the cities constituting its core, including the communes of Oarowice, Psary, Mierzȩcice in the north and Mikołów, Orzesze, Wyry in the south-west. On the other hand, the areas of intense inner-city construction development, located in the areas of the Katowice conurbation core, which are attractive in terms of environment and transportation, are undergoing so-called, "internal suburbanisation". © 2018 Tomasz Spórna, published by De Gruyter Open.
2017
Krzysztofik, R.; Dymitrow, M.; Biegańska, J.; Senetra, A.; Gavriilidou, E.; Nadolu, B.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Grzelak-Kostulska, E.; Oureilidou, E.; Luches, D.; Spórna, T.; Teodorescu, D.; Wasilewicz-Pszczółkowska, M.; Holmertz, G.; Szczepańska, A.; Brauer, R.
Landscapes with different logics: A physicalistic approach to semantic conflicts in spatial planning Journal Article
In: Quaestiones Geographicae, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 29-45, 2017, ISSN: 0137477X, (8).
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abstract = {This paper deals with the ways of categorising landscapes as 'urban' and 'rural' using a physicalist approach, where these terms have special meaning. The aim of this paper is to elaborate on the question whether such a division is still meaningful with regard to anthropogenic landscapes, not least in spatial planning. The concerns raised in this paper depart from the increasingly complicated structure of geographical space, including that of anthropogenic landscapes. Our standpoint is illustrated using cases of landscape ambiguities from Poland, Germany, Romania and Greece. Leaning on frameworks of physicalist (mechanicistic) theory, this paper suggests an explanation to the outlined semantic conflicts. This is done by pointing to the relationality between the impact of centripetal and centrifugal forces, the specifics of socio-economic development, as well as the varying landscape forms that emerge from the differences within that development. © 2017 Robert Krzysztofik et al., published by De Gruyter Open.},
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This paper deals with the ways of categorising landscapes as 'urban' and 'rural' using a physicalist approach, where these terms have special meaning. The aim of this paper is to elaborate on the question whether such a division is still meaningful with regard to anthropogenic landscapes, not least in spatial planning. The concerns raised in this paper depart from the increasingly complicated structure of geographical space, including that of anthropogenic landscapes. Our standpoint is illustrated using cases of landscape ambiguities from Poland, Germany, Romania and Greece. Leaning on frameworks of physicalist (mechanicistic) theory, this paper suggests an explanation to the outlined semantic conflicts. This is done by pointing to the relationality between the impact of centripetal and centrifugal forces, the specifics of socio-economic development, as well as the varying landscape forms that emerge from the differences within that development. © 2017 Robert Krzysztofik et al., published by De Gruyter Open.
Krzysztofik, R.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Runge, A.; Spórna, T.
Is the suburbanisation stage always important in the transformation of large urban agglomerations? The case of the Katowice conurbation Journal Article
In: Geographia Polonica, vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 5-24, 2017, ISSN: 00167282, (18).
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abstract = {Suburbanisation represents one of the most important contemporary problems facing large urban agglomerations. An analysis of the development of urban agglomerations in Central-Eastern Europe, and especially Poland, leads to the observation that this problem is not particularly advanced in any of them. The aim of this article has thus been to examine how relevant it might be to consider the suburbanisation stage in large Polish agglomerations, as a permanent feature of the Klaassen/Paelinck and van den Berg models. Specifically, the article focuses on Poland’s seven largest agglomerations, though there is a particular emphasis on the Katowice conurbation. The essence of the study lay in the identification of differences in the population balance between these agglomerations, and above all, between their cores and outer zones. The study also included data on the structure characterising out-migrations. A consequence of the study was to draw attention to the apparent diversity of the Katowice conurbation, the only one in Poland to record a population decline in both the core area and the outer zone. This specificity was explained mainly by the drivers of polycentricity and post-industrialism. In other agglomerations, these elements were either absent altogether or were involved in separate shaping of urban regional space. © Robert Krzysztofik, Iwona Kantor-Pietraga, Anna Runge, Tomasz Spórna and Geographia Polonica and Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences • Warsaw • 2017.},
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Suburbanisation represents one of the most important contemporary problems facing large urban agglomerations. An analysis of the development of urban agglomerations in Central-Eastern Europe, and especially Poland, leads to the observation that this problem is not particularly advanced in any of them. The aim of this article has thus been to examine how relevant it might be to consider the suburbanisation stage in large Polish agglomerations, as a permanent feature of the Klaassen/Paelinck and van den Berg models. Specifically, the article focuses on Poland’s seven largest agglomerations, though there is a particular emphasis on the Katowice conurbation. The essence of the study lay in the identification of differences in the population balance between these agglomerations, and above all, between their cores and outer zones. The study also included data on the structure characterising out-migrations. A consequence of the study was to draw attention to the apparent diversity of the Katowice conurbation, the only one in Poland to record a population decline in both the core area and the outer zone. This specificity was explained mainly by the drivers of polycentricity and post-industrialism. In other agglomerations, these elements were either absent altogether or were involved in separate shaping of urban regional space. © Robert Krzysztofik, Iwona Kantor-Pietraga, Anna Runge, Tomasz Spórna and Geographia Polonica and Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences • Warsaw • 2017.
2016
Krzysztofik, R.; Tkocz, M.; Spórna, T.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.
Some dilemmas of post-industrialism in a region of traditional industry: The case of the Katowice conurbation, Poland Journal Article
In: Moravian Geographical Reports, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 42-54, 2016, ISSN: 12108812, (41).
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abstract = {The problem of using the concept of post-industrialism to define regions with traditional industries is addressed in this article. It focuses on the diversity of industrial development in the Katowice conurbation (Poland) and the difficulties of situating the region in the widely-used taxonomy by Phelps and Ozawa, which assumes a one-way transition from the late-industrial to post-industrial stage. The authors point to the fact that only some of the towns can be described as post-industrial, since there are also towns in which traditional industries continue to develop relatively well and others at an advanced stage of re-industrialisation. The proposal is made that the Katowice conurbation can be described as a “trans-industrial region” in order to account for the various stages of development in the industrial sector in the towns of the conurbation, and to underline the dynamic nature and temporal variability of the industrialisation factor in the region. © 2016, Czech Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.},
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The problem of using the concept of post-industrialism to define regions with traditional industries is addressed in this article. It focuses on the diversity of industrial development in the Katowice conurbation (Poland) and the difficulties of situating the region in the widely-used taxonomy by Phelps and Ozawa, which assumes a one-way transition from the late-industrial to post-industrial stage. The authors point to the fact that only some of the towns can be described as post-industrial, since there are also towns in which traditional industries continue to develop relatively well and others at an advanced stage of re-industrialisation. The proposal is made that the Katowice conurbation can be described as a “trans-industrial region” in order to account for the various stages of development in the industrial sector in the towns of the conurbation, and to underline the dynamic nature and temporal variability of the industrialisation factor in the region. © 2016, Czech Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Krzysztofik, R.; Dymitrow, M.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Spórna, T.
The Concept of Urban Hibernation Journal Article
In: European Planning Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 316-343, 2016, ISSN: 09654313, (7).
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author = { R. Krzysztofik and M. Dymitrow and I. Kantor-Pietraga and T. Spórna},
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abstract = {Today, as a result of fast-paced societal transformations, many small towns face severe developmental challenges and an uncertain future. Departing from the broader theory of developmental disequilibrium, we launch the concept of urban hibernation to explain the process of periodic small-town regress. The concept—along with its key stages and turning points—is presented to the background of urbanization processes encountered in Poland. At the same time, the focus on small towns offers an alternative and more context-sensitive explication to eclectic development models inherent to larger cities. As such, we argue that the concept of urban hibernation is apt to serve as a more precise research and planning tool in the context of small towns, and particularly in the critical moments of rise and recession. By applying a historical perspective, we address the importance of proper identification of the various and ever-changing city-forming factors, including their role for spatial planning at different scales. Urban hibernation should thus be considered as an intrinsic part of the geographic environment, which, due to the volatility of its socio-economic components, transcends the traditional rural–urban divide. Our conceptual contribution may thus serve as a background for a fuller understanding of the variability and dynamics of intra-urban structures. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.},
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Today, as a result of fast-paced societal transformations, many small towns face severe developmental challenges and an uncertain future. Departing from the broader theory of developmental disequilibrium, we launch the concept of urban hibernation to explain the process of periodic small-town regress. The concept—along with its key stages and turning points—is presented to the background of urbanization processes encountered in Poland. At the same time, the focus on small towns offers an alternative and more context-sensitive explication to eclectic development models inherent to larger cities. As such, we argue that the concept of urban hibernation is apt to serve as a more precise research and planning tool in the context of small towns, and particularly in the critical moments of rise and recession. By applying a historical perspective, we address the importance of proper identification of the various and ever-changing city-forming factors, including their role for spatial planning at different scales. Urban hibernation should thus be considered as an intrinsic part of the geographic environment, which, due to the volatility of its socio-economic components, transcends the traditional rural–urban divide. Our conceptual contribution may thus serve as a background for a fuller understanding of the variability and dynamics of intra-urban structures. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Spórna, T.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Krzysztofik, R.
Trajectories of depopulation and urban shrinkage in the Katowice Conurbation, Poland Journal Article
In: Espace-Populations-Societes, no. 1, 2016, ISSN: 07557809, (15).
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The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of trajectories of urban shrinkage in the Katowice conurbation (after 1990), a typical of a traditional industrial region in central and eastern Europe. The process of urban shrinkage and its effects, as a consequence of the restructuring of the economy of the region since 1989, are presented from a broad perspective, using the example of the Katowice conurbation, with a detailed focus on two cities, Sosnowiec and Bytom. Bytom and Sosnowiec are models exemplifying most of the typical path of shrinkage in the Katowice Conurbation. These cities represent urban centers of both Upper Silesia (Bytom) and the Dabrowa Basin Region (Sosnowiec). The shrinking cities of the Katowice Conurbation are the most spectacular examples of the socio-economic problems in the post-industrial area of the urban region. One of the signs of urban shrinkage in the Katowice conurbation is the population loss of 370,000 people in the period 1991-2013. In addition, the cities are facing numerous social, economic and spatial challenges. It is well known that, as a post-industrial region, the Katowice Conurbation has undergone a particular, complicated economic and social transformation. This is key to an interpretation of the shrinkage process in the region.
2015
Krzysztofik, R.; Dymitrow, M.; Szmytkie, R.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Pelłka-Gościniak, J.; Spórna, T.
Environmental hazards and urban abandonment: Case studies and typological issues Journal Article
In: Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography, vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 291-308, 2015, ISSN: 04353684, (9).
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title = {Environmental hazards and urban abandonment: Case studies and typological issues},
author = { R. Krzysztofik and M. Dymitrow and R. Szmytkie and I. Kantor-Pietraga and J. Pelłka-Gościniak and T. Spórna},
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year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography},
volume = {97},
number = {4},
pages = {291-308},
publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd},
abstract = {The article discusses the phenomenon of urban abandonment as a result of environmental hazards. Seen as an outcome of environmental drivers, the underlying assumption is that a characteristic of environmental hazards is their spatial and temporal constancy of impact, whereby processes and phenomena having taken place in the past have their analogies in the present. In order to generate insights for future research and policy development, there is a need to pay greater attention to the precarious relationship between humans and the natural environment, not least by drawing lessons from the past through the study of historical cases. The article clarifies the dynamic interactions of drivers and their progression through various stages of urban abandonment. This is done by recourse to an analysis of some general trends and an in-depth examination of three selected case studies from Poland. It has two objectives. The first is to identify the historical role of environmental drivers in the process of urban abandonment, while the second one is to contribute to the typology of environmentally related processes of urban abandonment in order to better identify future calamities. With respect to the former, the findings reveal that the relation between environmental hazards and urban abandonment is pertinent in regions with specific geographic conditions and pertains only to certain categories of urban settlements. With respect to the latter, by drawing on these findings, we propose some alterations and amendments to McLeman's comprehensive model of settlement abandonment in the context of global environmental change. © 2016.},
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The article discusses the phenomenon of urban abandonment as a result of environmental hazards. Seen as an outcome of environmental drivers, the underlying assumption is that a characteristic of environmental hazards is their spatial and temporal constancy of impact, whereby processes and phenomena having taken place in the past have their analogies in the present. In order to generate insights for future research and policy development, there is a need to pay greater attention to the precarious relationship between humans and the natural environment, not least by drawing lessons from the past through the study of historical cases. The article clarifies the dynamic interactions of drivers and their progression through various stages of urban abandonment. This is done by recourse to an analysis of some general trends and an in-depth examination of three selected case studies from Poland. It has two objectives. The first is to identify the historical role of environmental drivers in the process of urban abandonment, while the second one is to contribute to the typology of environmentally related processes of urban abandonment in order to better identify future calamities. With respect to the former, the findings reveal that the relation between environmental hazards and urban abandonment is pertinent in regions with specific geographic conditions and pertains only to certain categories of urban settlements. With respect to the latter, by drawing on these findings, we propose some alterations and amendments to McLeman's comprehensive model of settlement abandonment in the context of global environmental change. © 2016.
2013
Krzysztofik, R.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Spórna, T.
In: Moravian Geographical Reports, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 20-35, 2013, ISSN: 12108812, (20).
@article{2-s2.0-84882693039,
title = {A dynamic approach to the typology of functional derelict areas (sosnowiec, Poland) [Dynamický pohled na typologii funkčně opuštěných oblastí (sosnovec, Polsko)]},
author = { R. Krzysztofik and I. Kantor-Pietraga and T. Spórna},
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year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
journal = {Moravian Geographical Reports},
volume = {21},
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pages = {20-35},
publisher = {Czech Academy of Sciences},
abstract = {The increasing number of wastelands in East-central European countries is primarily a consequence of functional transformations and movements in the structure of employment. Taking into account such a challenge in this article, the authors propose an approach in which the basic category is a typological proposal with reference to areas with derelict functions, which in turn refers to research within the scope of human geography. In their methodological proposal, the authors consider such variables as: (i) the diversification of management and use of space; (ii) time; (iii) economic functions; and (iv) the scope of geographic research. The effect of including these variables is an attempt to dynamically depict the evolution of land use, with particular attention paid to wasteland: original state - transitional state (derelict areas) - present state. The typological depiction of the emergence and transformation of areas with derelict functions is presented for the case of Sosnowiec.},
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The increasing number of wastelands in East-central European countries is primarily a consequence of functional transformations and movements in the structure of employment. Taking into account such a challenge in this article, the authors propose an approach in which the basic category is a typological proposal with reference to areas with derelict functions, which in turn refers to research within the scope of human geography. In their methodological proposal, the authors consider such variables as: (i) the diversification of management and use of space; (ii) time; (iii) economic functions; and (iv) the scope of geographic research. The effect of including these variables is an attempt to dynamically depict the evolution of land use, with particular attention paid to wasteland: original state - transitional state (derelict areas) - present state. The typological depiction of the emergence and transformation of areas with derelict functions is presented for the case of Sosnowiec.