Barbara Z. Szulczewska (Poland)
Institute of Urban and Regional Development
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Prof. dr hab. BARBARA SZULCZEWSKA Institute of Urban and Regional Development (since 2020) Graduated in landscape architecture at the Faculty of Horticulture, Warsaw Agricultural University (now: Warsaw University of Life Sciences); completed Postgraduate Studies of Town Planning at the Faculty of Architecture, PhD received at the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Gdańsk. For more than twenty years have been employed in the Institute of Physical Planning and Municipal Economy in Warsaw, then from 1997-2019 in the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. In 1998 - 2001 was also employed in the Ministry of Environment as the advisor to the minister. Scientific and professional interests concern methods of environmental evaluations as a basis for physical development at regional and local level, spatial problems of sustainable development, protection plans for national and landscape parks and in last years – green infrastructure. Member of the Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning, Polish Academy of Sciences, a member of Polish Society of Town Planners (and expert of Polish Society of Town Planners of on the matters of environmental problems in spatial planning), member of Polish Association of Landscape Ecology. Author or co-author of around 50 scientific publications, 6 books and more than 30 studies.

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THE OPEN SPACE STRUCTURE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM CITIES IN POLAND, AS A CAPACITY OF THEIR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CREATION

Session Name
0370 - Academic Sessions - Biodiversity 05: Systems approaches to urban change & green infrastructure (ID 64)
Session Type
Academic Sessions
Date
02/23/2022
Session Time
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Room

Hall A

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Lecture Time
04:10 PM - 04:20 PM

Abstract

Abstract Body

Since the turn of XX and XXI century when the green infrastructure (GI) concept has been developed, the greatest number of theoretical considerations and analysis of practical applications have been devoted to large cities. It is understandable because the greatest needs and, at the same time, the greatest problems with the development of GI concern these cities. To a lesser extent, the researchers seem to be interested in the smaller cities. However, in the case of Poland, according to the political declaration, small and medium-sized cities are to play an increasingly important role as significant elements of the national settlement network. The prospects for their development are related not only to the economic situation, but also to the possibility of providing residents with an appropriate quality of life. This, in turn, is associated with the benefits provided by GI. We assumed that the possibilities of creating a well-functioning GI depend primarily on the arrangement of areas covered with vegetation and waters. Thus, we examined the distribution of these areas in 116 small and 148 medium-sized cities. We conducted a quantitative analysis of the proportion of open spaces with landscape metrics. The share of the primary structuring land cover/land-use classes, for example: forests, agricultural land, grassland, water, was also investigated. The configuration of open spaces was described by a method combining landscape indicators with photo-interpretation of qualitative attributes. Based on these analyses one could distinguish 6 types of spatial models. On the basis of qualitative and quantitative analyzes, it was also possible to distinguish cities which, due to the area covered with vegetation and water, their layout (existing linkages included) and quality (dominance of forested or agricultural or other open spaces) are characterized by diverse potential for building a GI network.

Acknowledgements: The work was created as a result of the research project No. 2019/35/B/HS4/04221 financed by the National Science Center, Poland

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