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<p>The importance of the identity and quality of urban spaces is currently one of the major professional problems - especially in relation to the rapidly developing urbanization of European settlements. The primary task of urban planners is to support and develop the potential of towns and cities and the quality of their urban structure. At the same time, the formation and transformation of urban structures requires an increasingly consistent approach in terms of sustainable development. A special area of research is the study of the cultural potential and uniqueness of the material and spatial structure of towns and cities and their surroundings. In this respect, it is important to monitor the optimization of the city’s macro and micro spaces through an extended analysis of the evaluation of urban and vegetation structures and their historical, cultural and environmental value. By monitoring these factors, we can optimize the processes taking place in the settlement structure, which affect the vitality and identity of urban spaces. A special area is also the monitoring of the projection and penetration of the landscape structure into the urban space. The harmonization of urban and landscape elements can also contribute to the sustainability of tourism. The evaluation of selected towns and cities in the Danube area and their surroundings in terms of the peculiarity of the image of the urban and landscape structure can help to better use the potential of individual settlements and their parts.</p>
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The importance of the identity and quality of urban spaces is currently one of the major professional problems - especially in relation to the rapidly developing urbanization of European settlements. The primary task of urban planners is to support and develop the potential of towns and cities and the quality of their urban structure. At the same time, the formation and transformation of urban structures requires an increasingly consistent approach in terms of sustainable development. A special area of research is the study of the cultural potential and uniqueness of the material and spatial structure of towns and cities and their surroundings. In this respect, it is important to monitor the optimization of the city’s macro and micro spaces through an extended analysis of the evaluation of urban and vegetation structures and their historical, cultural and environmental value. By monitoring these factors, we can optimize the processes taking place in the settlement structure, which affect the vitality and identity of urban spaces. A special area is also the monitoring of the projection and penetration of the landscape structure into the urban space. The harmonization of urban and landscape elements can also contribute to the sustainability of tourism. The evaluation of selected towns and cities in the Danube area and their surroundings in terms of the peculiarity of the image of the urban and landscape structure can help to better use the potential of individual settlements and their parts.

Interaction of Landscape and Settlement Structures in the Danube region

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Architecture and Design, Department of Urban Design and Planning

Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU

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The importance of the identity and quality of urban spaces is currently one of the major professional problems - especially in relation to the rapidly...

Interaction of Landscape and Settlement Structures in the Danube region

Published Online: Mar 26, 2021

Page range: 30 - 38

Received: Nov 24, 2020

Accepted: Mar 08, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2021-0005

Keywords
town, city, sustainability, Danube, genius loci, identity, image

© 2021 Ľubica Vitková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Interaction of Landscape and Settlement Structures in the Danube region

Published Online: Mar 26, 2021

Page range: 30 - 38

Received: Nov 24, 2020

Accepted: Mar 08, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2021-0005

Keywordstown, city, sustainability, Danube, genius loci, identity, image

© 2021 Ľubica Vitková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
town, city, sustainability, Danube, genius loci, identity, image