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<p>The scale and the specificity of intra-urban suburbanisation is subject to evaluation in this article, based on a case study of Wrocław city (SW Poland), using data on population changes at an intra-urban scale and on the level of construction activity in the city. Intra-urban suburbanisation is characterised by intensive construction activity and population growth in the peripheral districts of the city, while depopulation takes place in the central part of the city and in large panel block estates from the socialist period. The main factors for the development of intra-urban suburbanisation are a reaction to the unfavourable (from the perspective of the city) suburbanisation processes (outflow of residents and tax revenue, road traffic congestion and the necessity to service populations residing de facto outside the city). The existence of extensive non-urbanised areas within the larger cities of Central and Eastern Europe (identified as potential areas for investment) results from the specific nature of their territorial development in the 20th century, including incorporation processes connected with planned urbanisation.</p>
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The scale and the specificity of intra-urban suburbanisation is subject to evaluation in this article, based on a case study of Wrocław city (SW Poland), using data on population changes at an intra-urban scale and on the level of construction activity in the city. Intra-urban suburbanisation is characterised by intensive construction activity and population growth in the peripheral districts of the city, while depopulation takes place in the central part of the city and in large panel block estates from the socialist period. The main factors for the development of intra-urban suburbanisation are a reaction to the unfavourable (from the perspective of the city) suburbanisation processes (outflow of residents and tax revenue, road traffic congestion and the necessity to service populations residing de facto outside the city). The existence of extensive non-urbanised areas within the larger cities of Central and Eastern Europe (identified as potential areas for investment) results from the specific nature of their territorial development in the 20th century, including incorporation processes connected with planned urbanisation.

Suburbanisation processes within and outside the city: The development of intra-urban suburbs in Wrocław, Poland

Moravian Geographical Reports

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The scale and the specificity of intra-urban suburbanisation is subject to evaluation in this article, based on a case study of Wrocław city (SW Poland), using...

Suburbanisation processes within and outside the city: The development of intra-urban suburbs in Wrocław, Poland

Published Online: Jul 15, 2021

Page range: 149 - 165

Received: Oct 03, 2019

Accepted: Jan 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2021-0012

Keywords
intra-urban suburbs, residential suburbanisation, population changes, Wrocław, Poland

© 2021 Robert Szmytkie, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Suburbanisation processes within and outside the city: The development of intra-urban suburbs in Wrocław, Poland

Published Online: Jul 15, 2021

Page range: 149 - 165

Received: Oct 03, 2019

Accepted: Jan 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2021-0012

Keywordsintra-urban suburbs, residential suburbanisation, population changes, Wrocław, Poland

© 2021 Robert Szmytkie, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
intra-urban suburbs, residential suburbanisation, population changes, Wrocław, Poland