Spatial and functional aspects of the night-time economy in historic cities: a case study of the Kazimierz district (Kraków, Poland) Cover Image

Rozwój gospodarki nocnej w miastach historycznych – aspekty przestrzenne i funkcjonalne. Przykład krakowskiej dzielnicy Kazimierz
Spatial and functional aspects of the night-time economy in historic cities: a case study of the Kazimierz district (Kraków, Poland)

Author(s): Robert Pawlusiński, Kamil Mróz, Marek Grochowicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Cultural history, Rural and urban sociology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: historic city; night-time economy; nocturnal city; Poland

Summary/Abstract: Historic cities constitute a special category of urban area in Poland. Due to their cultural potential, tourism and related sectors are currently becoming an important development direction. One such sector is their night-time economy, identified on the basis of a time criterion (21:00-5:00), and a functional criterion (understood as all activities that meet people’s broad leisure needs outside their home during the night). The aim of the article is to describe the night-time economy in one historical central district of Kraków – Kazimierz. The authors, based on a field inventory conducted in 2019, and interviews with representatives of the local community, have illustrated the spatial and functional aspects of this phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 55-69
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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