The Valorisation of a City’s Public Spaces ‒ A Case Study of Wieliczka Cover Image

Waloryzacja przestrzeni publicznych miasta. Studium przypadku Wieliczki
The Valorisation of a City’s Public Spaces ‒ A Case Study of Wieliczka

Author(s): Piotr Serafin
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: public space; valorisation of public spaces; Wieliczka; small towns; spatial order

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the use of selected types of local public space – a market, museum areas (mines), parks, sacred spaces, and recreational spaces. The aim of the study was to estimate the value of aesthetic, historical, emotional, and highlighted market space and to identify spatial conflicts taking place in this environment, in one of Poland’s more well-known small cities – Wieliczka. This research confirms the lack of renown that small public spaces beyond the well-known mine have. Such spaces could give the city identity and serve to establish local community ties.

  • Issue Year: 936/2014
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 95-111
  • Page Count: 17