LOCATION AND SPATIAL CHANGES OF VILLAGES IN 20TH CENTURY IN WARTA VALLEY IN VICINITY OF UNIEJÓW Cover Image

LOKALIZACJA I ZMIANY PRZESTRZENNE WSI W XX WIEKU W DOLINIE WARTY W OKOLICACH UNIEJOWA
LOCATION AND SPATIAL CHANGES OF VILLAGES IN 20TH CENTURY IN WARTA VALLEY IN VICINITY OF UNIEJÓW

Author(s): Paweł Nowicki, Dominik Nogala
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: dolina Warty; osadnictwo wiejskie; przekształcenia przestrzenne; XX wiek; Uniejów Warta valley; rural settlement; spatial changes; 20th century; Uniejów

Summary/Abstract: A river valley is a an element of topography and at the same time a set of various ecosystem, dependent on water conditions and functionally interconnected. Valleys had very important influence on settlement development and now delimit spatial layout of villages. This paper presents location of seven villages in the landscape of Warta river valley in vicinity of Uniejów and their spatial changes in 20th century. All villages were located within the wide valley bottom, on the surface of river terrace accumulated in plenivistulian period and built of sand and gravel, beyond extend of food water. In 20th century spatial extend of villages underwent only minor changes, in the main Spycimierz and Człopy.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 97-111
  • Page Count: 17
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