Przemiany użytkowania ziemi w latach 1983–2011 w następstwie rewitalizacji terenów poprzemysłowych w Krakowie
Changes in Land Use between 1983 and 2011 as a Consequence of the Revitalisation of Postindustrial Areas in Krakow

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this article is to assess changes in land use in recent industrial areas as a result of the implementation of market economy principles. Krakow has been chosen as an example because industrial production had a leading economic function under the centrally planned socialist economy. The author analyses in greater depth two selected urban blocks (spatial units surrounded by roads) situated in one of the 26 industrial-warehouse units that existed in the 1980s at a distance of 1.3–2 kilometres from the Main Market Square. He made use of various materials obtained during field research he carried out for his dissertation in 1983 and for this article, in August 2011. They enabled him to trace the evolution of land use over a period of nearly 30 years. His research uncovers essential changes in land use of the urban blocks analysed. Extensively used industrial and railway areas have been replaced by service areas (e.g. administrative, trade, tourist), residential areas (with multi-occupant high-standard housing), transport areas (road transport) as well as green spaces with modern architectural forms and technological designs.

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