Published: 2020-10-19

Large Housing Estates - their Changes and Role in Socio-Spatial Structure of Contemporary Polish City. The Case of Łódź

Ewa Szafrańska

Abstract

 This paper focuses on large-scale housing estates in Łódź as an example of post-socialist city. The aim of the article is to describe the large housing estates in Łódź in the light of statistical data and to identify and clarify the social, spatial and functional changes which have occurred in transformation period in these estates. The study is based on the results of National Censuses (1988 and 2002) and on the data of unpublished materials of the Municipality of Łódź. The article consists of four parts. First part presents generał Information on LHE in Poland. The second describes the development of LHE in Łódź and its current situation in the light of statistical data. The third part presents the results of an analysis of social, spatial and functional changes that have been taking place in LHE in Łódź in transformation period. The fourth is a conclusion providing an answer to the ąuestion why LHE in post-socialist Łódź still seem to offer fairly satisfactory conditions (physically and socially) and why they are still attractive in comparison with other areas of the city.

Keywords:

large housing estates, post-socialist city, Łódź, housing environment, residential attractiveness

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Szafrańska, E. (2020). Large Housing Estates - their Changes and Role in Socio-Spatial Structure of Contemporary Polish City. The Case of Łódź. Studia Miejskie, 2, 193–206. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/sm/article/view/2269

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