'Katowice effect'? : regeneration of the site of the former Katowice coal mine through prestige cultural projects
| Autor: | Krzysztof Gwosdz, Agnieszka Sobala-Gwosdz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Prestige 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Coal mining 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology flagship projects brownfield regeneration Environmental protection Political science Katowice urban area Regeneration (ecology) business 050703 geography |
| Popis: | This paper aims to give an in–depth account of the regeneration of the site of the former Katowice coalmine, by far the largest regeneration venture financed by the public sector on a post-industrial site in Poland, and to capture the primary outcomes and effects of this prestige project. Contrary to a simplified interpretation of a ‘Polish Bilbao effect’, the authors argue that the Culture Zone follows a unique development model that was driven by a coincidence of such factors as the situation of a major (post-) industrial conurbation seeking a new identity, the availability of external funding, chance events (with the origins of some of them dating back to WW2), and pre-existing spatial factors. The study area has been diagnosed to include all the positive effects of flagship projects, as well as most of the weaknesses associated with such a type of regeneration. All in all, it is a successful undertaking given the external conditions under which it has been implemented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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