<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The increasing number of wastelands in East-central European countries is primarily a consequence of functional transformations and movements in the structure of employment. Taking into account such a challenge in this article, the authors propose an approach in which the basic category is a typological proposal with reference to areas with derelict functions, which in turn refers to research within the scope of human geography. In their methodological proposal, the authors consider such variables as: (i) the diversification of management and use of space; (ii) time; (iii) economic functions; and (iv) the scope of geographic research. The effect of including these variables is an attempt to dynamically depict the evolution of land use, with particular attention paid to wasteland: original state - transitional state (derelict areas) - present state. The typological depiction of the emergence and transformation of areas with derelict functions is presented for the case of Sosnowiec.</p></abstract>

The increasing number of wastelands in East-central European countries is primarily a consequence of functional transformations and movements in the structure of employment. Taking into account such a challenge in this article, the authors propose an approach in which the basic category is a typological proposal with reference to areas with derelict functions, which in turn refers to research within the scope of human geography. In their methodological proposal, the authors consider such variables as: (i) the diversification of management and use of space; (ii) time; (iii) economic functions; and (iv) the scope of geographic research. The effect of including these variables is an attempt to dynamically depict the evolution of land use, with particular attention paid to wasteland: original state - transitional state (derelict areas) - present state. The typological depiction of the emergence and transformation of areas with derelict functions is presented for the case of Sosnowiec.

A Dynamic Approach to the Typology of Functional Derelict Areas (Sosnowiec, Poland)

University of Silesia, Department of Economic Geography Będzińska street 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland

Moravian Geographical Reports

The increasing number of wastelands in East-central European countries is primarily a consequence of functional transformations and movements in the structure...

A Dynamic Approach to the Typology of Functional Derelict Areas (Sosnowiec, Poland)

Published Online: Jul 30, 2013

Page range: 20 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2013-0008

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