<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The authors’ main goal is to highlight the additional research potential of the method of analysing changes in the routes and names of streets introduced by Paweł E. Weszpiński in 2012. The proposed method was based on the old city maps of Warsaw and, according to Weszpiński, described “wandering streets and their names”. Taking the changing routes and names of streets on Lublin city maps from the last century as the research subject, the authors demonstrate that the method can be used to analyse how urban spaces are perceived and how they function in the minds of local residents. The authors propose to modify the method by adding one more important factor – the function of the place or street affected by the “wandering”. They claim that the study of changes in streets’ topography, territorial scope and names should be supplemented each time with an analysis of the administrative, economic or social significance of the place.</p></abstract>

The authors’ main goal is to highlight the additional research potential of the method of analysing changes in the routes and names of streets introduced by Paweł E. Weszpiński in 2012. The proposed method was based on the old city maps of Warsaw and, according to Weszpiński, described “wandering streets and their names”. Taking the changing routes and names of streets on Lublin city maps from the last century as the research subject, the authors demonstrate that the method can be used to analyse how urban spaces are perceived and how they function in the minds of local residents. The authors propose to modify the method by adding one more important factor – the function of the place or street affected by the “wandering”. They claim that the study of changes in streets’ topography, territorial scope and names should be supplemented each time with an analysis of the administrative, economic or social significance of the place.

Cartographic image of “wandering streets and their names” in Lublin (in the 20th and 21st century) – verification of a research method

Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Department of Geomatics and Cartography

Polish Cartographical Review

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The authors’ main goal is to highlight the additional research potential of the method of analysing changes in the routes and names of streets introduced by...

Cartographic image of “wandering streets and their names” in Lublin (in the 20th and 21st century) – verification of a research method

Published Online: Feb 01, 2020

Page range: 195 - 206

Received: Jul 25, 2019

Accepted: Nov 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2019-0016

Keywords
Lublin, city map, street transformation, contested street name

© 2019 Beata Konopska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cartographic image of “wandering streets and their names” in Lublin (in the 20th and 21st century) – verification of a research method

Published Online: Feb 01, 2020

Page range: 195 - 206

Received: Jul 25, 2019

Accepted: Nov 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2019-0016

KeywordsLublin, city map, street transformation, contested street name

© 2019 Beata Konopska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Lublin, city map, street transformation, contested street name