The first open public space in Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk parks are studied in the general system of green areas of the city. The Central Park of Krasnoyarsk is analyzed in detail, its evolution is traced through its periods. The planning, landscape and architectural-spatial transformations of the garden-park territory have been studied and illustrated. The prospects for the development of the park are outlined on the basis of a review of project proposals and the results of an Open International Competition for the development concept of Gorky Central Park in Krasnoyarsk in 2020. The principles of a good park have been formulated.

Transpozycja przestrzeni realistycznej w fantastyczną na przykładzie „Gałęzistego” i „Grzesznika” Artura Urbanowicza

The article presents the ways of transposing realistic spaces into fantastic ones in the novels Gałęziste [Lake Gałęziste] and Grzesznik [The Sinner] by Artur Urbanowicz. Both stories are set in the Suwałki region created by the author. In the introduction, the author of the article discusses a specific sub-genre of fantasy – low fantasy, also called “unicorns in the garden” or “close range” fantasy – and presents the profile of Urbanowicz. When discussing spatial transpositions in Gałęziste, she draws attention primarily to the infinite forest created by the writer, and in Grzesznik she discusses spatial transformations in terms of the conveyed vision of hell.

Which Polish Cities Sprawl the Most

Spatial transformations stemming from urban sprawl are evident not only in the USA or Western Europe but also in Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland. Urban sprawl materialises mostly in land-cover and land-use change involving an increase in the proportion of urbanised areas and discontinuous urban fabric in the total area. The paper’s objective was to identify the degree of urban sprawl based on the area of discontinuous urban fabric. The spatial analysis was aimed at finding differences in land-cover ratios by individual urbanised land categories. The analysed data for 2006, 2012, and 2018 were retrieved from the Urban Atlas. The method employed was NUASI (normalised Urban Atlas sprawl indicator). A series of computations revealed that urban sprawl is found in Poland as well. Changes caused by the increase in the discontinuous urban fabric in the total urban fabric were the most pronounced from 2006 to 2012. From 2012 to 2018, the pace of the increase stabilised, but its dynamics declined. The study demonstrated a strong spatial variability of the indicator. Urban sprawl was found to be the most intense in southern and southeastern Poland.

Assessing Brazilian peripheral sprawl: an association of computer-aided tools to evaluate spatial changes at Vila Cabral neighborhood, Campina Grande

This article presents an analysis of the spatial transformations between the years 2005 and 2020 in the Vila Cabral neighborhood, at Campina Grande's periphery, a midsize Brazilian city located in the interior of the Paraíba state. This research aims to assess the neighborhood's growth objectively, verifying the proposed methodological association's efficiency to carry out this investigation. From a methodological perspective, this study uses a quanti-qualitative analysis of a homogeneous urban fabric sample. Two different analytical scenarios were built (2005 and 2020) to compare the results, and the following procedures were developed: (i) literature review, (ii) formal decomposition of a sample of the urban fabric; (iii) Angular Segment Analysis (ASA/Space Syntax); (vi) parametric analysis of the diversity of uses; and (v) parametric analysis of urban density (population and built). In the end, it was possible to objectively evaluate and understand the transformations that occurred in the time-lapse of the two scenarios. The discussions proposed by this research orbit the current urban growth model in Brazil and how objective indicators can assist in the diagnostic task. This investigation reinforced that the association of different urban analysis methodologies can strengthen the diagnostic processes, mainly because objective values help in project decision-making.

Feature town development for inclusive urban development? The case of the Jadeware Feature Town in Yangzhou, China

This article examines the current wave of feature town development in China, a key pillar of China’s new type urbanization strategy. It is based on a case study of a feature town in Yangzhou, which is being developed within Wantou Township, with a focus on tourism nominally connected with the jadeware industry through public–private partnership (PPP). The article first demonstrates how the local government took advantage of inflated institutional incentives and pursued speculative construction and commodification of places. Although PPP introduced new dynamics to project financing and operation, this Jadeware Feature Town project, integral to urban-centric socio-spatial transformations of Wantou, marginalized existing inhabitants, sustained a land-based accumulation and reproduced an urban bias. The experience of the Jadeware Feature Town deviates from the national urbanization strategy’s emphasis on inclusion and equity and raises concerns over whether feature town development, or PPPs, can offer an alternative to exploitative, exclusionary land-based urbanization.