Events associated with growing suburbanisation and transport infrastructure lead to changes in the use of rural land reaching further and further from the central city. The present research focuses on the impact of the location of the municipality of Skawina and the functioning of its rural areas in the impact zone of Kraków. The first step to determine the transformations in the municipality of Skawina caused by the growth of Kraków and its suburban zone was to investigate the internal conditions in the municipality, such as its spatial development or functional structure, and external conditions such as its demographic transformations. Next, the development of the settlement structure in recent years and land management changes were investigated. The paper focuses on the introduction of typical urban features and functions into rural areas to identify the transformations and their dynamics. The status of the space was diagnosed by interpreting the map documentation for the administrative boundaries of the municipality of Skawina, regarding the presentation of the spatial development in 2006 and in 2014 to 2016, by verifying the existing planning documentation, and by visiting the site. The conclusions can be the basis for guidelines to protect the traditional rural and cultural landscape near Kraków.
The article is devoted to gardens that were once the property of parsons-in this article, defined as parsonage gardens. They were part of church garden compounds, however, compared to other forms and projects of sacred greenery, they without a doubt attract much less attention. This translates into the fact that this particular term is not used in the literature of the subject, despite the fact that examples of such forms of green spaces can be found in Poland. In the article, we attempt to present parsonage gardens as having both utility and decorative functions, and representing a high degree of harmonization between man-made greenery and the surrounding natural and cultural landscape. The study analysed the shape and layout of such gardens, and their functional and spatial program against the background of the current status of three selected objects from southern Poland, each in a different state of preservation.
Suburban villages undergo dynamic transformations that significantly affect their spatial and social structure. Particular attention should be paid to those locations situated within an attractive landscape, where investment pressure is gaining momentum. The threat of implementing new functions at the expense of open areas increases with an attractive location in the vicinity of large cities. The situation described herein concerns the Jerzmanowice-Przeginia municipality, which is adjoining the Ojców National Park. The activities on the part of municipal authorities, aimed at protecting the identity of the village, are conducted on two planes: related to land planning, and to architecture. Students from the University of Agriculture were involved in the architectural scope of planning, and they developed concepts for the management of the central area of Jerzmanowice village based on the results of social research carried out by the staff of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture at the University of Agriculture in Kraków.
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