Trends in Development of Residential Areas in Suburban Zone of the City of Nitra (Slovakia)

Abstract

Political changes in Slovakia after 1989 initiated new economic trends which significantly affected the structure of cities and rural municipalities. The process of suburbanization has changed the rural landscape with a widespread increase in new residential areas. Based on an analysis of residential suburbanization, the aim of the paper is to describe the encroachment of residential construction in the suburban zone of Nitra through increase in the size of the housing stock, number of housing types and the spatial localization of suburban construction. Such analysis of residential development contributes to the knowledge of the extent and intensity of the residential suburbanization process in the outskirts of the city of Nitra.

Impact of Suburbanisation on Sustainable Development of Settlements in Suburban Spaces: Smart and New Solutions

“…Other challenges include the better use of the advantages of urban and rural housing [51] and the harmonisation of both forms of housing in suburban areas. The creation of specifically functioning spaces on the border of urban and rural areas should be an incentive for policy-making and planning at the level of whole regions and of the functional delimitations of the city [52], because suburbanisation brings new challenges for the functioning of cities and municipalities [53].…”

“…Suburbanisation generally changes the character of rural landscapes and the form of rural communities due to intensive construction activity [51]. However, the suburbanisation process not only affects municipalities in terms of urban and architectural aspects, but also in terms of functionality, e.g., in the area of the necessary development of civic amenities and the provision of public services [77], for example by increasing the expenditures of individual municipalities as a result of suburbanisation [78].…”

“…The first category included four questions concerning the territorial development of the municipality. In particular, the mayors were asked about the issue of increasing the share of possible built-up areas in their municipality, and about the changes in the landscape and architectural characteristics of the municipality as a result of new construction [22,[35][36][37]40,51,66]. The second category consisted of seven questions concerning the expenditure side of the municipal budget, i.e., by asking mayors how the identified environmental impacts caused by the suburbanisation process affected the expenditure side of the municipal budget [41,78].…”

Long-Term Land Use Changes Driven by Urbanisation and Their Environmental Effects (Example of Trnava City, Slovakia)

“…Here, we have chosen other cities in Slovakia (Nitra and Banská Bystrica), the Czech Republic (Olomouc, Liberec, and Ústí nad Labem) and Germany (the former territory of the German Democratic Republic-Frankfurt/Oder, Cottbus, and Schwerin). Their basic characteristics are shown in Table 2, and, in addition to the main information sources from Corine Land Cover maps [64] and European and national statistics [61][62][63], we also enlarge on the results of Haase et al [59,78] and local studies of the compared cities [79][80][81][82][83][84][85].…”

“…Increase in the density of the cities' central areas is obvious-from construction of commercial-administrative centres and residential buildings, and partly due to brownfield reconstruction [105]. This trend has been observed in Trnava and other cities-Liberec [80], Olomouc [28], Banská Bystrica [82] and Nitra [83,84]. The concept of re-greening the cities through nature based solutions and green infrastructure strategies is now emerging to counterbalance these trends [106,107].…”