Bezpieczeństwo i komfort w przestrzeni miejskiej. Analiza występowania przestrzeni społecznie zdegradowanych w centrum Katowic

Abstract

The quality of life is largely determines by the space. The more friendly is space, the better is evaluation of its functioning and existing. Some places in the city space are particularly important because of their functions. The center of city significantly influences on the opinion about the whole city. This article presents a part of research results which were conducted to determine the occurrence of socially degraded space in the city center of Katowice and residents’ and users’ opinions about functionality of the city center.