Krajobraz śląski : społeczne aspekty rewitalizacji miast poprzemysłowych

Abstract

Since 1989, that is the beginning of the system transformation, a degredation of the entire urban sectors can be observed in the former Katowice, and present Silesia Voivodship. This concerns areas, where flats of closed down factories were located. The observed poverty pockets are identical with the sociological term of natural area, that is an area inhabited by the population of common professional tradition, interests, or other cultural features (mining districts can be a model example). Poverty pockets become a sort of ghettoes. They originated as the result of degradation of city quarters located just near big industrial plants. The most degraded areas are situated within the Dąbrowa Górnicza—Ruda Śląska belt, and embrace a number of districts, sometimes just streets. To -date, the following areas have been identified as poverty pockets, where concentration of all unfavourable factors exist; starting with the environmental and aesthetical degradation, followed by fatal dwelling infrastructure, not to mention the pathologies and social exclusion.