Adaptation of Post-Industrial Areas as Hydrological Windows to Improve the City’s Microclimate

Rafał Blazy, Hanna Hrehorowicz-Gaber and Alicja Hrehorowicz-Nowak
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Rafał Blazy: Department of Spatial Planning, Urban and Rural Design, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
Hanna Hrehorowicz-Gaber: Department of Spatial Planning, Urban and Rural Design, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
Alicja Hrehorowicz-Nowak: Department of Spatial Planning, Urban and Rural Design, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-20

Abstract: Post-industrial areas in larger cities often cease to fulfill their role and their natural result is their transformation. They often constitute a large area directly adjacent to the city structure and are exposed to urbanization pressure, and on the other hand, they are often potential hydrological windows. The approach to the development strategy for such areas should take this potential into account. The article presents the example of Cracow (Poland) and post-industrial areas constituting the hydrological and bioretention potential in terms of the possibility of their development and the legal aspects of the development strategies of these areas.

Keywords: post-industrial areas; spatial planning; bioretention; urban microclimate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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