The pocket park and its impact on the quality of urban space on the local and supralocal scale — case study of Krakow, Poland
Authors:
- Tomasz Bajwoluk,
- Piotr Langer
Abstract
The idea of building pocket parks in cities is one of the more rational proposals for utilizing cameral spaces to create new quality in terms of green areas while accounting for the potential to blend them into the compact functiospatial structure of the contemporary city. Numerous examples of pocket park projects from around the world point to there being considerable interest in this form of greenery. The goal of this paper is to present the findings of a study of a selected number of pocket parks in Krakow, Poland, in terms of their accessibility, local determinants, and the nearby functiospatial structure, as well as whether they can be included into a wider network of service and green spaces of supralocal significance. The research method included novel field research of selected pocket parks and their surroundings. The form and function of the parks were analyzed and the type of their surrounding urban structure was determined, along with the parks’ accessibility. The study investigated nine parks located in the northeastern part of Krakow in a dense development structure dominated by multi-family housing. Analyses of the parks themselves and the research on the relations and linkages between parks and their surrounding urban structure generally pointed to the accuracy of the concept of the pocket park, its universality, and its compliance with the concept of the sustainable development of urban space. The presence and manner of development of pocket parks can be said to enhance the quality of spaces in confined fragments of an urban structure and to have predominantly local significance.
- Record ID
- CUT62401231264646f38c01fceab0d2cef6
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Sustainability, ISSN , e-ISSN 2071-1050, Biweekly
- Issue year
- 2023
- Vol
- 15
- No
- 6
- Pages
- [1-15]
- Article number
- 5153
- Other elements of collation
- rys.; tab.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 14-15; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 41; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 15, Iss. 6
- Substantive notes
- This article belongs to the Special Issue: Resilient Cultural Landscapes-Methods, Applications and Patterns
- Keywords in English
- pocket park, functiospatial structure, urban space, greenery, accessibility
- ASJC Classification
- ; ;
- DOI
- DOI:10.3390/su15065153 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/6/5153 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 100
- Score source
- journalList
- Score
- Publication indicators
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT62401231264646f38c01fceab0d2cef6/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT62401231264646f38c01fceab0d2cef6
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