Genius Loci – Examples of Changes of the Image of Post-industrial Areas in Poland in the Region of the Upper Silesian Conurbation

Ujma-Wąsowicz, Katarzyna; Sulimowska-Ociepka, Anna

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“…It is marked by material structures, which are already historic, and consist of post-industrial facilities concentrated in the former mining districts constituting the material basis of the post-industrial heritage (Hospers, 2002). In the sphere of the heritage, there are also intangible assets: the history of technical, social and economic achievements of the inhabitants of the continent, the ethos of workers' life and work (Ujma-Wasowicz, Sulimowska-Ociepka, 2017). The areas where the most of those resources have been found and where their civilization and culture-forming role has been recognized as cultural heritage are located in: Great Britain: Midlands, Wales, southern Scotland, France: Nord pas de Calais, Loire coal mining basin, Saar Warndt coal mining basin, Vogeses and Jura coal mining basins, Germany: Saarland and Ruhr, Poland and the Czech Republic: Wałbrzych Basin and Upper Silesia Coal Basin, Belgium and Spain (Cizler, 2014, Pinter et al, 2017.…”

Section: The Post-industrial Heritage Space For the Post-industrial Hmentioning

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Post-mining tourism in Upper Silesia and Czech-Moravian country

Lamparska

2019

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Europe experiences the development of post-industrial tourism documenting the time of growth of traditional coal basins. Contemporarily, the processes of deindustrialization take place. The material resources of traditional industry are being liquidated – which is expensive, or are adapted for the needs of tourism, which gives a new chance of development for these regions which are by rule in a difficult economic situation. Polish coal basin where many industrial plants and coal mines were closed as a result of restructurizing may serve as an example. Similar processes, although in smaller a scope, occur in the Czech Republic. Some of the industrial objects and coal mines concentrate certain values that predestine them to be included in the group of post-industrial heritage: the Czech and Polish coal mines from the 19th century, or coking plants and steel plants – as Hlubina in Ostrava Vitkovce. The idea of this article is to connect some Czech and Polish objects with one tourist route. The proposed tourist area starts in Czerwionka-Leszczyny and runs to Ostrava, and includes former industrial objects, old mines equipped with steam engines, patronage housing estates, coking plants, as well as mine waste dumps subjected to natural succession of vegetation. Creation of such route will allow to popularize the landmarks of post-industrial heritage for tourists of both countries, as well as will contribute to the development of services based on tourism. The route could become a common training ground for students of polytechnic departments of mining and environment protection, as it illustrates both the former mining technological processes and the processes of renaturalization of dumping grounds. The visiting sites were selected on the basis of unified criteria such as their age, suitability for tourism and education, as well as because of their originality, authenticity and uniqueness. The proposed tourist route will also connect the Polish Industrial Monuments Route with the monuments and mining museums in Ostrava.

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Section: The Post-industrial Heritage Space For the Post-industrial Hmentioning

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Post-mining tourism in Upper Silesia and Czech-Moravian country

Lamparska

2019

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Micro-space Planning: Social Action for Popularizing of this Planning Method in Silesian’s Case-Study

Ujma-Wąsowicz

Piórkowska

Kądziela

2018

Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure

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«Genius Loci» as a resource for the development of historical areas of the city

Stepanchuk

Gafurova

Latypova

2020

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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The article discusses the transformation of the concept of «genius loci», in the context of the reorganization of urban areas in the historical center of the city, reveals its tangible and intangible aspects. The concept of the brand of the territory is considered as an element of preservation and development of the identity of the urban environment. Territory, selected for the study, was the Admiralty settlement of Kazan, has a rich history and demands of reorganization. The conducted complex of studies revealed the problems and resources of the territory. The results of the study are a set of recommendations, taking into account the preservation of «genius loci» and the formation of the urban environment identity, tested on the territory of the Admiralty settlement. Recommendations include the functional saturation of the territory and the development of social service facilities, reconstruction and formation of a new living environment, the preservation of cultural heritage and the industrial areas reorganization with the formation in their place of modern cultural and creative quarters, forming a common landscape and recreational frame, and cultural brand of a territory.

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Genius Loci – Examples of Changes of the Image of Post-industrial Areas in Poland in the Region of the Upper Silesian Conurbation

Cited by 3 publications

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Post-mining tourism in Upper Silesia and Czech-Moravian country

Post-mining tourism in Upper Silesia and Czech-Moravian country

Micro-space Planning: Social Action for Popularizing of this Planning Method in Silesian’s Case-Study

«Genius Loci» as a resource for the development of historical areas of the city

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