“…Unfortunately, smaller cities in Poland do not correspond to the image of cities fitted for people as described in literature ( Gehl, 2010 , Barton, 2017 , Sim, 2019 ), which should have a compact structure providing distances which can be covered on foot, and in which safe public spaces have been created to allow active city life: shopping, work, entertainment ( Carmona et al, 2010 ,p. 39; Denis et al, 2021 , pp. 1-9, Jarecka – Bidzińska, 2020 p.163-178). The future of contemporary cities also depends on globalization processes which directly influence the rank of particular cities and their role in the settlement network, (Sztompka P., Socjologia: analiza społeczeństwa , Kraków 2002), as well as causing metropolisation of space: development of metropolitan cities and stagnation of smaller centres, not equipped with proper functions and quality (Damurski Ł., Re-miasto.…”