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A River in a City Centre Landscape - a Boundary and the Quality of a Public Area
Języki publikacji
Abstrakty
Lasting relationships between settlements and water, especially a river, are characteristic of the majority of world cultures. Creation of the major ancient civilizations was closely connected with the existence of major rivers. When founding a city on a riverbank, the founders were above all guided by practical factors. Parallel to this the cult of the river developed. Along with the development of cities, composition and aesthetic roles of a river in a city became more important, especially in its central part, namely the city centre. River channels within cities underwent some changes. Along with the physical ones in the riverbed, a river was frequently "shifted" in a city plan to a down-town area. A river as a separation strip, area, or boundary, shapes both positive and negative components of a down-town landscape. A city centre river valley has the potential to create and model public areas, which form a positive image of a city in the users` minds. It may highlight its beauty or mitigate the imperfections of urbanized surroundings. The essential goal for those who contemporarily shape down-town river valleys is not to let a valley separate or negatively distinguish the areas situated on both its sides. Instead, it should create a friendly and human-oriented dow--town public area.
Słowa kluczowe
Czasopismo
Rocznik
Tom
Strony
4--9
Opis fizyczny
Twórcy
autor
- Zakład Architektury i Planowania Wsi, Politechnika Krakowska
Bibliografia
Typ dokumentu
Bibliografia
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