Image of the City
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This paper is written for a course work of MA Information Design, University of Reading. This paper summarises the contents of Lynch's Image of the City from a view point of how information designers can deal with city planning.... more
The emergence of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and the corresponding socio-physical changes have affected almost every aspect of contemporary urban life. Legibility, mapping, meaning and experience of the space are all... more
This paper discusses the legacy of Nikolai Antsiferov (1889–1958), a Russian historian who suggested a unique approach to urban studies in which literature played the key role. In the first section of this paper, the genesis of... more
English : Charleroi, a medium-sized city in Belgium, has hardly been studied. It is reflected by the fact it is rarely mentioned in research publications. Surprisingly, the atypical media coverage of its industrial morphology is not... more
Citation, reference: Raszkowski A., The Importance of City Image in Socio-Economic Development, „Nierówności społeczne a wzrost gospodarczy”, zeszyt 29. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego 2012 r., s. 335 – 344. The article discusses... more
This article uses the concept of interface to discuss the vertical surfaces of the built environment as interactive locations of spatial production and regulation. I use interface as a verb and a noun to define the capacity of urban... more
Today, to be able to become a destination brand our cities give a great deal of importance to distinguish themselves with their local-cultural values, identities and images. Public relations have significant contribution to the... more
Starting from the premises that there is a negative perception of the Balkans in the West, with it being perceived as the Europe’s Other (Goldsworthy, Todorova) and that every literary field (Bordieu) and literary market require the... more
The theme of the paper is the tension in the inter-relations between national culture and life as led in the municipalities. This issue is examined, taking the presentation of the city Cracow at the General Provincial Exhibition of 1894... more