Published : 2016-07-15

Development Conditions and the Image of the City. The Example of Łódź

Paulina Tobiasz-Lis



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In the context of increasing competition between cities, former industrial hubs have a particularly hard time. To call a city industrial today, means to associate it with a set of negative images such as: the past, the old, the work, the world of production. The postindustrial city, in contrast, is associated with the new, the future, the clean, consumption and exchange and the world of leisure as opposed to work. As a response, there is a wide attempt to rewrite this negative meaning of industrial past of particular cities and construct new, more positive picture of their postindustrial future. City’s image reconstruction efforts encompass not only changes to the built environment but also encode new ways to represent and promote cleaner environments, better communities, and socio-economic progress. This article examines these issues at the example of the city of Lodz which used to be one of the biggest industrial centres in Poland for over one hundred years. Assumptions of the recent strategic development documents and actions undertaken by local authorities between 2005–2014 will be analysed to present the way towards new identity and image of post-industrial Lodz. In parallel the paper concerns social evaluation of these changes, attempting to answer questions about their effectiveness.

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spatial perception, city’s identity and image, economic and political transformation



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Tobiasz-Lis, P. (2016). Development Conditions and the Image of the City. The Example of Łódź. Regional Barometer. Analyses & Prognoses, 14(2), 85–94. https://doi.org/10.56583/br.608

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