Open AccessThe Potential of Urban Transformation of the City Radial Route in Bratislava, Slovakia
Author(s) -
Silvia Bašová,
Alžbeta Sopirová,
Katarína Gécová
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/960/3/032022
Subject(s) - geography , urban structure , pedestrian , urban morphology , city centre , environmental planning , civil engineering , transport engineering , cartography , regional science , economic geography , urban planning , engineering , archaeology
The city, as a stratified urban structure, spread over time and in social coordinates, has its solid and spatial substance for the life of its inhabitants and visitors. The wider city center continues from the central city zone to the peripheral and often developing parts of the city. As a rule, ballast, uncoordinated and disarranged urban structures are usually increasing in this area. The urban explosion in the 20 th century has caused oversized systems of housing estates, industrial zones, traffic lines and nodes in cities, forgetting quality, scale, functionality, and beauty. The transformation of these territories is first and foremost a question of a proper understanding of the compositional, social, ecological and economic issues and principles of the sites. Bratislava, due to the terrain morphology, developed further from the center along several main urban radial routes. The Bratislava Eastern Axis, formed by the Ružinov City Radial, binds to itself the entire transport structure of the Bratislava city part - Ružinov, its nodal spaces, major amenities (culture house, the marketplace, sports facilities, etc.), brownfield sites, parks and residential zones in a regular geometric grid. The urban and green changes in Ružinov have been studied, in relation to the main nodes and the main pedestrian lines, as well as the potential for optimal intensification and transformation of the territory, through strengthening the identity of the housing estates by the involvement of the memorable locations such as lakes, marketplace, hospital or linear park of Andrej Hlinka. Such changes are shown in the case studies of Bratislava - Ružinov on its axis in the locality of the market place Miletičova, Papánkovo Square and industrial zone Pošne. The emphasis on pedestrian and public spaces, the vitality, and identity of urban areas, the strengthening of blue and green infrastructure and the ecological principles of residential courtyards are possible only in the context of a lively society of the housing estates, dialogue and implementation of transformations with residents and local governments.