Open AccessTożsamość miasta w kontekście przemian politycznych, ekonomicznych i społecznych we współczesnej Polsce. Przypadek Kielc
Author(s) -
Joanna Radziszewska
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
kwartalnik kolegium ekonomiczno-społecznego studia i prace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2082-0976
DOI - 10.33119/kkessip.2013.3.6
Subject(s) - identity (music) , politics , globalization , geography , sociology , political science , gender studies , ethnology , economy , aesthetics , law , art , economics
City identity can be defined as a historically distinctive attributes that distinguish that city form all the other cities. Identity is influenced by many factors such as: genesis of a city, economic development, spatial arrangements and the picture of a city in the collective mind of its inhabitants. City identity is not permanent feature. It is influenced by political, social and economic changes. The most important factors that influence city identity are: system transformation, globalization, metropolization and European integration. The combination of all these processes and their influences on the identity of contemporary city, such as Kielce, is the aim of this study,