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Polycentricity of the City's Metropolitan System as a Factor Increasing Security in Times of Danger - On the Example of Cracow

Version 1 : Received: 10 May 2021 / Approved: 13 May 2021 / Online: 13 May 2021 (10:38:01 CEST)

How to cite: Ziobro, A.; Blazy, R. Polycentricity of the City's Metropolitan System as a Factor Increasing Security in Times of Danger - On the Example of Cracow. Preprints 2021, 2021050280. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0280.v1 Ziobro, A.; Blazy, R. Polycentricity of the City's Metropolitan System as a Factor Increasing Security in Times of Danger - On the Example of Cracow. Preprints 2021, 2021050280. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0280.v1

Abstract

Abstract: Service polycentricism, in the face of the pandemic, took on a new significance because of sanitary requirements. Population concentrations in large service centres face a high risk of infection both at their destination and during the trip. Higher-tier services were largely closed during the threat’s peak. In this paper, the focus of the study has been placed on the urban scale of a large city’s polycentricism as seen through the prism of service concentrations, which, to a degree, are commuter destinations, but primarily act as attractors that are not associated with work—they satisfy higher-tier service needs. To formulate the investigative apparatus used to study the functio-spatial structure of Cracow. The current threat, as well as the high probability of similar situations happening in the future, will probably lead to changes in behaviour patterns of consumers and service providers in reference to siting. Local service centres that are accessible to pedestrians, due to safety-related considerations, can gain significant popularity.

Keywords

urban security; functio-spatial structure; polycentricity; covid security

Subject

Social Sciences, Anthropology

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