Urban development scenarios o f the Tri-City Metropolitan Area

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of shaping the spatial and functional structure of the Tri-City Metropolitan Area. It includes considerations associated with conditions and possible scenarios of urban development pattern as well as with the possible consequences of the these pre-defined scenarios. Analysis of the existing development conditions includes the outlook of the present and already determined (i.e. by on-going development and infrastructure projects) urban structure of the metropolitan area, description of the planned transportation infrastructure interventions as well as tendencies in re-using and transforming of the decayed areas, including large concentrations of the brownfields. On this basis four most probable future development scenarios were drafted. Description of each of these includes definition of the spatial structure, factors required for its implementation, analysis of the possible results and their consequences. These analyses are concluded with set of final remarks associated with definition of elements influencing the "real” future development scenario and with consequences of their selective presence/implementation.