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Many cities in Slovakia are built alongside rivers and the socioeconomic use of rivers is reflected in their urban fabric. Rivers, as sources of water, energy and as sewage effluents, have been used for production purposes and have been surrounded by industrial areas, which today often lose their functions. Brownfields, abandoned and derelict, unused and underused sites along the watercourses, become today areas of urban revitalization and redevelopment. We have explored the spatial, architectural and urban planni...