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Metropolises are undoubtedly associated with large and significant areas. These areas are important in case of technical, social, cultural and industrial terms. However, it is difficult to name metropolises as ?cities? in the traditional sense of this word. In our socio-cultural reality, from individuals, objects, companies, which are "larger", "older" or "more developed" and "more mature", more is required. On the example of the Silesian metropolis, the author shows interdependencies taking place in the instituti...

One of the major assumptions of the so-called Ecodistrict is Scharnhauser Park, Ostfildern in Germany, it is an interesting example that mostly consists of a newly created urban fabric. Many scientific publications focus on technical aspects related to the protection of the environment and natural resources, which, in fact, in this type of projects are achieved by the applied recycling technologies and other technological solutions. Energy efficiency is not directly translated into the quality of living and the qu...