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The aim of this study is to verify the hypothesis that the rapid metropolization process that has been taking place in large Polish cities since the beginning of the second phase of post-communist transition in 2000 leads to their socio-economic diversity, which is manifested, among others, in the differentiation of the level and structure of crime. Introduced into the discourse of this paper are subsequent stages of metropolization, which are called potential, initiating, advanced, and mature and which the examined cities have achieved so far. These stages have led to various economic and social effects, which resulted in changes in the level and structure of crime. Eighteen core cities of functional urban areas (FUAs) according to the classification ESPON 2007, were adopted as case study objects. Averaged crime data for the period 2013–2017 were analyzed in total and for seven types of crimes. The obtained results confirmed the adopted hypothesis.
Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska; Michael Leitner; Marek Dutkowski. Impact of metropolization on the crime structure (case study of provincial capitals in Poland). Cities 2021, 119, 103359 .
AMA StyleNatalia Sypion-Dutkowska, Michael Leitner, Marek Dutkowski. Impact of metropolization on the crime structure (case study of provincial capitals in Poland). Cities. 2021; 119 ():103359.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatalia Sypion-Dutkowska; Michael Leitner; Marek Dutkowski. 2021. "Impact of metropolization on the crime structure (case study of provincial capitals in Poland)." Cities 119, no. : 103359.
Public transportation in cities is crucial for their sustainable development. The attractiveness of public transport for city residents depends largely on whether they are able to access the nearest stop on foot. The actual time of walking to the nearest stop and the distance covered can be measured using the band method or the circular buffer method. The accuracy of the two methods was compared for the city of Szczecin and one of its residential areas, Pomorzany (ca. 20,000 inhabitants, ca. 7 km2 area). The city provides public tram and bus transportation and has 90 km of streets and pedestrian paths. As shown by the results, the band method proved more accurate in measuring public transport stop accessibility. It showed 53.8% of the stops to be highly accessible, whereas 37.8%, 7.8%, and 0.5% were classified as moderately accessible, poorly accessible, and inaccessible, respectively; the latter would be hardly expected to be used by pedestrians in the Pomorzany neighborhood. The band method allowed also to indicate potential location of a new bus stop which would significantly improve accessibility of public transportation to residents of a housing estate (3000 inhabitants) in the area.
Piotr Kaszczyszyn; Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska. Walking Access to Public Transportation Stops for City Residents. A Comparison of Methods. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3758 .
AMA StylePiotr Kaszczyszyn, Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska. Walking Access to Public Transportation Stops for City Residents. A Comparison of Methods. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (14):3758.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiotr Kaszczyszyn; Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska. 2019. "Walking Access to Public Transportation Stops for City Residents. A Comparison of Methods." Sustainability 11, no. 14: 3758.
The term “services” is defined in a variety of ways, depending on the research approach. Among service activities, a special role is played by public services located in downtown residential areas. They constitute a specific mix of various types of private and public activities, which provide tangible and intangible goods to the inhabitants of this area, who use them constantly or frequently, but also citywide services, which are used by all inhabitants of the city. The basic aim of this article is to determine the opinion of inhabitants about the services located in the downtown residential area Old Town in Szczecin. Based on the survey, the type of public services used by inhabitants and people outside this area was specified. Moreover, an assessment was made as to whether there is a sufficient number of services in the given area and evaluation of their burdensomeness.
Katarzyna Towpieko; Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska. Social evaluation of public utility services in the downtown residential area Old Town in Szczecin (Poland). European Journal of Service Management 2018, 28, 505 -510.
AMA StyleKatarzyna Towpieko, Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska. Social evaluation of public utility services in the downtown residential area Old Town in Szczecin (Poland). European Journal of Service Management. 2018; 28 ():505-510.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Towpieko; Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska. 2018. "Social evaluation of public utility services in the downtown residential area Old Town in Szczecin (Poland)." European Journal of Service Management 28, no. : 505-510.
Satisfying social needs with an appropriate level of services is an important element of the quality of life in every settlement (village, urban district, neighbourhood). The neighbourhood services satisfy the basic everyday needs of the residents of a given residential area, which is covered by their range of influence. One of the methods used to assess the social assessment of this type of services is the direct interview. Based on the conducted direct surveys the level and quality of offered neighbourhood services, requiring improvement of them, and missing services in the urban area Żydowce in Szczecin were identified.
Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska; Małgorzata Karwan. Social assessment of the neighbourhood services in the urban area Żydowce in Szczecin (Poland). European Journal of Service Management 2018, 28, 455 -461.
AMA StyleNatalia Sypion-Dutkowska, Małgorzata Karwan. Social assessment of the neighbourhood services in the urban area Żydowce in Szczecin (Poland). European Journal of Service Management. 2018; 28 ():455-461.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatalia Sypion-Dutkowska; Małgorzata Karwan. 2018. "Social assessment of the neighbourhood services in the urban area Żydowce in Szczecin (Poland)." European Journal of Service Management 28, no. : 455-461.
This paper falls into a common field of scientific research and its practical applications at the interface of urban geography, environmental criminology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The purpose of this study is to identify types of different land use which influence the spatial distribution of a set of crime types at the intra-urban scale. The originality of the adopted approach lies in its consideration of a large number of different land use types considered as hypothetically influencing the spatial distribution of nine types of common crimes, geocoded at the address-level: car crimes, theft of property—other, residential crimes, property damage, commercial crimes, drug crimes, burglary in other commercial buildings, robbery, and fights and battery. The empirical study covers 31,319 crime events registered by the Police in the years 2006–2010 in the Polish city of Szczecin with a population ca. 405,000. Main research methods used are the GIS tool “multiple ring buffer” and the “crime location quotient (LQC)”. The main conclusion from this research is that a strong influence of land use types analyzed is limited to their immediate surroundings (i.e., within a distance of 50 m), with the highest concentration shown by commercial crimes and by the theft of property—other crime type. Land use types strongly attracting crime in this zone are alcohol outlets, clubs and discos, cultural facilities, municipal housing, and commercial buildings. In contrast, grandstands, cemeteries, green areas, allotment gardens, and depots and transport base are land use types strongly detracting crime in this zone.
Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska; Michael Leitner. Land Use Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Urban Crime: A Case Study of Szczecin, Poland. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2017, 6, 74 .
AMA StyleNatalia Sypion-Dutkowska, Michael Leitner. Land Use Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Urban Crime: A Case Study of Szczecin, Poland. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2017; 6 (3):74.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatalia Sypion-Dutkowska; Michael Leitner. 2017. "Land Use Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Urban Crime: A Case Study of Szczecin, Poland." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 6, no. 3: 74.
Changes in the health situation of the population of Poland following the accession to the European Union (Compared to central and eastern european countries)
Elżbieta Grzelak-Kostulska; Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska; Tomasz Michalski. Changes in the health situation of the population of Poland following the accession to the European Union (Compared to central and eastern european countries). Journal of Geography, Politics and Society 2017, 1/2017, 2438 .
AMA StyleElżbieta Grzelak-Kostulska, Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska, Tomasz Michalski. Changes in the health situation of the population of Poland following the accession to the European Union (Compared to central and eastern european countries). Journal of Geography, Politics and Society. 2017; 1/2017 ():2438.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElżbieta Grzelak-Kostulska; Natalia Sypion-Dutkowska; Tomasz Michalski. 2017. "Changes in the health situation of the population of Poland following the accession to the European Union (Compared to central and eastern european countries)." Journal of Geography, Politics and Society 1/2017, no. : 2438.