LED 2016 Group H Landscape Democracy Challenge 2

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Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar?

There is a distinct landscape conflict taking place in the Polytechnic Neighborhood of Gliwice. The focal point is the area of Park Bolesław Chrobrego and the garden allotments ROD Krakowianka. Situated next to each other, they make up the largest combined green space in the urban center. However, they affect the development of the new international sports complex, Hala Sportowa, to the Northeast and the Polytechnic University to the West. The 2002 rezoning of the ROD Krakowianka gardens, a public good created during communism, has forged the path for the Polytechnic to place new administrative buildings there, while allowing the city to use the rest of the space as a commercial zone buffering the area around the Hala Sportowa. Additionally, two new roads have been proposed to run through Park Bolesław Chrobrego, one unifying two wings of the Polytechnic campus and the other increasing access to the Hala Sportowa. The two green spaces that exist today fulfill Hester's ideals for attaining ecological democracy - a resilient, enabling and impelling space in the city center, accessible to a diverse population of students, elderly and the general public. However, past actions – closing 2 of 3 area kindergartens, increasing road traffic, and rezoning and building over accessible green spaces – coupled with the plans mentioned above, lead to the conclusion that the habitat of citizens in this neighborhood is being removed to discourage residence in the area. Communication between the municipality and the citizenry has been documented to be confrontational and incite hearsay and rumors. Citizen participation in the formulation of the city plan has been limited to petitions and brief formal meeting between elected neighborhood and city officials, after the planning process has nearly been completed.

Representation of your observations

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