Spatial and Landscape Changes in the Housing Development of Gdańsk Suburban Villages

Poczobut, Joanna

Spatial and Landscape Changes in the Housing Development of Gdańsk Suburban Villages

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volume 39 (2020): Issue 2 (June 2020)

By:

Joanna Poczobut

Open Access

|Jun 2020

Figures & Tables

Comparison of the spatial arrangement of Banino from (a) 1917 (map of Banino 1917) and (b) the contemporary one (map of Banino 2019). The blue circle indicates the oldest part of the village and the orange line indicates the main road through the village.

Open view from the side of Lotnicza Street on the development at Halna and Rolnicza Streets: (a) a zoom on multi-family buildings and (b) a close-up on terraced houses. Buildings in the background, behind the arable field (starting from the left-hand side of the photos): farmstead, multi-family houses (behind them are single-family semi-detached houses) and terraced houses.Photo by J. Poczobut, 2019.

Land development on the main road in Banino (Lotnicza Street). Large standing advertising banners covering the church tower – a dominant landscape of the village.Photo by J. Poczobut, 2019.

Comparison of the spatial arrangement of Borkowo (a) in 1925 (map of Borkowo 1925) with (b) the contemporary one (map of Borkowo 2019). The oldest areas of the village are marked with the blue circle, the red line indicates its main road (with Tri-City ring road S6 and south road S7).

Single-family semi-detached houses at Bratkowa and Kwiatowa Streets in Borkowo. Open view in the south-western direction. In the distance: construction of a bridge over Tri-City ring road S6 (communication node with south ring road S7).Photo by J. Poczobut, 2019.

Urban development of the Nowy Horyzont estate in Borkowo.Photo by J. Poczobut, 2019.

Development of the spatial layout of Straszyn: (a) 1925 (map of Straszyn 1925), (b) the contemporary plan (map of Straszyn 2019). The blue circle indicates the oldest part of the village and the red line indicates the main road.

A complex of service buildings in the centre of Straszyn at Starogardzka Street (road No. 222).Photo by J. Poczobut, 2019.

Spatial arrangement of Kowale village.(a) 1918 (map of Kowale 1918), (b) contemporary (map of Kowale 2019).

Metropolitan buildings of the Cytrusowe Housing Estate at Zeusa Street in Kowale.Photo by J. Poczobut, 2019.

Buildings of the Logistic Centre 7R Gdańsk Kowale. View from Zeusa Street.Photo by J. Poczobut, 2019.

Panoramic view from Rolnicza Street in Banino (at the exit of Lotnicza Street) in the south-western direction. Different types of buildings: terraced houses and a solitary farmstead.Photo by J. Poczobut, 2019.

Lotnicza Street in Banino and a new shopping centre – large-area stores (Lidl and, close behind, Biedronka).Photo by J. Poczobut, 2019.

Number of apartments handed over for use in the years 2008–2017_

No.	Commune	Region	Village	[1]2008[I+S/R+T]	[2]2009	[3]2010	[4]2011	[5]2012	[6]2013	[7]2014	[8]2015	[9]2016	[10]2017	[11]Total from years 2008–2017
1	Żukowo	Kashubian villages	Chwaszczyno	[28+0]28	[21+0]21	[34+63]97	[40+2]42	[55+11]66	[37+3]40	[37+0]37	[18+4]22	[38+9]47	[23+7]30	[331+99]430
2			Nowy Świat	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3			Rębiechowo	[7+0]7	[12+0]12	[22+0]22	[19+0]19	[8+0]8	[14+0]14	[6+0]6	[6+0]6	[15+1]16	[15+0]15	[124+1]125
4			Banino	[53+2]55	[37+0]37	[56+16]72	[58+21]79	[81+36]117	[117+83]200	[107+76]183	[72+246]318	[67+295]362	[37+238]275	[685+1,013]1,698
5			Czaple	[3+0]3	[0+0]0	[5+0]5	[4+0]4	[11+0]11	[10+9]19	[8+5]13	[7+6]13	[6+16]22	[12+17]29	[66+53]119
6			Leźno	[4+0]4	[7+0]7	[17+0]17	[8+0]8	[15+0]15	[15+0]15	[9+0]9	[16+1]17	[16+0]16	[10+1]11	[117+2]119
7			Sulmin	[3+0]3	[2+0]2	[5+0]5	[5+0]5	[7+0]7	[5+0]5	[8+0]8	[3+0]3	[1+0]1	[3+0]3	[42+0]42
8	Kolbudy		Otomin	[17+0]17	[18+0]18	[16+0]16	[12+0]12	[16+0]16	[15+0]15	[13+1]14	[12+0]12	[11+0]11	[8+0]8	[138+1]139
9			Kowale	[18+98]116	[15+30]45	[22+50]72	[15+40]55	[14+30]44	[13+94]107	[14+67]81	[14+114]128	[11+209]220	[8+252]260	[144+984]1,128
10			Jankowo Gdańskie	[11+5]16	[5+0]5	[14+1]15	[10+2]12	[10+2]12	[10+2]12	[9+10]19	[14+8]22	[8+2]10	[13+24]37	[104+56]160
11	Pruszcz Gdański		Borkowo	[22+27]49	[26+315]341	[20+109]129	[21+358]379	[16+207]223	[24+164]188	[29+60]89	[16+200]216	[22+12]34	[14+34]48	[210+1,486]1,696
12			Straszyn	[78+197]275	[62+110]172	[59+101]160	[37+57]94	[95+75]170	[97+156]253	[55+74]129	[44+53]97	[47+134]181	[24+243]267	[598+1,200]1,798
13			Rotmanka	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	Pruszcz Gdański	Żuławy villages	Mokry Dwór	–	–	–	–	–	[2+0]2	[3+0]3	[2+0]2	–	–	–
15			Krępiec	[1+0]1	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[1+0]1	[2+0]2
16			Dziewięć Włók	[1+0]1	[0+0]0	[1+1]2	[0+0]0	[1+0]1	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[2+0]2	[1+0]1	[1+0]1	[7+1]8
17			Przejazdowo	[4+0]4	[1+0]1	[4+0]4	[3+0]3	[1+0]1	[3+0]3	[3+0]3	[2+0]2	[3+0]3	[3+0]3	[27+0]27
18			Bogatka	[1+0]1	[1+0]1	[1+0]1	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[2+0]2	[1+0]1	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[2+0]2	[8+0]8
19			Wiślinka	[21+0]21	[14+0]14	[12+0]12	[8+0]8	[15+0]15	[11+0]11	[9+0]9	[7+0]7	[5+0]5	[9+0]9	[111+0]111
20	Cedry Wielkie		Trzcinisko	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	[1+0]1	–
21	Stegna		Żuławki	[4+0]4	[3+0]3	[3+0]3	[3+0]3	[1+0]1	[1+0]1	[2+0]2	[0+0]0	[0+0]0	[3+0]3	[20+0]20
22			Drewnica	[3+0]3	[6+0]6	[2+0]2	[2+0]2	[1+0]1	[1+0]1	[2+0]2	[1+0]1	[3+0]3	[1+0]1	[22+0]22
23			Mikoszewo	[8+0]8	[5+0]5	[7+0]7	[10+0]10	[3+6]9	[7+0]7	[2+0]2	[5+0]5	[0+0]0	[5+1]6	[52+7]59

Population and population density in communes_

No.	Commune	[1]Population on 31.Dec.1998	[2]Population on 31.Dec.2008	[3]Population on 31.Dec.2018	[4]Population change in years 1998–2018	[5]Population density. Population per 1 km² on 31.Dec.2008	[6]Population density. Population per 1 km² on 31.Dec.2018	[7]Data difference. Change in population density (people per 1 km²) in years 2008–2018
1	Żukowo	14,771	21,337	32,368	17,597	134	203	69
2	Kolbudy	8,191	13,147	17,417	9,226	159	211	52
3	Pruszcz Gdański	14,021	18,592	30,232	16,211	129	210	81
4	Cedry Wielkie	6,044	6,347	6,947	903	51	56	5
5	Stegna	9,709	9,622	9,779	70	57	57	0

State of the population in the villages_

No.	Commune	Region	Village	[1]Population on 31.Dec.2008 (data from 1. Jan. 2009)	[2]Population on 31. Dec. 2018	[3]Difference Population change from 2008 to 2018
1	Żukowo	Kashubian Villages	Chwaszczyno	2,937	3,781	844
2			Nowy Świat	–	319	–
3			Rębiechowo	561	847	286
4			banino	2,395	6,903	4,508
5			Czaple	329	641	312
6			Leźno	1,450	1,688	238
7			Sulmin	469	563	94
8	Kolbudy		Otomin	631	973	342
9			Kowale	2,535	4,161	1,626
10			Jankowo Gdańskie	518	846	328
11	Pruszcz Gdański		Borkowo	829	4,159**	3,330
12			Straszyn	5,7383,057*	5,156**	2,099
13			Rotmanka	lack of data 2,255*	3,229**	974
14		Żuławy Villages	Mokry Dwór	214	213**	−1
15			Krępiec	102	103**	1
16			Dziewięć Włók	140	145**	5
17			Przejazdowo	637	643**	6
18			Bogatka	150	172**	22
19			Wiślinka	1,130	1,268**	138
20	Cedry Wielkie		Trzcinisko	210	187	−23
21	Stegna		Żuławki	612	450	−162
22			Drewnica	947	879	−68
23			Mikoszewo	765	741	−24