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Housing inequality is one of the central topics in urban studies, and in the social sciences more broadly. It is also one of the most significant and visible aspects of socioeconomic inequality. Over the last three decades, the process of housing commodification has accelerated across western societies and, consequently, the public housing sector has contracted and become more closely associated with the poorest sections of societies in many cities. Over the same period, the political changes in Central and Eastern Europe have contributed to the dismantling and monetizing of state housing sectors at the forefront of broader social and economic transformations. Unfortunately, most recent studies on housing commodification and inequalities in Europe are confined to the national scale. The aim of this article is to detail the linkages between the position and functioning of public housing in Lodz (Poland) and the evolving socioeconomic profile of individuals and households that rely on public housing. This study relies on microdata (statistical information on individuals and households) from two national Polish censuses (1978 and 2002) and from household budget surveys (2003–2013). The main finding of our study is that 'residualization' is present in the public housing stock in Lodz and that the process gained momentum in the first decade of the 2000s.

This article is part of the issue "Vicious Circle of Segregation: Understanding the Connectedness of Spatial Inequality across Generations and Life Domains" edited by Tiit Tammaru (University of Tartu, Estonia), Siiri Silm (University of Tartu, Estonia), Frank Witlox (Ghent University, Belgium), Maarten van Ham (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) and Madli-Johanna Maidla (University of Tartu, Estonia). ; Housing inequality is one of the central topics in urban studies, and in the social sciences more broadly. It is also one of the most significant and visible aspects of socioeconomic inequality. Over the last three decades, the process of housing commodification has accelerated across western societies and, consequently, the public housing sector has contracted and become more closely associated with the poorest sections of societies in many cities. Over the same period, the political changes in Central and Eastern Europe have contributed to the dismantling and monetizing of state housing sectors at the forefront of broader social and economic transformations. Unfortunately, most recent studies on housing commodification and inequalities in Europe are confined to the national scale. The aim of this article is to detail the linkages between the position and functioning of public housing in Lodz (Poland) and the evolving socioeconomic profile of individuals and households that rely on public housing. This study relies on microdata (statistical information on individuals and households) from two national Polish censuses (1978 and 2002) and from household budget surveys (2003–2013). The main finding of our study is that 'residualization' is present in the public housing stock in Lodz and that the process gained momentum in the first decade of the 2000s.

Housing inequality is one of the central topics in urban studies, and in the social sciences more broadly. It is also one of the most significant and visible aspects of socioeconomic inequality. Over the last three decades, the process of housing commodification has accelerated across western societies and, consequently, the public housing sector has contracted and become more closely associated with the poorest sections of societies in many cities. Over the same period, the political changes in Central and Eastern Europe have contributed to the dismantling and monetizing of state housing sectors at the forefront of broader social and economic transformations. Unfortunately, most recent studies on housing commodification and inequalities in Europe are confined to the national scale. The aim of this article is to detail the linkages between the position and functioning of public housing in Lodz (Poland) and the evolving socioeconomic profile of individuals and households that rely on public housing. This study relies on microdata (statistical information on individuals and households) from two national Polish censuses (1978 and 2002) and from household budget surveys (2003-2013). The main finding of our study is that 'residualization' is present in the public housing stock in Lodz and that the process gained momentum in the first decade of the 2000s.

W artykule omówiono dotychczas mało znaną na gruncie polskim metodę Urban Futures, pozwalającą m.in. na ocenę prężności rozwiązań na rzecz rozwoju miast. Z jednej strony szczegółowo przedstawiono w nim procedurę postępowania, a z drugiej – krytycznie oceniono możliwości jej zastosowania. Było to możliwe dzięki praktycznemu testowaniu podczas warsztatów zrealizowanych w ramach projektu badawczego, finansowanego ze środków Unii Europejskiej. Metoda jest dosyć pracochłonna, mniej zalecana do dużych jednostek osadniczych i bardzo złożonych inicjatyw, a w pewnych warunkach ujawnić się może także jej nadmierny subiektywizm. Z drugiej strony jednak oferuje ona realne wsparcie dla planistów, poszerzając ich horyzonty analityczne, co jest szczególnie istotne w kwestii niepewności odnośnie przyszłego stanu zasobów przyrodniczych oraz trajektorii rozwoju społeczeństwa i gospodarki.

Człowiek spędza średnio około 80% swego życia w mieszkaniu. Dobre warunki mieszkaniowe mają również kluczowe znaczenie dla atrakcyjności danego miasta, jego aglomeracji i komfortu życia ich mieszkańców. W poniższym tekście autorki skupiły się na dwóch podstawowych zagadnieniach – po pierwsze, jak prezentują się warunki mieszkaniowe w małych miastach w Polsce ‒ za jeden z celów postawiono analizę zmian warunków mieszkaniowych w małych miastach Polski w latach 2004– 2010. Za małe miasta przyjęto ośrodki zamieszkane przez mniej niż 10 tys. mieszkańców (posiadające prawa miejskie oraz odpowiednią liczbę ludności zarówno w 2004, jak i w 2010 roku). W analizach zmian warunków mieszkaniowych w małych miastach Polski wykorzystano cechy odnoszące się do wielkości mieszkań, ich wyposażenia w poszczególne instalacje techniczno-sanitarne, jak również do ich zaludnienia. W efekcie przeprowadzonych analiz statystycznych wyodrębniono 5 grup miast, różniących się stopniem wyposażenia w infrastrukturę oraz dynamiką ich zmian. Drugim postawionym w artykule celem jest charakterystyka warunków mieszkaniowych w skali wewnątrzmiejskiej, dokonana na przykładzie Uniejowa, małego miasta zlokalizowanego w województwie łódzkim oraz poznanie opinii mieszkańców tego ośrodka na temat oceny ich warunków mieszkaniowych. Uniejów postrzegany w ostatnich latach jako "miasto sukcesu" może bowiem stanowić punkt odniesienia dla innych miast pod kątem analizowanych parametrów. Analiza zagadnienia pozwala na uzyskanie odpowiedzi, w jakim stopniu sukces ekonomiczny miasta przekłada się na postrzeganie warunków mieszkaniowych jego mieszkańców.

This policy brief refers to a so far partially successful solution for urban renewal in a city inhabited by almost 700 thousand people. Łódź is a former old industrial centre, which is located in the heart of Poland. The city is still coping with the results of deep economic restructuring and ongoing population loss. The broadly defined issue of urban regeneration, especially of the historical core of Łódź, ranks high in the public agenda. To deal with those problems, The Urban Renewal Programme for Łódź 2026+ was approved in 2017. This document is a significant step forward regarding the issue of long-term, integrative, strategic planning. Nonetheless, it could be further improved. A more comprehensive approach to urban renewal, one that more explicitly focuses on social issues, should be considered. The brief suggests policy recommendations aimed at developing a more resilient and effective approach to urban renewal. ; 3S RECIPE is part of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe's ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures Call (ENSUF). This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857160.

This policy brief refers to a so far partially successful solution to the transport problems in a city inhabited by almost 700 thousand people. Located in the heart of the country, Łódź is a former centre of the textile industry, still coping nowadays with the results of economic restructuring and population loss. The issues that need to be addressed include insufficient connectivity and high levels of congestion and car dependency in the city. To cope with these problems, The Plan for the Sustainable Development of Public Transport was approved in 2015. This document is a reasonable step towards long-term, integrative, strategic planning, but it still needs some improvement. More in-depth analysis and effective cooperation with stakeholders are necessary. The brief suggests policy recommendations aimed at developing a more resilient and effective approach to public transport planning. ; 3S RECIPE is part of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe's ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures Call (ENSUF). This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857160.

The attempt to make a comparative study of Lviv and Łódź in search of certain regularities seems at the first glimpse rather farfetched, because apparently there are rather few analogies between the city of Lviv with its long history and multifunctional tradition and the monofunctional, rather young, industrial city of Łódź. But deeper analysis shows that despite many differences in the course of the history of both cities, some common tendencies can be traced, such as dynamic demographic and spatial development in the second half of the 19th century based on introduction of railway transport, the building of socio-economic and spatial structures of these cities by multi-cultural local communities, and going through half-a-century period of centralized socialist economy after the Second World War. Lviv and Łódź regained political independence almost at the same time (1989 in Poland and 1991 in Ukraine) and entered the route of democratic development, undergoing political and socio-economic transformations during the last 20 years. As a result of these processes as well as the influence of globalization, today we can observe in Łódź and in Lviv similar problems and phenomena, influencing their spatial development and functional restructuring. ; Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu "Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia". Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.