Role of Green Areas in Development of Public Space System in Small Towns On the Basis of Chelmza

摘要

Town,as the main environment of a majority of contemporary population,should meet collective and individual expectations of the urban population.The key role of green areas is to provide people with conditions boosting social interactions in contact with natural,safe and beautiful environment.Urban green areas provide the possibility to combine social life with the natural enviromnent.The role of green areas in a town is not limited to merely providing the residents with the possibility of relax,health improvement or recreation.The need to have contact with nature in esthetic and structured urban spaces also indicates that green areas generate the town specific atmosphere and play a representative role as a n important component of public spaces and open urban areas.Green infrastructure plays a very important role in shaping the quality and state of natural landscape in a city,where green areas are constantly shrinking or their importance is being neglected.Due to the three major functions of green areas,the local authorities should be interested in maintenance of such areas,keeping appropriate proportions between open areas,including green ones,and built-up areas.The main purpose of the study is to identify the role of green areas in the process of public space management of a small habitat.The analysis applies to the space of Chelmza,a small town situated in the east part of Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship,in Poland.The article presents result of research,including analyses of green areas forms and their functions which have a significant influence on an increase in symbolic and esthetic values of the location,subsequently improving the quality of life in this town.