REVITALIZATION AS A PROCESS OF ASSESSING AND SHAPING DEGRADED RURAL SPACES

Abstract

The aim of the study was to identify and evaluate indicators for spatial planning of revitalization processes in rural areas. Special attention was paid to the study of crisis phenomena and their spatial distribution, as well as answer to the question of consequences for the municipality development. Municipality was split into analytical units (rural areas). Subsequently, key indicators were identified, describing four key aspects of revitalization in terms of social, economic, technical and functionalspatial dimensions. Based on them, the classification of villages was conducted due to the occurrence of crisis phenomena. Degraded areas were identified in the municipality with a high concentration of multidimensional negative phenomena that require support and planning activities. In the next step the results of the analysis were geocoded and the spatial distribution of crisis phenomena were presented. Mapping has identified three clusters of degraded areas that require separate remediation programs which may cause some difficulty in planning revitalization activities.