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ABSTRACT
Urban green network has significantly changed through history due to ideological, functional and geographical reasons. The present paper brings an example of a Hungarian town, Veszprém, where the determining factors are visible through historical (cadastral, military, topographical) maps, historical photo archives and statistical data. The results are compared with the example of the capital, Budapest and put into a European context. It is obvious that after WWII the development of the urban green network in Veszprém is different from European trends. This development can be categorized into 5 periods: Organic growth, Stagnation, Pathfinding, Selective development, Postmodern. The paper not only draws attention to the importance of the characteristics in urban green network development, but also highlights the problem of growing artificial surfaces and decreasing urban green plots in the urban fabric.
Acknowledgements
We would like to express our great appreciation to Márkusné Vörös Hajnalka from Veszprém County Archives for her valuable contribution to this project. We would also like to thank our colleagues at the Department of Landscape Planning and Regional Development at Szent István University for their professional guidance during our work.
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Vera Iváncsics
Vera Iváncsics is a PhD student with the Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art at Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a senior researcher with the Office for Urban and Regional Development from Hétfa Research Institute, Budapest. Her doctoral research investigates urban development, focusing on edge zones and the different use of urban peripheries.
Krisztina Filepné Kovács
Krisztina Filepné Kovács is an associate professor, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art at Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Her main research topics include landscape planning, landscape function analysis, and rural development.