Poniży, Lidia2015-04-292015-04-292009Problemy Ekologii Krajobrazu, t. XXII, 2009, s. 335-342.http://hdl.handle.net/10593/12932A basic condition of preserving high-quality human life on Earth, not only for the present but also future generations, is a rational use of environmental resources. This also embraces proper management of space. Space mismanagement can result in an uncontrolled sprawl of cities and chaotic growth of suburban areas. Socio-economicdevelopmenthasbroughtaboutachangeinthedominantfunctionsofsuburbanareas,andhencein the space of the suburban zone. Detrimental effects of urban sprawl onto suburban areas were observed in Western Europe in the 1960s. An assessment of the costs of the present urbanisation tendencies places them in the group of undesirable phenomena. In order to identify the directions of change, a spatial-temporal analysis was made of large-scale (1:10,000) transformationsintheland-usepatternjustbeyondthelimitsofPoznañcity.Itwasfoundthatchangeshadtakenplace not only in the forms of land use, but also in the nature of buildings.plinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPoznańurbanisationland useurbanizacjaużytkowanie terenuArtykuł