The spatial development of sports facilities within the cities: a Central European case study
Journal Title: Geosport for Society - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
As a result of the increasing significance of sports which can be observed in the recent decade, researchers in the field of the urban geography have also begun to pay more attention to the spatial location and development of sports facilities within the settlements. Using the example of Debrecen, one of the outstanding cities of Hungary from the point of view of sports, in addition to describing the development of the sports facilities, the aim of present paper is to describe the spatial development of sports facilities, to classify them into different categories and to observe the factors influencing their spatial development. As a result it can be said that in the case of the larger sports facilities locations on the edge of the city or in suburbs dominated at the time when the projects were completed, but these facilities may be rather considered today as located within the city boundaries. As far as smaller sports facilities are concerned, a central location is found in a few cases, but the most important characteristic, both at the time when the projects were completed and today, was location within the city. If we consider the factors influencing the location of sports facilities, the most important role, similarly to international trends, was naturally played by the location of the available plots; in addition, accessibility and the proximity of the market of users were also determining factors.
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KOZMA Gábor
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