DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-025-2-0134

HOUSING ESTATE – OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Mária Bihuňová, Roberta Štěpánková

Institute of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia

The open public spaces for everyday recreation of city dwellers are under the close attention of several municipalities in Slovakia. Some cities are coming up with bold concepts for the development and revitalisation of recreational areas in the housing estates. Klokočina is an urban district of the regional town of Nitra. It is formed mainly by housing estates, in the peripheral part there are family houses. Klokočina has 26 000 inhabitants, who live mainly in prefabricated buildings. The area provides views of the surrounding countryside. In the vicinity there is a wooded hill Borina. It is one of the largest and most dynamic districts of Nitra. Its origin and development are closely connected with the process of urbanisation and industrialisation in the second half of the 20th century (between 1970s and 1980s). The Paper presents landscape architectural ideas of revitalisation and improvement of the open public spaces with emphases on the increasing the recreational activities and equipment for everyday recreational demands. The proposals took into the consideration also possibilities of adaptation for climate changes. 

Keywords: landscape architecture, every day recreation, urban design, greenery, Nitra

pages: 134-137, Published: 2025, online: 2025