This paper presents the research outcomes of a study on the spatial transitions of areas around the highway interchanges of the eastern section of the A4 highway in Poland. We hypothesise that the changes that occur in the areas around these interchanges are a direct result of the construction and use of the new highway. The aim of this research was to determine the nature and scale of these transformations over a period of about 10 years, with the intent to find possible geometric regularities and taking into account the spatial relationships between the highway interchanges under study and the existing network of cities. The analysis of the highway interchanges were quantitative, expressed by the quantitative growth of new buildings located in the vicinity of a given junction, as well as in spatial terms – examining the geometric distribution of the placement of new buildings and identifying the zones of the most dynamic spatial transformation for each interchange/junction. The findings were individually referenced to each interchange, after which they were aggregated to the cities that these junctions or groups of junctions serves. The study was based on original field research and a comparative analysis of satellite imagery that depicted the site development of the space investigated in the period preceding the construction of the junctions and at the time of the study. GIS and CAD tools, as well as a review of the literature and the state of the art were used. The results presented contribute a number of important insights into the scale and nature of the transformation of the areas around the junctions under study. They also allow for general conclusions to be drawn concerning the impact of highway corridors on space, particularly that of suburban areas, and the impact of the location of highway interchanges on the transformation of the functional and spatial structure model of cities.

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波兰A4高速公路东部路段高速公路立交附近区域空间变迁


本文介绍了波兰A4高速公路东段高速公路立交桥周边区域空间变迁研究的研究成果。我们假设这些立交桥周围地区发生的变化是新高速公路建设和使用的直接结果。本研究的目的是确定大约 10 年期间这些转变的性质和规模，旨在找到可能的几何规律，并考虑所研究的高速公路立交桥与现有城市网络之间的空间关系。对高速公路立交桥的分析是定量的，通过位于给定路口附近的新建筑的数量增长以及空间方面来表达——检查新建筑布局的几何分布并确定最重要的区域每个立交桥/路口的动态空间变换。调查结果分别参考每个交汇处，然后汇总到这些交汇处或交汇处组所服务的城市。该研究基于原始实地研究和卫星图像的比较分析，描绘了交汇点建设之前和研究期间所调查空间的场地发展情况。使用了 GIS 和 CAD 工具以及文献综述和最新技术。所提出的结果对所研究的路口周围区域的转变的规模和性质提供了许多重要的见解。 它们还可以就公路走廊对空间（特别是郊区）的影响，以及公路立交桥的位置对城市功能和空间结构模型转变的影响得出一般结论。