SETTLEMENT MORPHOLOGY OF GYŐR
Abstract
Győr responded to the different challenges of the historical times by a continuous renewal. The base plan of the city is closed, surrounded by clear-cut boundaries. The historical core of the settlement – Belváros, Újváros, Sziget and Révfalu – is located in the northern third of the city. The streets meeting at right angles in the inner city do not originate from the Roman times; they are from the Middle Ages. The expansion of the territory of Győr in the 20th century – approximately two-thirds of the total territory of the city – took place on the higher, flood-free elevations farther away, southeast from the rivers.
Győr has a basically urban building up structure, but it has a special feature: as opposed to the other middle and big cities of Transdanubia, the city is less homogenously built up horizontally and more diverse vertically. Among the styles of building up, the largest areas are taken by the detached houses, but the share of multi-storey blocks is also significant; on the other hand, villas, non-contiguous one-storey housing blocks and terraced houses are absent or rare.
The functional structure of Győr resembles that of the typical big cities. The city core is developed and large, and can be divided into parts. There are four large, peripheral shopping zones in the city that took away a part of the commercial functions of the city centre. The extent of industrial areas is huge, in line with the industrial functions of Győr which are unmatched in Hungary. As regards residential areas, the outer one is bigger, the main reason for which is the large number of settlements annexed to Győr.
