A Multifunctional Mosaic of Green Spaces in the Context of the Lower Silesia Region (Southern Poland) Sustainable Development

The aim of the paper is to present the core of the “Green Grid’ – an environmentally functioning web of linear and surface elements in the city and its urban fringe that have been planned for multiple purposes, including ecological, recreational, cultural, aesthetic and other uses in the sustainable development of polycentric city-regions. The idea is to introduce a flexible model of the ‘Green Grid’ consisting of green core areas, linear spaces along natural or human-made features (greenways) and buffer zones of agricultural land which could be applied in different spatial settings. The concept is to create a system which is flexible in accommodating new urban development but at the same time constant in protecting valuable terrain for recreation and the environment.