A specific spatial structure of Łódź’s residential resources was
distinguished in Łódź in the age of political transformation. Different features
of these resources (336,1 thousand apartments in 2008) create different
spatial patterns, which are usually highly variable. A synthetic approach is
justified in this case, as this issue was not frequently subject to independent
study.
The object of this study is valorization and spatial typology of Łódź’s
residential resources in conditions typical for the transformation period. The
multivariable analysis of these resources involves distribution and intensity
of residential development, its dynamics (in years 1988−2002), its age, types
of ownership, as well as size of buildings and apartments, technical facilities
in the apartments and population density in the apartments. Specific features
of residential resources were investigated according to data from 2002
national census. The city was divided into 61 housing estate units. During the
valorization of residential resources, a synthetic variable, being the function
of 13 diagnostic features which are the stimulants of residential standard, was
used. In order to elaborate the spatial typology of residential resources, the
K-mean method was used, as one of the most effective iterative optimization
methods used in numerical taxonomy. There were 19 typological features
distinguished
