Życiorys profesora Karola Bromka

Biography of Professor Karol Bromek

Summary: Professor Karol Bromek (1915-2001) was born in Śmiłowice (Zaolzie Region, at present in the Czech Republic); he studied geography at Jagiellonian University and later worked at the Institute of Geography at Jagiellonian University in the period 1945-1985. Professor Bromek was the Head of the Department of Geography of Population, Settlement and Agriculture at our Institute. His scientific achievements include 76 publications, mainly on settlement geography. Professor Bromek established an urban land use studies program for the Kraków area and produced a number of analyses of urban development and a demographic study for Kraków. He proposed new methods in socio-economic research. Professor Bromek was also an author of numerous non-published works prepared for various planning bodies, i.e. land use maps of Kraków and analyses of new manmade water reservoirs. A total of 214 master's theses and 9 doctoral dissertations were completed under Professor Bromek's guidance. The Professor was an active member of the Kraków Section of the Polish Geographical Society. His tomb is located at Salvator Cemetery in Kraków.

Słowa kluczowe: użytkowanie ziemi w miastach, studium demograficzne, zbiorniki wodne, Kraków

Słowa kluczowe (w języku angielskim): urban land use, demographical study, water reservoirs, Kraków

Zborowski A. (red.), 2018, Człowiek Społeczeństwo Przestrzeń, t. 11, IGiGP UJ, Kraków, Myczkowce, s. 17-28.

Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej UJ

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