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3 RESULTS 
3.1 The Simplified Statistics 
    
Table 2. Development for major land-use groups from 1949 up to 1997 in hectares 
The size of residential area grew from 1949 more than 130% from 2.387 ha up to 5.539 ha in the year 1997. In the same 
time the size of economical area grew more than 5 times, that means a rate of 44094. Agricultural area shows a loss of 
7387 ha, that is a rate of 40%. The artificial structure had profit of this loss. Forest lost 2506 ha, that is a rate of 2096. 
Especially in the region of the dam-project mead-forest-areas have been lost. In that case the water area grew from 
1.541 ha up to 3.178, that is more than twice. The urban green areas grew strong on small level. Especially the class 
1.4.2 (sport and leisure facility) grew parallel to the increase of urban fabric. 
  
       
  
  
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Chart 1. Graphic development for major land-use groups from 1949 up to 1997 
3.2 Increase in Artificial Surfaces 
The artificial areas grew since 1949 up to 1985 very strong with nearly linear rate of 190 ha per year. The biggest 
development between 1949 and 1969 happened east of the centre of Bratislava. In the south east of the centre the petro- 
chemical company of Slovnaft was founded and built up. A big number of areas with panel-houses were built up since 
1969 and also Slovnaft was again enlarged. After 1985 the last big area of panel-houses with a big number of flats for 
more than 120.000 people was finished in ,,Petrzalka“ and the growth rate was taken down at least to 70 ha per year. 
The strongest increase was in that case finished at 1985, after this the concentration of the existing urban residential and 
economical fabric was more in focus. Since 1985 the biggest increase can be detected in ,,Karlova Ves, Devínska Nová 
Ves“, in the enlarging of the airport, in the built up of new toll-ways and of course in the dam project on the Danube- 
river on the south of Bratislava. With the end of the socialistic system and the foundation of The Slovak Republic with 
Bratislava as its capital, a new development was initiated within a new motivation for built up artificial fabrics, but also 
to reconstruct existing city structure to support better quality of work, life and business. 
  
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