How the atlas should be understood?

Abstract

This atlas combines data from different scientific fields, such as geography, history, economy, demography or sociology, by innovatively presenting this content through urban morphological maps and plans, as well as through regional maps, but including also the other, up-to-date forms of the presentation for an atlas, such as the schemes and diagrams of urban morphology. Apart from the already underlined focus of the atlas on shrinking urban areas along the Danube River, it is important to clarify the other key issues for its prospective readers and users. One of the aims of the atlas is to explore (still) undiscovered urban heritage along the Danube. Therefore, it is oriented to the region of the MIDDLE AND LOWER DANUBE, which is generally less developed and more physically isolated than the Upper Danube Region; thus, the region is more attached to traditional life and culture and with a lot of preserved cultural heritage, which is still less visited by globetrotters.