TY - JOUR N2 - The article describes the idea of a compact city, due to the needs and capabilities of contemporary Polish cities, with an emphasis on the Silesia region. Special attention has been paid to the possibility of increasing the cities’ density and several examples have been shown to present the possibilities of densifying the cities with new housing investments. Also, the article presents the studies that indicate the capacity for the internal development of selected Silesian cities: Katowice and Gliwice. The article ends with the recommendations for cities to become more compact. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/103083/PDF-MASTER/SR_51_Twardoch_Bradecki.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/103083 PY - 2017 IS - vol. 51 EP - 31 DO - 10.12657/studreg-51-02 KW - Compact city KW - density KW - residential areas KW - architecture KW - urban planning KW - urban indicators A1 - Twardoch, Agata A1 - Bradecki, Tomasz PB - Polish Academy of Sciences – Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning and European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Polish Section DA - 2017 T1 - Living in a compact city SP - 17 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/103083 T2 - Studia Regionalia ER -