Percepcja przestrzeni miasta Tychy przez młodzież gimnazjalną – wybrane aspekty

The article discusses the issue of the perception by young people a specifically formed urban space, which is Tychy – a re-latively young city, built during the period of intense post-war industrialization of Poland to be “a bedroom” for the Upper Silesia Industry Area. Most of the population of New Tychy consisted of immigrants from other parts of Poland. Today, after more than sixty years, the population of the city mostly consist of people born and brought up here. The author is looking for an answer to the question whether and how place attachment have developed in this specific community. The diagnosis of city perception, in particular by young people, is a step to know the answer. For this purpose, a survey was conducted among the oldest junior high school students. According to the assumptions of humanistic geography, the subjective assessment of the city space by students was analyzed, both in qualitative and emotional aspects. The analysis of the obtained results gave an interesting image of the city per-ceived positively and liked, but significantly diversified. In the longer term, the results of research will form the basis for further ones on the field of place attachment in Tychy