A városrendezési szabályozás története Magyarországon

The history of city regulation documented on maps started in the 17th century, after the Turkish occupation and has several distinctive periods. The study focuses on the characteristics of population settling before 1850, after the Turkish era, since they served as a model for the regulation of city enlargements in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries we find quite a few examples of "popular regulations" based on common consent, whereas regulations initiated by cities and other proprietors were executed by surveyors. Repeated floods and fires made it also necessary to regulate certain areas of cities. (The very first regulatory rules formed parts of rules related to fire protection and public security). Large-scale regulations appeared after 1800, a good example being Schilson's plan of the district of Lipotvaros, which influenced the first comprehensive regulatory plan of Pest, made by Janos Hild. The period between 1850 and the turn of the century is characterized by large-scale p...