Methodology of creating master plans for the port industrial areas on the example of the port of Gdańsk

The Port of Gdansk is situated at the intersection of the principal European transport routes, being the most convenient connection both between Central and Eastern Europe and Scandinavia and between Western and Eastern Europe. Additionally, for countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Ukraine, Belorussia and HungaJy. Fallowing a brief examination of the role of port of Gdansk as factor for industrial and urban development and taking into consideration the port strategy activity this paper presents the methodology of creating Master Plans for port industrial areas.