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Title The post-socialist city : urban form and space transformations in Central and Eastern Europe after socialism / edited by Kiril Stanilov
Published Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer Verlag, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 490 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series GeoJournal library ; v. 92
GeoJournal library ; v. 92.
Contents Front Matter; Taking stock of post-socialist urban development: A recapitulation; Political reform, economic development, and regional growth in post-socialist Europe; Regional growth dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe in the socio-economic and geographic context of a post-socialist reality; Urbanization patterns in Russia in the post-Soviet era; The restructuring of non-residential uses in the post-socialist metropolis; Land market, commercial real estate, and the remolding of Moscow's urban fabric; Office development and post-communist city formation: The case of Prague
Summary In the large body of literature produced during the last fifteen years on the transformation of Eastern European societies after the fall of communism, studies investigating changes in urban form and structure have been quite rare. Yet a profound reorganization of the manner in which urban space is appropriated has taken place, impacting the life of over 200 million urban residents in the region. The patterns of spatial organization, which have been established during this fairly limited but critical timeframe, are likely to set the direction of future urban development in CEE cities for a lon
Analysis geografie
geography
ruimtelijke ordening
physical planning
regionale planning
regional planning
cultureel onderzoek
cultural research
steden
towns
urbanisatie
urbanization
Geography (General)
Geografie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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In Springer e-books
Subject City planning -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern
City planning -- Political aspects -- Europe, Central
Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
Post-communism -- Europe, Central
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
Environnement.
Sciences de la terre.
City planning -- Political aspects
Post-communism
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Voormalige communistische landen.
Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Midden-Europa.
Oost-Europa.
Form Electronic book
Author Stanilov, Kiril.
ISBN 9781402060533
140206053X
9781402060526
1402060521
1281043354
9781281043351