Confronting Suburbanization

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This fascinating book explains the processes of suburbanizationin the context of post-socialist societies transitioning from onesystem of socio-spatial order to another. Case studies of sevenCentral and Eastern Europe city regions illuminate growth patternsand key conditions for the emergence of sprawl. * Breaks new ground, offering a systematic approach to theanalysis of the global phenomenon of suburbanization in apost-socialist context * Tracks the boom of the post-socialist suburbs in seven CEEcapital city regions - Budapest, Ljubljana, Moscow, Prague,Sofia, Tallinn, and Warsaw * Situates the experience of the CEE countries in the broadercontext of global urban change * Case studies examine the phenomenon of suburbanization alongfour main vectors of analysis related to development patterns,driving forces, consequences and impacts, and management ofsuburbanization * Highlights the critical importance of public policies andplanning on the spread of suburbanization

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Kiril Stanilov

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Anthropogeographie Architecture Architektur Geographie Geography Human Geography Sociology Soziologie Stadtentwicklung Stadtsoziologie Urban Development Urban Sociology

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'This book provides a wealth of novel insights into aprocess that has received very little systematic attention in amongresearchers and policy-makers alike: the vast process of urbandispersal unfolding throughout European countries situated east ofthe former Iron Curtain. Moving seamlessly across a wide range ofgeographical contexts - from the urbanization of thecountryside seen around Ljubljana to Moscow's regionalsuburbanization model - the authors demonstrate an acuteability to detect the local nuances and generic trends thatcharacterize such dynamics. This edited collection can thus serveas both a foundational text for scholars as well as a guidancedocument for practitioners and decision-makers.' Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Geography and Director of theCentre for Urban Resilience and Energy, University ofManchester 'Confronting Suburbanization sheds a bright lighton the processes of contemporary metropolitan growth in afascinating region with a long and rich urban history, andcommunist legacies which formed a springboard for unprecedentedpost-socialist dynamics. In this volume, a set of renownedinternational authors with close local knowledge try to untanglethe complexities resulting from both external and internal forces -political reform, economic liberalization, social and demographiccontext - as they manifest themselves in terms of metropolitandevelopment. The authors offer numerous insights, and clearly notethat there is much both East and West can learn from this dynamicenvironment where intensified societal and physical transformationis happening before oureyes.' Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Professor Chair of Spatial Planning,University College Dublin
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