This fascinating book explains the processes of suburbanization in the context of post-socialist societies transitioning from one system of socio-spatial order to another. Case studies of seven Central and Eastern Europe city regions illuminate growth patterns and key conditions for the emergence of sprawl.
* Breaks new ground, offering a systematic approach to the analysis of the global phenomenon of suburbanization in a post-socialist context
* Tracks the boom of the post-socialist suburbs in seven CEE capital city regions - Budapest, Ljubljana, Moscow, Prague, Sofia, Tallinn, and Warsaw
* Situates the experience of the CEE countries in the broader context of global urban change
* Case studies examine the phenomenon of suburbanization along four main vectors of analysis related to development patterns, driving forces, consequences and impacts, and management of suburbanization
* Highlights the critical importance of public policies and planning on the spread of suburbanization
* Breaks new ground, offering a systematic approach to the analysis of the global phenomenon of suburbanization in a post-socialist context
* Tracks the boom of the post-socialist suburbs in seven CEE capital city regions - Budapest, Ljubljana, Moscow, Prague, Sofia, Tallinn, and Warsaw
* Situates the experience of the CEE countries in the broader context of global urban change
* Case studies examine the phenomenon of suburbanization along four main vectors of analysis related to development patterns, driving forces, consequences and impacts, and management of suburbanization
* Highlights the critical importance of public policies and planning on the spread of suburbanization
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781405185486
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-8548-6
- Verlag: Wiley
- Erscheinungstermin: 27.10.2014
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2014
- Serie: Studies in Urban and Social Change
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 558 g
- Seiten: 360
- Format (B x H x T): 155 x 236 x 23 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt