Confronting Suburbanization : Urban Decentralization in Postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe.

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Stanilov, Kiril
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sýkora, Ludĕk
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.
• Σειρά: Studies in urban and social change.
• Θέματα: Suburbs > Europe, Central.; Suburbs > Europe, Eastern.; City planning > Europe, Central.; City planning > Europe, Eastern.; City planning.; Suburbs.; Europe, Central.; Europe, Eastern.; Electronic books.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Confronting Suburbanization; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Chapter 1 The Challenge of Postsocialist Suburbanization; Introduction; Urbanization, Suburbanization, and Socioeconomic Order; Urban growth under socialism; The postsocialist suburban revolution; Placing Postsocialist Suburbanization in the Context of Global Urbanization and Sustainable Development; Postsocialist suburbanization and global urbanism; The postsocialist sprawl and sustainability; Book structure and organization.
• Chapter 2 Urban Sprawl on the Danube: The Impacts of Suburbanization in BudapestIntroduction; Suburbanization in Budapest before 1990; Dynamics of Suburbanization in the Postsocialist Period; Residential suburbanization patterns; Nonresidential suburbanization patterns; Complex assessment; Conditions, Driving Forces, and Impacts of Suburbanization; Conditions for suburbanization; The driving forces of suburbanization; Environmental, spatial, and social impacts of urban deconcentration; Management of Suburban Growth; Conclusions; Notes; References.
• Chapter 3 Confronting Suburbanization in Ljubljana: From "Urbanization of the Countryside" to Urban SprawlIntroduction; Suburbanization Patterns prior to the Postsocialist Period; Patterns and Processes of Suburbanization during the Postsocialist Period; Residential suburbanization; Nonresidential suburbanization; Complex assessment of patterns and processes; Conditions and Driving Forces of Suburbanization; Economic forces; Demographic and lifestyle changes; Property rights and land development policies; The Consequences of Suburbanization and Urban Sprawl in Ljubljana's Urban Region.
• Environmental impactsEconomic impacts; Social impacts; Management of Suburban/Metropolitan Growth; Spatial development policy in Slovenia; Management of growth in Ljubljana's urban region; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Suburbanization of Moscow's Urban Region; Introduction: Main Characteristics of Moscow's Region Development; Moscow Oblast; Metropolitan spatial structure; Development of Moscow's Periphery during the Soviet Period; Patterns and Processes of Suburbanization during the Postsocialist Period; Migration patterns.
• Residential suburbanization: Patterns, processes, and factorsNonresidential suburbanization; Suburbanization and suburban agriculture; A Complex Assessment of Patterns and Processes; Regional Governance: General Framework and Protagonists; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Prague: Urban Growth and Regional Sprawl; Introduction; A Historical Account of Urbanization and Suburbanization in Prague; The Housing Boom: Compact City and Suburban Sprawl; Population Redistribution: Changing the Balance between Core and Suburbs; Nonresidential Growth and Suburban Jobs.