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Confronting Suburbanization
Urban Decentralization in Postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe
‘This book provides a wealth of novel insights into a process that has received very little systematic attention in among researchers and policy-makers alike: the vast process of urban dispersal unfolding throughout European countries situated east of the former Iron Curtain. Moving seamlessly across a wide range of geographical contexts – from the urbanization of the countryside seen around Ljubljana to Moscow’s regional suburbanization model – the authors demonstrate an acute ability to detect the local nuances and generic trends that characterize such dynamics. This edited collection can thus serve as both a foundational text for scholars as well as a guidance document for practitioners and decision-makers.’ ‘Confronting Suburbanization sheds a bright light on the processes of contemporary metropolitan growth in a fascinating region with a long and rich urban history, and communist legacies which formed a springboard for unprecedented post-socialist dynamics. In this volume, a set of renowned international authors with close local knowledge try to untangle the complexities resulting from both external and internal forces - political reform, economic liberalization, social and demographic context - as they manifest themselves in terms of metropolitan development. The authors offer numerous insights, and clearly note that there is much both East and West can learn from this dynamic environment where intensified societal and physical transformation is happening before our eyes.’
Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Geography and Director of the Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy, University of Manchester
Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Professor Chair of Spatial Planning, University College Dublin
Kiril Stanilov (Edited by), K Stanilov (Author), Ludĕk Sýkora (Edited by)
9781405185486, Wiley
Hardback, published 17 October 2014
368 pages
23.6 x 16 x 2.3 cm, 0.594 kg
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.
Notes on Contributors vii List of Illustrations x Glossary xvi Series Editors’ Preface xx Preface xxi 1 The Challenge of Postsocialist Suburbanization 1 2 Urban Sprawl on the Danube: The Impacts of Suburbanization in Budapest 33 3 Confronting Suburbanization in Ljubljana: From “Urbanization of the Countryside” to Urban Sprawl 65 4 Suburbanization of Moscow’s Urban Region 97 5 Prague: Urban Growth and Regional Sprawl 133 6 Sprawling Sofia: Postsocialist Suburban Growth in the Bulgarian Capital 163 7 Suburbanization in the Tallinn Metropolitan Area 192 8 Lessons from Warsaw: The Lack of Coordinated Planning and Its Impacts on Urban Sprawl 225 9 Postsocialist Suburbanization Patterns and Dynamics: A Comparative Perspective 256 10 Managing Suburbanization in Postsocialist Europe 296 Index 321
Luděk Sýkora and Kiril Stanilov
Zoltán Kovács and Iván Tosics
Nataša Pichler-Milanović
Isolde Brade, Alla Makhrova, and Tatyana Nefedova
Luděk k Sýkora and Ondrě j Mulícě k
Kiril Stanilov and Sonia Hirt
Kadri Leetmaa, Anneli Kährik, Mari Nuga, and Tiit Tammaru
Andrzej Lisowski, Dorota Mantey, and Waldemar Wilk
Kiril Stanilov and Luděk Sýkora
Kiril Stanilov and Luděk Sýkora
Subject Areas: Architecture [AM]
