Transformation of cities in Central and Eastern Europe [[electronic resource] ] : towards globalization / / edited by F.E. Ian Hamilton, Kaliopa Dimitrovska Andrews, and Nataša Pichler-Milanović

• Pubblicazione: Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (538 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76/0943
• Soggetto topico: Cities and towns - Europe, Central; Cities and towns - Europe, Eastern; Globalization; Post-communism - Europe, Central; Post-communism - Europe, Eastern
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HamiltonF. E. Ian AndrewsKaliopa Dimitrovska Pichler-MilanovićNataša
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Tables and figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Towards globalization; 1 Introduction; 2 City development in Central and Eastern Europe before 1990:Historical context and socialist legacies; 3 City development in Central and Eastern Europe since 1990:The impacts of internal forces; 4 The external forces: Towards globalization and European integration; 5 Foreign direct investment and city restructuring; 6 Mastering the post-socialist city: Impacts on planning the built environment; Part 2: Inter- and intra-urban transformation of capital cities ; 7 Berlin: From divided to fragmented city 8 The Warsaw Metropolitan Area on the eve of Poland's integration into the European Union; 9 Post-socialist Budapest: The invasion of market forces and the response of public leadership; 10 Prague returns to Europe; 11 Ljubljana: From "beloved" city of the nation to Central European "capital"; 12 Mixed success: Economic stability and urban inequality in Sofia; 13 Baltic orientations: Globalization, regionalization, or"EU-ization"?; 14 Moscow in transition; 15 Conclusions; Contributors; Tributes; Photographers; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is one in a series initiated by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies on the inter-relationship between globalisation and urban transformation. It identifies and describes the inter- and intra-urban transformations of Central and Eastern European cities and considers their pre-1945 historic legacies, the socialist period, and their contemporary transition towards market oriented and democratic systems. The dramatic changes since 1989 including the collapse of Communist ideology, the break-up of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the end of the Co
• Titolo autorizzato: Transformation of cities in Central and Eastern Europe
• ISBN: 1-280-91570-6; 9786610915705; 92-808-7071-8; 1-4237-6608-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450205303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II