The transition of post-socialist cities
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in European Review
- Vol. 3 (2), 171-182
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1062798700001460
Abstract
After World War II, the European semi-periphery—southern, Mediterranean and the eastern one—underwent rapid industrialization and urbanization. During this process. East-Central European socialist countries also replicated the forms—but not the social content and mechanism—of earlier Western European urbanization. Post-socialist transition has introduced important changes into urban processes as follows: (a) growing inequalities; (b) development of transboundary relations and the beginning of city competition across the whole of Europe; (c) independent urban governments; (d) transformation of urban society; and (e) privatization of urban land and housing.Keywords
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