Paths of Urban Transformation

The Editor: Frank Eckardt is Junior Professor for the Sociology of Globalization and works as an urban sociologist at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

lt;i>Contents: Frank Eckardt: Paths of Urban Transformation (Introduction) - Ákos Szépvölgyi: Effects of transition to a knowledge-based society on the Hungarian regional development - Maciej Smetkowski: New Relationships between the Metropolis and the Region in Information Economy: Warsaw Metropolitan Region - A Case Study - Ognjen Caldarovic: Patterns of urbanization and the question of multiculturalism and territorialization: an example in transitional society (Croatia) - Konrad Miciukiewicz: Transformation of Lódz: Seeking for a New Region - Jana Temelová: High Profile Buildings: Help-mates in international and local competition. The Case of Prague - Ileana Hapenciuc Blum: Urban Regeneration in a Post-Communist City. The Case of Bucharest - Lubica Vitkova: The Case of Commercial Investments in Bratislava region (Slovak Republic) - Vera Marin: Inhabiting the Outskirts of Bucharest «Old» Socialist Housing Estates versus «New» Capitalist Suburbia Developments - Martin Ourednícek: New suburban development in the Post-socialist city: The Case of Prague - Olga Mrinska: Regions in Transition: New Roles in a Global Economy. The Case of Ukraine - Yani Valkanov: Suburbanisation in Sofia: Changing Spatial Structure of a Post-communist City - Gábor Soós/Györgyi Ignits: Suburbanization and its consequences in the Budapest Metropolitan Area - Anna Karwinska: Constructing the «city of mine» within the globalised space - Elena Vesselinov: Housing Inequality: Changes of First-Order in Sofia, Bulgaria - Enkeleida Tahiraj/Elidor Mehilli/Luan Deda: Tirana Urban Challenges - Marjan Hocevar/Matjaz Ursic/Drago Kos/Franc Trcek: Changing of the Slovene Urban System: Specific Socio-Spatial Trends and Antiurban Public Values / Attitudes.