Urban and Regional Planning in Post-socialist Countries II
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2023) | Viewed by 365
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Interests: spatial economics; regional policy; foreign migration; rural areas development; small and medium towns
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Interests: development studies; local and regional development; spatial economy; spatial planning; cartography and geo-information; urban and rural geography
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Interests: spatial economics; rural-urban relations; rural areas; local development; multifunctional countryside; multifunctional agriculture; behavioural economics; rural tourism; second homes; small towns
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban and regional planning in post-socialist countries are undergoing a difficult evolution. Entry into the European Union, numerous infrastructure investments and development programmes are resulting in new forms of spatial organisation.
The predominantly block-type urban forms have entered a phase of degradation, both technically and socially, requiring far-reaching changes in urban policy. Numerous urban centres are undergoing a shrinkage process. In many agricultural and peripheral regions, depopulation is leading to the disappearance of settlements. In turn, accelerated suburbanisation is leading to a significant reduction in environmentally valuable agricultural land and open landscapes. The emergence of many regions with permanent marginalisation is becoming a challenge for the European Union's Cohesion Policy.
The direction of changes taking place in the urban and rural areas of CEE countries is very topical and of considerable importance for their economic and social functioning, due to strongly divergent regional and urban development and planning policies.
The concept of development based on leading urban centres or the implementation of polycentric development is still open for discussion. The principal aim of this Special Issue is to identify the main problems of spatial management in CEE countries and their impact on development.
Prof. Dr. Krystian Heffner
Dr. Piotr Gibas
Dr. Adam Czarnecki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban development
- regional planning in post-socialist countries
- urban shrinkage
- suburbanization
- marginalization
