Two themes of particular significance in the changing world of local government are
examined: the growing pressures to incorporate participatory and direct forms of democracy …

Over 180 articles concerning urban geography aspects of European post-socialist cities and
their near hinterland, published between 1990-2012 in international journals, were selected …

Over the past two decades the cities in Central and Eastern Europe have witnessed a wide-
ranging transformation in many aspects. The introduction of a market-oriented economy after …

The author's main aim is to define the most important demographic, social, economic and
functional changes which took place in Lodzas a result of the political and economic …

Chorvátsky Grob is one of the municipalities most exposed to suburbanization processes in
Slovakia. The spontaneous and unrestrained construction has brought a number of …

The paper refers to sublocal units within metropolitan governance, focusing on Wrocław in
the context of multi-level governance and good governance. In Poland, such units function …

Sub-municipal spatial community-based bodies, represented in the form of councils, have
important roles in urban governance in many countries. This paper attempts to contribute to …

This paper is directly associated with the international conference" East meets West-
contemporary urban issues revisited". The main objective of the paper is to provide readers …

Urban geography is usually referred to as a prominent part of human geography. This
position is justified by its considerable input into the formation of the theoretical and …

This chapter addresses the specificity of the development of the creative and knowledge‐
intensive industries in the post‐socialist cities of East Central Europe (ECE) and …