Urban geodiversity is a complex entity that includes both natural and anthropogenic
geological and geomorphological elements, thus requiring broad and interdisciplinary …

The aim of this article is to discuss urban shrinkage in Poland in the context of the post-
socialist transformation. The analysis is conducted at two levels: national and local. At the …

Across Europe there is a lively policy and academic debate on what the essential conditions
are for the development of new economic activities in city-regions. The focus is on …

Abstract “Creative industries” has emerged as a universal research and policy concept
exploited for the advocacy of economic development of cities, regions and countries …

A growing number of geoheritage studies have examined the legacy of natural stone in
urban settings, but research into the intersection of cultural and natural heritage (integrating …

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 city quarter of Savamala, as an integral part of Belgrade, has had a very turbulent
development path during the last two centuries. This path included several ups and downs …

Two dimensions of post-socialist urban transformation–socio-spatial restructuring and
changes in urban morphology–are still present in the urban cores of such cities as St …

Since the beginning of the 1990s, Soviet urban residential communities have experienced
rapid inflows of new urban functions. In this research project, two post-Soviet urban areas …

This chapter sets up the context and objectives of the book. First, a review of the various
definitions used for the cultural and creative industries at the European level is provided …