ISBN:
9781137415073
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (370 p)
Series Statement:
New Geographies of Europe
Series Statement:
New Geographies of Europe Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Understanding Geographies of Polarization and Peripheralization : Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe and Beyond
DDC:
304.6
Keywords:
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book presents a multifaceted perspective on regional development and corresponding processes of adaptation and response, focusing on the concepts of polarization and peripheralization. It discusses theoretical and empirical foundations and presents several compelling case studies from Central and Eastern Europe and beyond
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Understanding New Geographies of Central and Eastern Europe; Part I: Theoretical Backgrounds, Methodological Considerations; 2 Uneven Development, Socio-Spatial Polarization and Political Responses; 3 Narrating the Diverse Regional Economies of Post-Socialist Apparel; 4 Lost in Complexity? Researching the Role of Socio-Spatial Ascriptions in the Process of Peripheralization; 5 As Long as the Capital Is Far Away: Multi-Scalar Peripheralization in Central Asia
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Peripheralization through Planning: The Case of a Golf Resort Proposal in Northern IrelandPart II: Role of Diverse Socio-Political Agents in the Production of Peripheries; 7 Rural Peripheralization - Urban Polarization? The Significance of Gendered Mobility in Central Germany; 8 The Everyday Practices of the Reproduction of Peripherality and Marginality in Hungary; 9 Socio-Spatial Polarization and Peripheralization in a Rapidly Changing Region - Building Europe's Balkan Edge: Tourism Development in Coastal Bulgaria
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Paths of Socio-Spatial Change in Post-Socialist Cities - Insights from Five City-Regions in Central and Eastern EuropePart III: Fragmented and Relational Construction of Peripheralities; 11 Cohesion as a Multi-Scalar Challenge: The EU-Wide Perspective; 12 Paths of Convergence and Polarization in the Visegrád Countries; 13 Measuring Territorial Cohesion: A Macro-Regional Approach; 14 Challenges of the Post-Soviet Development of Ukraine: Economic Transformations, Demographic Changes and Socio-Spatial Polarization
Description / Table of Contents:
15 Uneven Urban Resilience: The Economic Adjustment and Polarization of Russia's CitiesPart IV: Different Modalities and Relations between Cores and Peripheries; 16 Territorial Governance and Core-Periphery Relations: The Implications of European Policy Concepts for Central and Eastern Europe; 17 Concept of Polycentric Governance for Fuzzy Soft Spaces as a Challenge for Central European Peripheral Spaces; 18 Rural Regions, Globalization and Regional Responses: The Case of Oberlausitz Region; Index
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