Full Description
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.
Contents
1. Understanding New Geographies Of Central And Eastern Europe; Poscopp: Research Group Production Of Space In The Context Of Polarisation And Peripheralisation PART I. THEORETICAL BACKGROUNDS, METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 2. Uneven Development, Socio-Spatial Polarization And Political Responses; Ray Hudson 3. Narrating The Diverse Regional Economies Of Post-Socialist Apparel; John Pickles And Adrian Smith 4. Lost In Complexity? Researching The Role Of Socio-Spatial Ascriptions In The Process Of Peripheralization; Judith Miggelbrink And Frank Meyer 5. As Long As The Capital Is Far Away: Multi-Scalar Peripheralization In Central Asia; Wladimir Sgibnev And Aksana Ismailbekova 6. Peripheralization Through Planning: The Case Of A Golf Resort Proposal In Northern Ireland; Helen Carter PART 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; Tim Leibert, Giulia Montanari And Karin Wiest 8. The Everyday Practices Of The Reproduction Of Peripherality And Marginality In Hungary; Erika Nagy, Judit Timar, Gabor Nagy And Gabor Velkey 9. Socio-Spatial Polarization And Peripheralization In A Rapidly Changing Region - Building Europe's Balkan Edge: Tourism Development In Coastal Bulgaria; Max Holleran 10. Paths Of Sociospatial Change In Post-Socialist Cities - Insights From Five City Regions In Central And Eastern Europe; Carola Neugebauer And Zoltan Kovacs PART III. FRAGMENTED AND RELATIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF PERIPHERALITIES 11. Cohesion As A Multi-Scalar Challenge: The Eu-Wide Perspective; Tobias Chilla And Markus Neufeld 12. Paths Of Convergence And Polarization In The Visegrad Countries; Jozsef Benedek, Gyorgy Kocziszky 13. Measuring Territorial Cohesion: A Macro Regional Approach; Tomas Hanell 14. Challenges Of The Post-Soviet Development Of Ukraine: Economic Transformations, Demographic Changes And Socio-Spatial Polarization; Kostyantyn Mezentsev, Grygorii Pidgrushnyi, Nataliia Mezentseva 15. Uneven Urban Resilience: The Economic Adjustment And Polarization Of Russia's Cities; Oleg Golubchikov, Anna Badyina, Isolde Brade And Alla Makhrova PART IV. DIFFERENT MODALITIES AND RELATIONS BETWEEN CORES AND PERIPHERIES 16. Territorial Governance And Core-Periphery-Relations: The Implications Of European Policy Concepts To Central And Eastern Europe; Garri Raagmaa 17. Concept Of Soft Polycentric Governance For Fuzzy Soft Spaces As A Challenge For Central European Peripheral Spaces; Maros Finka, Tatiana Kluvankova-Oravska And Vladimir Ondrejicka 18. Rural Regions, Globalization And Regional Responses: The Case Of Oberlausitz Region; Joachim Burdack, Robert Nadler And Michael Woods
