Confronting Suburbanization

This fascinating book explains the processes of suburbanization in the context of post-socialist societies transitioning from one system of socio-spatial order to another. Case studies of seven Central and Eastern Europe city regions illuminate growth patterns and key conditions for the emergence of sprawl. Breaks new ground, offering a systematic approach to the analysis of the global phenomenon of suburbanization in a post-socialist context Tracks the boom of the post-socialist suburbs in seven CEE capital city regions – Budapest, Ljubljana, Moscow, Prague, Sofia, Tallinn, and Warsaw Situates the experience of the CEE countries in the broader context of global urban change Case studies examine the phenomenon of suburbanization along four main vectors of analysis related to development patterns, driving forces, consequences and impacts, and management of suburbanization Highlights the critical importance of public policies and planning on the spread of suburbanization

Notes on Contributors vii List of Illustrations x Glossary xvi Series Editors’ Preface xx Preface xxi 1 The Challenge of Postsocialist Suburbanization 1 Luděk Sýkora and Kiril Stanilov 2 Urban Sprawl on the Danube: The Impacts of Suburbanization in Budapest 33 Zoltán Kovács and Iván Tosics 3 Confronting Suburbanization in Ljubljana: From “Urbanization of the Countryside” to Urban Sprawl 65 Nataša Pichler-Milanović 4 Suburbanization of Moscow’s Urban Region 97 Isolde Brade, Alla Makhrova, and Tatyana Nefedova 5 Prague: Urban Growth and Regional Sprawl 133 Luděk k Sýkora and Ondrě j Mulícě k 6 Sprawling Sofia: Postsocialist Suburban Growth in the Bulgarian Capital 163 Kiril Stanilov and Sonia Hirt 7 Suburbanization in the Tallinn Metropolitan Area 192 Kadri Leetmaa, Anneli Kährik, Mari Nuga, and Tiit Tammaru 8 Lessons from Warsaw: The Lack of Coordinated Planning and Its Impacts on Urban Sprawl 225 Andrzej Lisowski, Dorota Mantey, and Waldemar Wilk 9 Postsocialist Suburbanization Patterns and Dynamics: A Comparative Perspective 256 Kiril Stanilov and Luděk Sýkora 10 Managing Suburbanization in Postsocialist Europe 296 Kiril Stanilov and Luděk Sýkora Index 321