Suburbanizing Sofia: Characteristics of post-socialist peri-urban change

Urban Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 755-780

  Hirt, Sonia ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Post socialist cities; Sofia; Suburbs

Indexed keywords

PERIURBAN AREA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIALISM; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOFIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849149046     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.28.8.755     Document Type: Article

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