Urban transformations as indicators of economic change in post-communist Eastern Europe: Territorial diagnosis through five case studies

Habitat International

Volumn 71, Issue , 2018, Pages 29-37

  Garcia Ayllon, S ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b Paseo Alfonso XIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Gated communities growth; Post communist urban planning; Rapid urbanization issues; Territorial indicators; Unbalanced urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; ECONOMIC REFORM; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; GATED COMMUNITY; NEOLIBERALISM; POST-COMMUNISM; TERRITORY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SPRAWL;

EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 85034083203     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.11.004     Document Type: Article

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