The future of re-invented/post-socialist cities in Europe: a reflection on the State of European Cities Report (2007)

摘要

After the collapse of the socialist block in 1990, urban development in CEE countries was influenced both by special transitional factors (privatization, reactions to distortions inherited from the socialist period) and by global forces (competition, etc.). The countries of the region opened up to the global economy (globalization) to varying degrees and restructured their economy (privatization) and their political-administrative structure (decentralization), which had an enormous effect on the 'post-socialist city'. The question is which model post-socialist cities will follow. The effects of the factors related to their 'path dependency' is less and less determining in the future of the post-socialist cities, and the answers to new challenges such as population shrinkage, ageing, regional differences, economic restructuring, transportation problems, demand for sprawling, etc. will assume greater importance.