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East central European urbanization: a political economy of the world‐system perspective
Author(s) -
Kennedy Michael D.,
Smith David A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of urban and regional research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1468-2427
pISSN - 0309-1317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2427.1989.tb00138.x
Subject(s) - urbanization , perspective (graphical) , politics , central city , political science , east central europe , economy , economic geography , economic system , political economy , geography , economics , economic growth , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
This is a historical survey of urbanization in east-central Europe (what is now Poland Hungary and Czechoslovakia). The authors relate the current patterns of underurbanization modest regional inequalities and low urban primacy to the regions history. They suggest that the policies of managed urbanization following World War II have reinforced the semiperipheral legacy of decentralized relatively even urban growth. (SUMMARY IN FRE AND GER AND SPA) (ANNOTATION)