Metropolisation and the Evoluti on of Systems of Cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Since 1950
This article examines the evolution of systems of cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland since 1950, and especially since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 when Central and Eastern European cities started to experience the process of metropolisation. This period corresponds to an intense...
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| description | This article examines the evolution of systems of cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland since 1950, and especially since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 when Central and Eastern European cities started to experience the process of metropolisation. This period corresponds to an intense globalisation of the economy which has been characterised by some researchers as an emergence of a world urban system. While the metropolises of formerly industrialised countries had already been strongly interconnected on a macro-regional level, Central and Eastern European countries took on the unique approach of prioritising relations directly at an international level. In addition to its highly exacerbated characteristics, the metropolisation in Central and Eastern Europe has been taking place within a substantially shorter time period in relation to other countries. This article investigates how these phenomena might have influenced the configuration of today’s urban systems.
After presenting the methodology used to reconstruct urban agglomerations since 1950 until now, we examine the evolution of the Czech, Hungarian and Polish systems of cities by using several national databases. By analysing the changes in urban hierarchy and new urban patterns, we can stress that after 1989 the metropolisation has rather contributed to raise the predominance of the capital city in the urban systems than to diminish inequalities between the cities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2661113cebd5490885f1de697e36a3ce2025-02-02T22:29:07ZcesUniversity of South BohemiaDETUROPE1821-25062015-10-01724564Metropolisation and the Evoluti on of Systems of Cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Since 1950Natalia Zdanowska0Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, UMR 8504 Géographie-CitésThis article examines the evolution of systems of cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland since 1950, and especially since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 when Central and Eastern European cities started to experience the process of metropolisation. This period corresponds to an intense globalisation of the economy which has been characterised by some researchers as an emergence of a world urban system. While the metropolises of formerly industrialised countries had already been strongly interconnected on a macro-regional level, Central and Eastern European countries took on the unique approach of prioritising relations directly at an international level. In addition to its highly exacerbated characteristics, the metropolisation in Central and Eastern Europe has been taking place within a substantially shorter time period in relation to other countries. This article investigates how these phenomena might have influenced the configuration of today’s urban systems. After presenting the methodology used to reconstruct urban agglomerations since 1950 until now, we examine the evolution of the Czech, Hungarian and Polish systems of cities by using several national databases. By analysing the changes in urban hierarchy and new urban patterns, we can stress that after 1989 the metropolisation has rather contributed to raise the predominance of the capital city in the urban systems than to diminish inequalities between the cities.http://www.deturope.eu/file_download.php?type=2&item=116systems of citiesthe Czech RepublicHungaryPolandCentral Europemetropolisationurban hierarchyurban patterns |
| spellingShingle | Natalia Zdanowska Metropolisation and the Evoluti on of Systems of Cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Since 1950 DETUROPE systems of cities the Czech Republic Hungary Poland Central Europe metropolisation urban hierarchy urban patterns |
| title | Metropolisation and the Evoluti on of Systems of Cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Since 1950 |
| title_full | Metropolisation and the Evoluti on of Systems of Cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Since 1950 |
| title_fullStr | Metropolisation and the Evoluti on of Systems of Cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Since 1950 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metropolisation and the Evoluti on of Systems of Cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Since 1950 |
| title_short | Metropolisation and the Evoluti on of Systems of Cities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Since 1950 |
| title_sort | metropolisation and the evoluti on of systems of cities in the czech republic hungary and poland since 1950 |
| topic | systems of cities the Czech Republic Hungary Poland Central Europe metropolisation urban hierarchy urban patterns |
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