1st Edition
Growth and Change in Post-socialist Cities of Central Europe
1. Conceptualising urban transition in Central Europe
Waldemar Cudny, Josef Kunc and Irena Dybska-Jakóbkiewicz
2. Post-socialist urban change and its spatial patterns: the case of Nitra
Ira Vladimir and Boltižiar Martin
3. The University as the creative hub: the city of Olomouc after 1989
Zdeněk Szczyrba, Irena Smolová, Martin Jurek and David Fiedor
4. In the shadow of Karl Marx: the case of Chemnitz and its multiple transitions
Birgit Glorius
5. Young people's life plans and their impact on the demographic future of a shrinking city: Kielce case study
Mirosław Mularczyk and Wioletta Kamińska
6. Manufacturing in the post-industrial city: the role of a “Hidden Sector” in the development of Pécs, Hungary
Gábor Lux
7. Socio-economic development in Bratislava during post-socialism
Pavol Korec, Slavomír Ondoš
8. Brno in transition: from industrial legacy towards modern urban environment
Josef Kunc, Petr Tonev
9. Challenges and Problems of re-growth: the case of Leipzig (Eastern Germany)
Dieter Rink, Marco Bontje, Annegret Haase, Sigrun Kabisch and Manuel Wolff
10. Łódź: a multidimensional transition from an industrial center to a post-socialist city
Jolanta Jakóbczyk-Gryszkiewicz
11. The socio-economic transformation of the Katowice conurbation in Poland
Robert Krzysztofik
12. Population ageing processes in towns and cities situated in peripheral areas:
an example of urban centres in Eastern Poland
Wioletta Kamińska, Mirosław Mularczyk
13. Hallmark features of post-socialist urban development in Central Europe
Josef Kunc and Waldemar Cudny
Biography
Waldemar Cudny is an Associate Professor at The University of Lodz, Faculty of Geographical Sciences (Poland). He specialises in urban, tourism geography, and event studies. His publications include such books as City Branding and Promotion: The Strategic Approach (Routledge, 2019) and Urban Events, Place branding and Promotion. Place Event Marketing (Routledge, 2020).
Josef Kunc, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Masaryk University, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Brno, Czech Republic. He specialises in the transformation of the current socio-economic and spatial environment of cities and regions, consumer preferences, shopping behaviour, and retail management as well as special interest tourism.
